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Hihey9989 · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 4:34 pm Post subject: Outward Bound

I'm going on this four day "wilderness experience" (as my school would call it) with the eighth grade starting tomorrow. I won't be back till Thursday evening...k?

jadeflower82 · Posted: Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:15 pm Post subject:

Have fun!

Those kind of trips can be fun, depending on the location. Tell us about it when you get back!
~Mara

idoodley0181 · Unchained Joined: 13 Apr 2006 Posts: 1175 Location: UK

Good luck. Is that going to be like a camping and survival trip? I've never been camping before as I've never had the desire to, I think it's the bugs 'icky'. For some strange reason though I've wanted to do a survival type thing in a forest.

aurora_rose · On Fire Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 410 Location: so. cal.

oooh! sounds fun! hope you survive! Sourire

Hihey9989 · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 10:12 pm Post subject:

Oh my god! that was probably one of the hardest things in my life! It was a four day backpacking trip through the mountains of Morganton, NC. The first day was the longest and hardest. We learned how to do everything, then we went on this nine hour hike with a 45 lb backpack (55 with the water bags). It went from 2:00PM to about 11:45 PM. At about 11:10, I began losing my mind sorta, I hadn't eaten since our snack break at 6:00, we had another but I didn't eat anything. I began thinking in spanish and french out loud, and then we had to go up a steep hill about the length of a football field, that's when things got bleak. I lost all coordination and balance and fell over several times, I felt like I was literally collapsing into myself, I couldn't feel my shoulders anymore and my eyes hurt, in front of me was this white plant taht looked like it was covered with mushrooms, I tried to step over it and it disappeared; it was a hallucination. I walked into this ditch and then stepped out, but in front of me was the black box from 2001: A Space Oddyssey (sp?), I stepped over it also to find out that it was a hallucination. I took a break near the top with everyone else so everyone behind us could catch up. My firend, Tim, was the last one, he had earlier collapsed from dehydration but turned out okay. He was slow because he has acid reflux disease (his family is dysfunctional) and he's only 15. We made camp near the top of that mountain. We also went rock climbing, camping, and hiked to the top of Table Rock last night. It was pretty cool, the first and last day I thought were hard or uncomfortable, the second was okay, and the third I really enjoyed (yesterday). I will go into detail if you want, and I will post pics once they're developed.

aurora_rose · On Fire Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 410 Location: so. cal.

you hallucinated and everything? cool!

Hihey9989 · Posted: Thu May 11, 2006 11:25 pm Post subject:

Pics are ready!

Pic of the rock we climbed

Sunset on Table Rock

Table rock, we had to hike to the top Embarassé

Pic of a mountain about 3 miles from where I was standing (Table Rock)

Table rock from a distance

Some of my friends on top of Table Rock

Hihey9989 · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:20 am Post subject:

Some more:

Me... WITH SHORT HAIR!!! Très content

Some cool rock formation:

Another sunset from Table Rock:

Zach and sunset:

Jericho, Sage and sunset

Mountain Pic

aurora_rose · On Fire Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 410 Location: so. cal.

wow. those pics are amazing! that's really pretty place whereever you went to.

Hihey9989 · Posted: Fri May 12, 2006 12:32 am Post subject:

Morganton, North Carolina

aurora_rose · On Fire Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 410 Location: so. cal.

superyo · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 7:03 am Post subject:

yep, it seems a nice place Sourire

I hope you enjoyed that trip Sourire