“Mud!”
“Where?”
“There!”
“Oh yeah! Where?”
“That’s not mud that’s sheep poo!”
“Don’t jump in that!”
During week 5, we year 7 and 8s went for a 4 night camp at the Waitomo caves. One of the first things we did was the team covenant.
Jed our awesome guide took us to the starting point up on a steep hill. The boys ran ahead towards the post where we were meant to start.
“Don’t waste your energy just yet; we still have a while to go”
The boys started to sprint down the other side of the hill yelling “SORRRRRRY!!!” Unable to stop.
“Do they ever listen?” Jed asked.
“Only on a special occasion or in other words, no” we replied.
“First we will need to collect earth or in other words mud”
“YAY!”
“WOHO!”
Did I mention we like mud?
After we had collect the mud and wallowed in it we walked on to find the sunlight and came across a river blocking our path.
“Ladies first!” I screamed charging in.
Most people crossed the bridge which was the smarter choice of the two but instead Tama, Kate and I ended up not being able to escape the wrath of the evil grass which pulled us back by our ankles.
But then David came to the rescue and heaved us out
“Well, at least our clothes are clean”
We walked on and on holding the gumboot with the mud we had collected inside and also the empty gumboot until we came across circle outlined with small rocks. There was a stout wooden post in the middle of the circle with a gumboot on the top of it.
“All you have to do it get the gumboot out of the circle without taking a step beyond the rocks. The circle represents the sun so if you step in it you will burn and die. You can only use the rubber band and 3 ropes provided” Jed said.
In the end we managed to retrieve the gumboot. Just. We held the ropes tightly and then twisted them around the gumboot pulled the ropes across slowly and ta-da we got it.
We walked some more and climbed down a steep rocky ledge and what do you know – water. It didn’t look deep but as soon as we pounced into it we were up to our necks in muddy water. We filled the empty gumboot with water and then for what seemed like ages we wallowed in it and then crawled limply out.
We walked for some more and then we painted the ninja stripes on our faces with a bit of thee mud we had collected. We then came across a huge rock with a crack in it big enough for someone to squeeze through
“Only ninjas can squeeze through here” Jed said with a wide grin plastered on his face.
We climbed over a fence to a small cliff. Ginny was then strapped to a harness and we housted her up so she could reach the rusty key to unlock the valuable treasure chest. While we were heaving her up we feel into a deep mud puddle that made an oozing sound. The treasure was two yummy chrunchie bars each. We ate them like a hungry wolf would eat a fat little boy. This activity was really enjoyable.
by Rachel
