Kaia @ Greymouth High School

Ski, Crash, Pain, Repeat. Ahhh, STOP!!!! Over the fence I go and so close to falling down the bank. Crash, helmet snapped ski digs into the snow so you can't see it, Goggles fill up with snow. You're in so much pain your in so much pain when you move you feel like your going to break something. But you must experience all of this if you are wanting to become a skier or if you want to be good at any sport. 

Time to load into the vehicles to go to the polytech to meet the instructors and to replace our helmets and lifejackets. We arrived at the polytech and we went and met the instructors I already knew two of the Polytechnic instructors from the previous trip of Rock Climbing/Abseiling at Charleston their names were Jake and Gabby the other instructor's names were Nathan, Jake, Gabbie and I forgot the others.   It was time to go to the meeting location of getting into the rafts when we got there we changed into our wetsuit and thermals then we ate. Then we played a weird game that I didn’t like it's when you have a buddy anyway the game was the teacher/Instructor was said buddy up that's when your buddy that is standing behind you jumps up on your back then they can say buddy down it's when you jump down, They could say buddy swap that's when the buddy swaps so the buddy that was behind will now be in front, Then they can say buddy around that's when you run arou...

I woke up with excitement rock climbing and abseiling was just around the corner. I'm doing the rock climbing and I'm was holding on for my life on the edge of the cliff I'm stuck I feel like if I let go I'm going to fall and it was only a practice climb but it was still high but I managed to get up to the top of the cliff and I was one of the fastest one to climb it mainly because I wanted to get it done and over with. it's time now to climb down a huge cliff there I'm feeling horrible inside because there is a big hump that I have to get over and after that hump, there is a big drop and it felt like you were just hanging for your life. Overall it was fun I would most definitely do it again. Thanks to the polytech for coming

Let the William Pike challenge begin. I woke up with e That is the best Pike challenge I've ever done... Well, it's the only challenge if done this year. We all entered the spectacular cave with excitement all through our bodies. Here is the first corner Jeez it was cold when I say cold I mean really Cold, The water was right up to my hips. I must have fallen over so many times more times than I can remember. There were brilliant caves side caves that took you to different spots the one that I went through was the one where you could see over everyone and there was also one where you could cut through to the front of the line I used it because there were so much slow people in front of my so what I decided to do was go through the little side cave and I came out to the front of the line. Prank time the teacher had pulled a prank on the people that were at the front of the line. Right at the start of the cave before we were going to the cave the teacher told us that there were...