Buller Rafting

Last week, the William Pike boys, in my regards did the best challenge of the year rafting the Buller River and up to level 4 rapids. It was a great experience and I will definitely try it again.


We started of by getting into our wetsuits.

Later we started with a little rapid where we were taught all the key instructions.

We then got into the battles like Roller coaster, a level 3 rapid.

And finally we were very proud after the hardest rapid. Gun slinger.

Overall the day was a blast and a experience I will never forget.

Orienteering

In September, the William Pike Boys did orienteering around the school perimeters. We went right into the highlands of the Nelson College Outback. First we would do a practice coarse and then was followed by the real challenge. All we had was a map and a checklist. In teams of four, my team was coming in second until I stopped to help my friend who had badly landed of his cox-ex. Overall it was a great day full of awesome challenges.

6 Hour Mountain Bike Challenge

On Sunday us William Pike boys had to bike through the mucky terrain of the Kaiteriteri Mountain bike track. Seeming the track had just gotten a lot of rain on Saturday the track was very muddy so it started causing a few problems for the riders including a lot of crashes. When everyone from the Pikkies came over the bridge all of us were cheering them on with full support. The day was an awesome day where every person had to ride a 30 min track roughly of 5 km coarse. It got so tiring you started thinking that after every little hill it's the end but it just keeps going so it gets so exhausting you feel like bursting. Overall everyone had a lot of fun biking in the outback of Kaiteri.

My Hobby Cooking

On Saturday night I started my hobby, cooking. My first meal was cooking spaghetti and meatballs.

 This is the recipe that I used to
make the dish. In the recipe
I put a extra ingredient in the
meatballs, Cheese (awesome).

  After you put all the ingredients in the bowl you get to do the coolest part. Smashing it with your hands.                    

After mashing the mince, you make them into meatballs. Where I covered the mixture around the cheese. Afterwards you cook them on the stove while the pasta is cooking.
                                   



                                   
Later I combined the two to make the best meatballs                              ever , me and my family loved them.                                                                

Bays Joinery Sponsor

On Monday I was met by George at Bays Joinery. George and I had an awesome chat about William Pike. George and Bays Joinery are happily going to sponsor me as I take on all my amazing challenges this year. In return I have to finish all my challenges and sweep down the factory at Bays Joinery. Thanks George ad Bays Joinery.

This Is the the factory that ill be sweeping!

This I all the workers doing there awesome jobs!

My sponsor for William Pike challenge.

Community Service

When we arrive at Hampden St I am always excited about reading to my awesome little buddy Jack.
Jack is always excited to read so he will be at door waiting. Afterwards we go to the playground to read. There are lots of excited books that Jack likes to read. Later we give each other challenges on the playground like climbing the ultra hard climbing wall. But yet he does it because he's aawweessoommee!

Can't wait till I go back.

Tongiriro Crossing

The Tongiriro Crossing

On the 19th of February 2013 the year 8's had to fight a grueling 4 hours until the top of  the Tongiriro crossing. We started of walking 4 km to the start of the climb so if people thought this was hard they had another coming. Just walking down that first serge to the mountain we came across a lot of beautiful scenery like soda springs with the waterfall and looking at the different colours of rock on Mt Ngarahpoe.




 We all stopped to have a break just before devils staircase. We were lucky to have Sarah Cate leading the way at the front of the pack up Devils staircase letting us stop just to get a drink but it got a bit annoying after a while for those faster guys. At the top of the south crater we did a huge haka which was fantastic.



 We kept on walking through the boiling rock until we had some lunch at the other end of the crater. As we thought we had done the hard bit we looked at the next stage of the mountain. On a hands and knee's crawling ourselves up like centipede's. As we started to emerge to the top I was getting a lot happier for some reason hhhmmm!! The first thing I did when I got to the top I gave my dad a huge hug then gasped in all the air on the top of the mountain, over looking  the hills.




  On our way down it was like we were at a skate park doing tricks of all the rocks until we finally go back down to the south crater to do another haka. We were told to put our hearts and souls into it and that's exactly what we did, at one point I thought the volcano was going to erupt. Some of the guys starting jogging down to the bottom, at the end we were all aloud to dip our heads into the water, ffrreezziinngg but lovely! I felt so proud to complete the Tongiriro crossing because I thought it was a once in a lifetime experience!!