term two goals

kayaking =paddle a grade 3 river.
rock climbing =lead climb with natural pro grade 18.
tramping=do a over night trap in SDL time.

bush(tec)

we tramped over the Lewis pass tops,we went for 4 days.the weather on the first day was not the best,was rather cold and rain in the evening.the night was windy rainy and cold,i didn't sleep very well.the next morning was also cold but by the afternoon the sun came out and stayed out for the rest of the tramp.my group conceited of 8 students and one instructor.everyone in my group was rather fit and we seemed to make up alto of ground when we got going. For me the tramp was only hard on the firs day due to the fact we were going up hill(we gained 700m elevation over around 1000m.
nobody had Any accidents.
the last night was the most fun for me, we found a great camp spot right beside a dead flat lake.when we were looking out at the lake we saw a eel,and it hug around all night and we saw it again in the morning before we left.we even named it Christabel.our instructor(dav willams) is a black belt so that night we also did karati on the beach of the lake,it was very surreal.then just before sun set we lit a fire and sat around telling stories and telling jokes.

kayaking week two(tec)

on the 15march to the 19 march my group did another week of kayaking.alot of this week was based on rescue.we did a morning in the pool to critec our role,T rescue,H rescue and get introduced on how to do a deep water rescue. that day and Thursday we did all of this out on the river(Arnold). on Friday we went to the ardahuda,we put in at the section above the red shed.a new run for all the students.this day was about working in small groups and navigating our way safely down the river.we had an unexpected swimmer,witch was fun because we got to put the new rescue techniques into action. all in all another great week on the water learning lots.

kayaking week one(tec)

From the first to the forth of march my group at tec started our first week of kayaking. the first few days we were in the pool and on flat water.this was good for everyone to learn hoe to role.i learn to role on both sides but couldn't get the hand role. the next couple days we got to go out on the rivers.the first river we went on was the grey, it was good to get out there though there was little rapids we practiced our rolling in moving water,river navigation and getting in and out of eddies.we also went on the adahuta for half a day there was i big buffer wave close to the rocks with a eddie on the outer side.i tried a couple times to get to it on my 2nd try i flipped,tyred to role couple times(couldn't),so banged on my boat and waited hoping someone would T rescue me but didn't have enough time.yep i swam.the next day we got to go out to the Arnold.this was heps of fun.we practiced the same stuff again but this time there was alot of eddies in the middle of the river,boules and wave that we had a go at riding.there was a cool buffer wave,i rode it a couple times but on last try a flipped couldn't role,panicked and swam,i was real annoyed for not holding on for longer and trying again.
still had some good runs and learnt alot cant wait to go again!

bullerfest 2011

bullerfest is a kayaking and rafting comp 5 min out of Murchison. all the 2nd years in my cause and the tutors were raving about it.so i thought y not.we got there Friday night,was too late for the videos and drinks at the rec center but enough time to set up camp and get ready for a cool weekend.
Saturday morning up at 8 had leftover bread buns left from last night and some yogurt for breakfast.then went down to the local rafting center and helped pump up and load the rafts. we then made our way to the river and went down to the main rapid to check out the cause.wonded back up to the road and organised a rafting team with some of the others from TPP,we ended up with 3 teams who all made it to the semi finals. i had never rafted before so was little nervious not knowing what to do.we ended up having 3 races, got 3rd in 2 and first in the other. i had such a wicked time. me and  2 others got to take the last 2 rafts down the rapid so we could get them back onto the trailer,we paddled on one and towed the other it was prity funny.
that night there was a big party at the camp sight that the organisers had going.we had a few drinks and went to that,i was rather tyred so didn't stay too long
Sunday they had a cardboard and duck tap raft race down the river next to the camp sight two of my classmates and two tutors entered it was hilarious. that day at 3 they had prize giving none of our group placed but we did get some little spot prizes.they gave away heaps of spot prizes including 2 paddles and had a massive game of paper scissors rock to give away a kayak,it was wicked.
All in all great weekend out on the water