Overcoming my fear!!

Yesterday when i went to outdoor ed we started doing the giant swing. basically what that is, it's a cable attached to the rock wall tower and this other pole across from it. hanging from the middle of this cable is another cable that hangs off of the ground. now basically what you do is put on a harness for your legs and one for your chest and then they attach you to this cable. well from there the rest of the class pulls you up fifty feet in the air and then you have to let go of this rope. when you let go you swing back and forth until you eventually stop or someone stops you. well me being the chicken i am almost did not do this because of the fact that i am deathly afraid of heights and i also have not done any of the other high things at the outdoor learning center. well i decide to do this one. i put on my two harnesses and then i begin to climb up the ladder to get strapped onto the cable. well lee told me that i needed to go one more step up the ladder and i'm already freaking out and almost back out of the thing but instead i took one more step up and steadied myself on his shoulder. well then he gets me hooked on and he tells me to step off of the ladder backwards. BIG MISTAKE!! i freak but i lean back anyway. i get off and then i'm hanging there with this little rope in my hand and the class begins to pull me up and then the ground begins to get farther and farther away. well i finally cant go anymore and then i let go of the rope because i couldnt hold on anymore. oh my gosh! i was so scared on the first drop because it feels like nothing is going to catch you at the bottom. after that it was really fun. i got a bruise on my belly from it. it hurts and the harness cut me too which makes it hurt more. well that's all for now. i'll post later. hehe. i finally got internet at my house again! woohoo.