Friday, November 13, 2009

3 Day Hike

Today we got back from our three day hike and all of us were exhausted. The boys started it off with a 7km walk to their first campsite. It was nice and sunny when they got there but after a couple of hours it started pouring down rain and they were all in their tents. After a bad night's sleep they were off again to their next campsite. It was only a 2.5km walk but it still took a long time as the navigators had no idea where they were going. When they got there Mr W and Mr H told them they were doing duo and that they were not allowed communication with any other pairs. After a very boring afternoon and a long sleep they were off again for a 5.5km walk back to Binga.

The girls started off to a great start until the boys caught up singing their chants. We parted from the boys and continued on with our hike. The first night was good apart from the toilet paper was left out during the night meaning we had none left. As we walked to our next campsite Kate fell over and split her stitches. The second day was duo and it was silence between all the groups. There wasn't much to do and we didn't have a group fire. With an early start to the morning, we packed up and left for Binga. With the many hills the girls were challenged but we all got there in the end feeling good.

Emily, Taylor and Nic