Friday, 20 May 2016
Rotary BBQ
Me and Hugh did the rotary BBQ outside new world. We raised $170 and Hugh and I got a free sausage! There were a lot of friendly people talking to us. Some people didn't want a sausage but gave a donation any way. Someone gave us $25 but didn't want a sausage. Thank you to whoever gave us that! I did 2 hours and 15 minutes!
My Hobby
My Hobby
My hobby for the William Pike Challenge Award is Cooking. I will make food and take a picture or video and post it here.
Hawdon Hut
Wow. Thats the only word i can describe the scenery at Hawdon Hut. Its breathtaking. When we got at the start of the tramp we had our first river crossing. It was REALY cold! We carried on through the bush, it took ages scince it was all overgrown. we had come out of the bush and we had lunch. All of a sudden people started to complain about having no water! There was no rivers to fill up and we got thirstier and thirstier. After what seemed like eternity, we came across a river! Wow it felt amazing!
We stopped and dunked our heads in and filled our water bottles. Then we had to carry on with the tramp as we were only about 3/5 of the way up. We came across another river, which i swam in. Before long the whole group came in with me! When it was time with a photo i went in the middle and sat in the water.
I floated there shoes up and just smiled! :D We chanted names, names of people who wouldn't go in to get them to go in.About 4 didn't go under. Ill get them.[ meaning next time i might have to drag them in!] We set of, again and before long, someone was complaining "how much longer?". Hours had gone and my shoulders were aching, red raw. I had blisters on my feet and bites on my legs, but i kept going. A long, long, long ,long time later we had Arrived! We raced to the hut and took of our packs. It felt so weird having no pack on. We went down to the river and I found a watering hole so we swam in it. It was pretty cold! I got out and Hayato asked me to bury him with rocks so he could dry quick. After that we went back but while we crossed a river my Jandal slipped of! I swam all the way down following it slowly. With a great amount of luck it got stuck between a rock! I held it up to show i got it! That night William Pike talked to us about his very detailed tale of the trip that went so horribly wrong. We had dinner and went to bed. The Hut is pretty luxurious for a D.O.C hut. There was a girls room and a boys room. Someone in my room kept blowing off. Im looking at you Hayato! In the morning we got into our food groups and had breakfast together my group had Up&Go. We had about 20 minutes in our rooms talking and packing. Someone kept blowing off and it was horrible but luckily it was me so i didn't smell it as much.We put our soaking wet shoes and socks on, [they actually weren't that bad!] Me and Samuel's shoulders were so bruised that we had to help each other put our packs on and get up! I know it seems weird that my shoulders were bruised BUT! I had to carry the gas cooker and Samuel had to carry the gas cylinders. It was quite chilly in the morning.
We set off with a good pace. We came to our first river of the day. It was Freezing! I refilled my water bottle and we set off again. During the day it got hotter and Hotter and Hotter! Luckily my feeling cold water was now only cold but people who didn't fill up had warm water from the day before. We had got half way and realised that we were making much better progress then the day before. It got even hotter so Hugh and I started to walk down the rivers instead of across. finally we got to the start/finish [depends on what way you look at it. If you were coming back down from Hawdon Hut you would say its the end but if you started the tramp it would be...ETC] But we may of finished the tramp but not the whole thing, we had Cave Stream to do!
below: Photos.
Cave Stream!
We enter cave stream car park. Just in time! Samuel was just about to say "Are we there yet?" for the 100th time. We climbed down the hill to the entrance. We came to the entrance. It was pretty cool.
Mr Priddy gave us a quick safety talk and then we were off. In a couple of metres the water was up to my belly button [And im pretty tall]. We kept telling the person behind us if there was a rock or a drop or a step. I think the cave walk was 45 minutes. We got to the end and we had to go up a metal ladder. While I was waiting, I went under a waterfall and got soaked! I climbed up the ladder and then had to crawl along a ledge while holding on to a metal chain. It was hard work since i had to do an army crawl because I'm tall and if i crawled normally i would of hit my head! We got out and had a little swim in a spring. Then it was time to set of, the long drive home! We stopped of in SpringField, the home of the Simpsons Donut and got an ice cream, YUM! We hoped back into our cars and set of again. It felt like eternity until we arrived at school, I came to my dad who was taking me home. He reminded me of the nice warm relaxing bath and the delicious food. He said, "guess what?" and i said "what?","tomorrow we will have to wake up early to do community service for the challenge!" My mind started going crazy! WHAT!
We stopped and dunked our heads in and filled our water bottles. Then we had to carry on with the tramp as we were only about 3/5 of the way up. We came across another river, which i swam in. Before long the whole group came in with me! When it was time with a photo i went in the middle and sat in the water.
I floated there shoes up and just smiled! :D We chanted names, names of people who wouldn't go in to get them to go in.About 4 didn't go under. Ill get them.[ meaning next time i might have to drag them in!] We set of, again and before long, someone was complaining "how much longer?". Hours had gone and my shoulders were aching, red raw. I had blisters on my feet and bites on my legs, but i kept going. A long, long, long ,long time later we had Arrived! We raced to the hut and took of our packs. It felt so weird having no pack on. We went down to the river and I found a watering hole so we swam in it. It was pretty cold! I got out and Hayato asked me to bury him with rocks so he could dry quick. After that we went back but while we crossed a river my Jandal slipped of! I swam all the way down following it slowly. With a great amount of luck it got stuck between a rock! I held it up to show i got it! That night William Pike talked to us about his very detailed tale of the trip that went so horribly wrong. We had dinner and went to bed. The Hut is pretty luxurious for a D.O.C hut. There was a girls room and a boys room. Someone in my room kept blowing off. Im looking at you Hayato! In the morning we got into our food groups and had breakfast together my group had Up&Go. We had about 20 minutes in our rooms talking and packing. Someone kept blowing off and it was horrible but luckily it was me so i didn't smell it as much.We put our soaking wet shoes and socks on, [they actually weren't that bad!] Me and Samuel's shoulders were so bruised that we had to help each other put our packs on and get up! I know it seems weird that my shoulders were bruised BUT! I had to carry the gas cooker and Samuel had to carry the gas cylinders. It was quite chilly in the morning.
We set off with a good pace. We came to our first river of the day. It was Freezing! I refilled my water bottle and we set off again. During the day it got hotter and Hotter and Hotter! Luckily my feeling cold water was now only cold but people who didn't fill up had warm water from the day before. We had got half way and realised that we were making much better progress then the day before. It got even hotter so Hugh and I started to walk down the rivers instead of across. finally we got to the start/finish [depends on what way you look at it. If you were coming back down from Hawdon Hut you would say its the end but if you started the tramp it would be...ETC] But we may of finished the tramp but not the whole thing, we had Cave Stream to do!below: Photos.
Cave Stream!
We enter cave stream car park. Just in time! Samuel was just about to say "Are we there yet?" for the 100th time. We climbed down the hill to the entrance. We came to the entrance. It was pretty cool.
Mr Priddy gave us a quick safety talk and then we were off. In a couple of metres the water was up to my belly button [And im pretty tall]. We kept telling the person behind us if there was a rock or a drop or a step. I think the cave walk was 45 minutes. We got to the end and we had to go up a metal ladder. While I was waiting, I went under a waterfall and got soaked! I climbed up the ladder and then had to crawl along a ledge while holding on to a metal chain. It was hard work since i had to do an army crawl because I'm tall and if i crawled normally i would of hit my head! We got out and had a little swim in a spring. Then it was time to set of, the long drive home! We stopped of in SpringField, the home of the Simpsons Donut and got an ice cream, YUM! We hoped back into our cars and set of again. It felt like eternity until we arrived at school, I came to my dad who was taking me home. He reminded me of the nice warm relaxing bath and the delicious food. He said, "guess what?" and i said "what?","tomorrow we will have to wake up early to do community service for the challenge!" My mind started going crazy! WHAT!
Rakahuri Rage
20/3/16
Yesterday (20/3/16) I did the Rakahuri rage. It is a off road cycling race fund-raising for north Canterbury. In the race it is mixed ages and skills. You go in teams and do a lap, then come back and tag your team mate and then they do a lap. You do this until time is up and every team got 6 hours. The people who went first had to line up at the start and do the course and an extra 2.5 km to spread out the riders. I lined up surrounded by adults who had skins on and sponsored shirts looking pro. I was feeling nervous and excited. Then we were off! I kept a good pace and slowly overtook quite a lot of people. I didn’t go as fast because I had to do an extra 2.5 km. There were some steep hills which were hard work because you would slow down to go around a bend and then.. Bam! The hill is in front of you. I made all of them just. I went around another bend and a marchal steps onto the track! Luckily for me I have cat like reflexes. I carried on, going a bit faster. I come to a hill again which was even steeper and then go down it which made me go really fast! I hit a bump and got a lot of air! While I was in the air a guy dressed in a spiderman costume came past me going even higher! I came out of the forest area and ahead I could see all the brightly coloured gazebos. They still were quite far away. From where I was to the gazebos it was a straight with one little hill going down. My knees were aching but I carried on. Soon the gazebos were next to me and I had to go around to find the Loburn School gazebo. I found it and skidded to a halt right in front of Hugh, one of my teammates. I gave him a high five and he was off. In my team of 3 there was me, Hugh and Samuel. I limped over to Samuel ( because my knees had seized up ) and asked him what my time was he went over to our time manager and came back. My time was 31 minutes including that extra 2.5 km. I collapsed in a heap and ate some food. I had 2 and a half bottles of water!
I looked at the map to see the track I had to do which was different because it wasn’t the extra 2.5 km map. The orange is the extra bit every person who went first had to do on the first lap. The other colour is the normal circuit. 
Before long it was my turn again! I limped over to my bike and waited for Samuel to come. Sure enough he came and he didn’t brake in time and nearly smashed into me! He gave me a high five and I was off I passed spider man's team who also had captain america, green lantern and hulk. I went quite a bit faster this time. I came to the start of the woods and went in. The temperature difference was amazing! It was at least 28 outside but in the woods it felt so nice and cool. I was coming up to a bump and a guy overtook me and jumped on it and went sideways and landed it! About halfway through the track I heard a CLUNK and then i was peddling so fast but not going anywhere. I realised what it was, my chain. I stopped and went of the track so I wouldn’t be hit by anyone coming. I looked at my chain. I stopped, what chain? My chain had come off and I couldn’t see where it had gone. I looked in the dirt and there was a weird trail in it. I followed it into the bushes and found...My chain! I walked back to my bike and tried to get it on. I did ( eventually ) and carried on. I came to a straight in the forest and a hedgehog was on the track. Luckily for him he was following the race rules and was on the left. I carried on and came to the gazebos again. I came to the Loburn school tent and tried to stop but instead I crashed into Hugh! I high fived him and he was off! I checked my time which was 25 minutes and sat down and had lunch. Before long I had done my 5th lap I was waiting for Samuel but by the time he had come back there wasn’t enough time for me to do another lap. Disappointed I sighed and sat down. We tidied up and went to the prize giving. My dad won a spot prize and chose a $60 bike torch. Heller's gave out free burgers and sausages down the back and I snuck out of prize giving and went there. I came back and the rest of my team had left and then they announced the winners for the primary section. A Sefton team came 1st, a Loburn team 2nd and my Loburn team 3rd! I came to collect my prize (and my teams) and got the podium all to myself! When it was over i gave a sigh of relief and dragged myself to my car. I’ve never drunk so much water in my life! I drunk 6 and a half bottles of water!
(Me racing on the track) (Me waiting at the transition area for my turn)
(Me waiting at the transition area for my turn)
(Me giving a speech to the racers) ( My team and I, Samuel, Hugh and me)
Wednesday, 18 May 2016
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