Bivouac Making

Do you know what a Bivouac is? Well at came one of our activities were bivouac making, a bivouac is a little Hut made out of wood and twigs. The first thing we had to do was find a good spot to make one then build it, my team chose a spot close to the Abseiling so we could see what it was like.

My team had a strategy, it was that two people build and one person gets all of the supplies. The builders in my group was Darius and I and the Supplier was Patrick. As soon as we had finished we were relieved because we couldn't wait to kick back.

Our bivouac was a success but we didn’t test to see if it was water proof. When we were walking around we saw some other groups that had failed so we think our one would of too. Even though making bivouacs was hard work I still managed to help my team.

Bombing Off The Pontoon Was Really Fun!

The first touch of water made me afraid of going to the Pontoon. I knew it was going to be freezing. I had no choice but to get in the water and get use to it. I was really desperate to get to that pontoon.

A couple more strokes and I knew I will get to the pontoon. As soon as I was there I climbed up the ladder and had a little rest before I took my first jump. The first jump I took was cool because I haven’t jumped off something like that in ages, I hit the water like a huge bomb.

“ Yay we are finally out of the water I said to the people around me”. Getting out of the water made me cold because the wind was blowing on me. When I got out of the water it was still cold even though I had my towel on, I couldn’t wait to get into some warm clothes.

Kayaking At Camp Bentzon

As soon as Erin told Mansion B that we were going for a 2km kayaking trip, I knew that it wasn’t going to be good for me. The first place we kayaked to was the pontoon, and when we arrived there we had to raft up. We practiced this because on some big ships people will not be able to see you in a little Kayak.

When we had nearly completed our trip we played a game called SWITCH THE KAYAKS. All Erin had to do was choose two people and those two people had to switch kayaks the first one to get into the other kayak wins. When Erin chose me I knew I was going to capsize but I still gave it my best shot.

After we played SWITCH THE KAYAKS we headed back to shore. But on the way there, I capsized out of my Kayak and I was very exhausted. Poor Erin had to tow me back to shore. Thankfully we arrived at shore.