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Tuesday, April 24, 2012

TJ's School Campout Adventure

I went on a fun campout and there were these things called the low ropes and every time you mess up, you get a point.  If you get through with zero points, you get to do the high ropes.  I got through with zero points and I almost got a point at the last wire.  The first wire had one wire that you stand on and one wire that you hold on to.  The second one had two places to put your feet.  The third one had ropes that you hang on to and if you want to do the high rope, you have to clap your hands twice between each rope.  The fourth one was like a ladder and you had to step on each plank of wood.  And the last one had the wire that you walk on and one big rope that you grab on to the whole way across.  The trick for the last one is when it goes down, you have to pull it up and make sure it is tight and then you walk across. 

We also did two-person kayaking, we had to push the boats into the water and I partnered up with Harpo and we worked very well together.  We were the last people, but we got in front of a lot of people.  When we went to shore, we got to play in the water (with life jackets).  We also got to learn about the Aborigines (how they use rocks as paint/clay).  Then we learned how dangerous razor fish (which are like shells) are.  On the way back we did salooing.  There were six people, one person was steering and five people are supposed to paddle.  Unfortunately, one person didn’t have a paddle so one side was stronger than the other.  So there was one person on the left that was rowing and another person using their hands and there were three people on the other side using paddles and one of them was me.   I also learned how to throw a boomerang the right way.  Look back here for my video, I'll post it soon. 

1 comment:

  1. tj that sounds like fun.i hope i can learn how to throw a boomerang like you did. in the summer my family will go to yosemite for several days.

    jerry shi

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