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Lake Daniells Tramp
Lake Daniells Tramp
Lake Daniell is a tramp in the Southern Alps just past Springs Junction. The tramp is in the Lewis Pass. Before we left Ms Kemp was explaining the rules and what we would do if someone got hypothermia. The main rule was to leave no trace. What she meant was to leave the track how it was before we arrived. She also told the class not to wonder off the track because the beech forest all looks the same and it is very easy to get lost. After she explained the rules she got people into their car groups to head off.
Our car group had Jack, Xavier, Charlie, Ethan, and Ms Kemp. At the start of the car ride Charlie started I SPY. As the game went on we added maori words to it. Ms Kemp made a very hard one for Jack, Xavier and Ethan but Charlie got it really easily. Ethan made a hard one to but in english. It was a speaker. The clues he gave were… They are in cars, in houses, and on technology devices. When we got to Reefton they were hounding Ethan to give them the answer. Once we left Reefton they were still trying to get the answer but they couldn't so they had given up. After the I Spy game Charlie asked to play music and Ms Kemp said yes. Charlie was vibing to the music and he had an imaginary guitar in his hand playing it.
Before we started the tramp Ms Kemp gave us each a number for the number off. A number off is a quick and easy way to make sure everyone was there.
The Lake Daniell walk was pretty boring, Although it got fun as we went on. When we set off we were moving at a great speed. As we went through the track people got a bit crazy by throwing moss at each other. Once we got to the first stop we had a check up. Once we carried on there was a whole pile of moss sitting on an edge of a drop that people had picked up. At stop two Ms Kemp changed who was in the front so we could keep a good speed. We got a drink and if we wanted to we could get a little snack to eat while walking. The third stop was one of the challenging stops. It was the part where most of the hills were and where the parents had to tell some of the kids to not stop walking to keep on going.
Once we got to the fourth stop we had another drink of water. When we left to keep on going we then reached a flat surface to walk along. About 30 minutes later we got to the Kōhanga Atawhai-Manson-Nicholls Hut. We had a stop and had some lunch. People were sitting on the deck next to the hut. Jack, Xavier, Ethan, and Ms Kemp were sitting at a picnic table. Once we had finished lunch Jack had brought his fishing rod so he went to go try and catch fish. The first cast was ok, it went out quite far out then the second cast got snagged, on something below the surface. But after many tries he got it unstuck but the line was tangled up so he cut the line and got Ms Kemp to retie the swivel back onto the line. The last cast was a failure the lure got snagged on the same thing that was under the surface then he was trying to get the lure unstuck but the line snapped and he didn't have any more swivels so he packed the fishing rod up and then the class got a picture at the hut then set back off to got to the cars.
Once finished at the hut we headed back onto the track. On the way back it was pretty quick but the classmates who were throwing moss at each other got a growling. So they had to be at the back with Ms Kemp and a parent in front of that line. When we finally got to the end some people went on a rope swing around the side of the track. When the others at the back came out we gave out a thank you to all the parents that helped with transport and on the walk. On the way back to school Ms Kemp decided to drop Xavier and Charlie at home. When we finally got to school Ethan and Jack grabbed their bags and headed off home.
