A Day at Camp
Hi Viewers,
A few weeks ago I went to Hornby Island Outdoor Education Center for 2 nights 3 days. We did a lot of fun activities and I wrote an essay about it.
Have you ever seen a opossum? I haven’t but I’ve hung upside down like an opossum about 25 feet in the air. That was because I went to Tribune bay Outdoor Education Center. I went to camp for the grade 7 camp at school. The school does this because it gives the grade 7s something to remember before they head off to high school. We stayed for 2 nights and 3 days. The people in charge made breakfast, lunch, dinner, and dessert. My favorite meal was for sure dinner when we had spaghetti. We also did some activities that were up to 40 feet in the air! Have you done anything like that? We also had toilets that were so high tech, you didn’t need to flush them! Is this even real life right now!? I also learned some life lessons from our trip.
My first and favorite life lesson that I learned was that it’s all in your head. I learned that at one activity called the Leap of Faith. What the Leap of Faith is there’s a 30 foot telephone pole with giant staples in it and you climb it. When your at the top you stand on it and jump and try to catch a trapeze bar. When I did that I was super scared and I couldn’t get to the top because I was thinking too much. After a little bit I finally realized that it was all in my head and I got up and jumped. Another time I learned that was the climbing wall. I spent some time thinking too hard, but after I got further than I expected to go so it proves that it’s all in your head.
My second lesson was to stay positive or find the best in a situation. I learned that at some meals when I ate last. I was disappointed but I realized I was with all my friends and we got more time to talk with each other. Another place I learned that was in the Giant’s Ladder I wasn’t with my friend. In the Giant’s Ladder it’s a giant ladder where you and a partner have to get up as far as you can. I did realize that I went farther that what me and my friend would’ve done. The place that I learned to stay positive the most was at stones (goldrush). I was on a team with none of my friends or some of the fast people. I learned that it was fun even though I wasn’t with my friends and my team ended up winning.
My third and final lesson I learned was cooperation is the key to success. I learned that when we did the Giant’s Ladder. I watched as some people struggled to climb up by themselves so they had to work together with their partners. Even the strongest kids needed help or to help their partners. That’s when I realized cooperation is the key to success. Another time was in the team building activities. It was obvious but I still learned it.
My three lessons I learned were: Cooperation is the key to success, stay positive, and it’s all in your head. I mostly figured them out in the climbing activities but in other activities as well. I think that my favorite activity was the opossum log where I hung upside down 25 feet in the air. I enjoyed camp a lot and I encourage you to go there if you can.
~Eli
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