SIT happens

SIT (Southern Institute of Technology) is the school that I go to here in New Zealand. We have the wonderful pleasure of taking our outdoor classes from them. Every other week they teach us a new section in outdoor recreation like surfing, kayaking, backpacking etc. Then on our off weeks we go on a trip to “experience” our new skills.

Our teacher, John Kapa, aka fun sucker, makes us do debriefs after every single thing we do. I like to call it our testimony meeting of the outdoors.There are 35 of us. It takes a half an hour to hear about everyone’s feelings. People say things like "At the beginning of the day I had a bad attitude and hated it, but then I decided to be happy and I was!" Or "I have learned so much about myself through this experience and I wouldnt change it for the world." Its super hard to take it seriously and not laugh the whole time. The best part is when someone gets choked up talking about a piece of grass they found and how it has made them such a stronger person...

Anyways…Our first trip we went to Borland lodge to go kayaking and I wrote about it in a previous entry. It was an enjoyable trip even though I strongly dislike kayaking but it was still a good experience. The next trip was not as amazing. It rained the whole time and we had to kayak again but it only lasted for three days so it was bearable. Our last trip that I just got back from was a three-day backpacking trip up in the Remarkables. It was beautiful. I didn’t take very many pictures. Thank you google images for the second one...It rained a little on the second day and we almost froze our bums off the second night when it snowed, but all in all I loved it. Our last trip is in two weeks and we’re going rock climbing. Im excited:)