Mountain Biking

Date: 25th-26th July 2012
Location: Hanmer Springs
Duration: 2 days
Weather: Drizzle then fine
Group members: Grey High Outdoor ed class
Supervisors: Myself and Wayne Cooper
Difficulty (grade): Intermediate
Accidents/Incidents: None

I was asked to go along to help out wtih Grey High Outdoor Ed class for their mountain biking trip in Hanmer. Wayne needed another helper/supervisor and a girl specifically to be a good role model for the girls in the class. We left Greymouth at 9am and got to Hanmer where we got ready to go for the first mountain bike ride. It wasn't the best weather on this day; Drizzling and cold but we still had heaps of fun. We had dinner after we'd arrived back then went to the hotpools. Next day we got up, cleaned the kitchen and our rooms and went for another mountain bike, this time a harder track but everyone did really well. We got back to the forest camp, had some lunch then went orienteering. I paired up with Charlotte so i could help her with her map reading. Had a really great time then it was time to head back to Greymouth where we arrived back at 7pm.

Kayaking- Personal

Date: Saturday 14th July
Location: Nine Mile Flood Run
Weather: Rain!
Group Members: Myself, Jimmy Jarvie and James Sadler
Grade: 3+-4
Flow: High
Accidents/Incidents: Jimmy hurt his ankle whilst going down the last slide. Hit the last ramp of the slide and nose dived rolling over and somehow sprained his ankle in the process. A stick and a paddle helped his walk out. :)

Awsome flood run! two sweet slides, the last being about 100m.

VIDEO..:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vn-kexeBXbo

Kayaking Personal

Date:
Location: Hurunui
Weather: Fine and Sunny
Grade: 3
Flow: 40 cumecs
Group members: Myself, Jimmy Jarvie, James Sadler, Tom Slee
Accidents/Incidents: Tom had a swim but not a biggie. Car almost broke down on the way there in the middle of nowhere. But we got there in the end!

Awsome day on the Hurinui. Slow to get there because the car decided to blow its air condtitioning valve. (Not even too sure that's what it was) ha but we had to keep refilling the water every 5 mins. We managed to get it fixed and head to the river! Luckily. Put in at the grade 2 so we could warm up as Tom (who hadnt kayaked much at all) was coming down with us. He had a swim after pulling into an eddy and failing his roll twice and drank a bit of water so that was no good. We got out at the put-it of Maori Gully so we could walk to the car and drive it back to the take out. Then we had to walk all the way back to Maori Gully put in to kayak that section. The day was getting on around that time and getting pretty cold but the river was at a good flow and had heaps of fun. Wicked Day!