Outdoor Rec Helps Next Gen Essayist Become Leader

Zachary Cox is a finance major at Texas Tech University.
Zachary Cox is a finance major at Texas Tech University.

During the first semester of my freshman year at Texas Tech University, I remember going to our campus rec center to work out — running my typical mile, lifting the same weights and repeating the routine I had done throughout high school.

One day while walking past the rock wall, I saw a staff member up at the top, yelling "Rock!" as she dropped something. I thought to myself, "Why would anybody want to do something that dangerous?"

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