First time skiing

I first got to school really excited it was going to be the first time I ski once everyone was at school we got in the cars and left we were going to temple basin. Once we got there we put al our stuff on the goods lift to be taken to the top of the mountain then we went to the track to walk to the top of the mountain it was an hour walk but once we got higher we started seeing heaps of snow so we made snowballs and threw them at each other.  When we got to the top we had lunch and unpacked our stuff we got changed into our ski gear. After we got all our ski gear on we got some ski boots we put them on and then went outside and played on a big hill of snow then we got our skis on we started learning to ski I got the hang of it pretty quick started getting good at stopping by the end of the first day. the second day I started getting on my skis myself and was able to turn and stop I was able to start using the rope tow. The rope toe pulls you up so you can ski down without having to walk on the rope toe you can use a nut cracker or a glove cover to keep hold of the rope but if you don't use a nut cracker its harder and you can't go up as high. I started going higher and higher up and got really good a skiing. the third day was the last day I started using the nut crack and was getting the highest I ever got wth it made using the rope tow a lot easier. I would go right around a hill and the slow down and turn to go on the rope tow again. skiing was one of the best camps I've been on so far and I hope that I will ski again sometime.

Rafting

On Tuesday we left to go rafting at the Grey river when we got there we played some games and talked about the safety rules.  Once we got in the river we started paddling forward we got to our first rapid it was epic there were waves everywhere we even did a jump and landed it. We started going really fast I was at the front of the raft so when big waves hit us I got soaked it was awesome.  We got to a calm part of the river and some of us jumped out the raft, I jumped out of the raft the water was freezing. We got back in and we left for rapids again. This time, the waves were bigger and there were big holes in the water, we went in a hole and the whole raft got filled with water we got soaked. When we got to our campsite we set up our tents.  For dinner, my group made bacon burgers they were delicious.  At around 7 o'clock we played spotlight, Jayden was in and he was in a frog onesie.  I walked right past him and he didn't see me, I won that game.  After we had gone to bed me Calder and George had woke up at midnight thinking it was 7 o'clock in the morning it was so funny.  The next day we continued rafting, we went down heaps of rapids. It was an amazing experience going rafting and I hope to do it again.

Rock climbing and abseiling

On Friday for the element, we did Rock climbing and abseiling at Charleston.  On the trip there I was really excited about the rock climbing and a bit nervous about the abseiling.  We got there and started looking around we all got in a circle to listen to our instructors.  They gave us all a harness and a helmet we put them on and made sure they fit and the got in a square around one of our instructors and had a talk about the rock climbing then we started walking the track to the spot where we were doing it.  We got there and started practising how to abseil and how to set up the ropes for the abseiling.  When we finished that we went to start the rock climbing. I was fourth to do it.  When it was my go I was really excited at the start it was all about finding a place that you could start to climb easily I got to the middle of the wall and it got really hard  there was only one place you could get up and it was really thin I had to use my knee to get up there from there it was easy there were heaps of holes to use to get to the top.  once I got to the top I stood up I was so happy.  After that, we started doing abseiling when it was my turn I got hooked up to two ropes I was a little bit nervous.  I started going down it felt weird because I was walking down the side of a cliff once I had was off I went really fast and made to the bottom quickly it was really awesome. After that we had to go I was so happy and had so mutch fun I hope I can do it again sometime.    

The element #1 Cave stream

 Cave stream

When I arrived at school I was excited and ready for going caving at Cave stream.  We got into our cars and we were off to cave stream.  Once we got there we had some lunch and then got changed into our wetsuits. We all went to the middle of the car park and had a talk about the cave and the limestone around and inside the cave.  After the talk we left on the walk to the cave when we got to the cave Mr. SW went in and checked the water  he came back and said it was fine.  We all walked in the water it was freezing.  My feet started going numb till I couldn't feel them anymore.  There was a part where we all climbed up a wall turned our lights off and went silent.  There were side parts in the cave two of them were dead ends i went in both of them then there was a small one that connected back to the cave that most of us went through at the end of the cave there was a steel ladder at the top there was a chain that you hold while you crawl out of the cave.  After i was done in the cave i wanted to do it again it was really fun :) .