Well, last night I came back from the first part of the Challenge. We drove all the way up to Cumbria in the Lake District. The coach journey was really long and I got really scared at that point because I wasn't talking to anyone, and was worried I'd end up being like that all week. When we finally got there though, I found the girls in my group and my roommates were all really nice people.
The first day we were there we went up a mountain. AN ACTUAL 800 METER OR SOMETHING HIGH MOUNTAIN. It was so long and tiring, and I felt like giving up at times. It was raining, it was slippery, my legs were aching, but I kept going, with the encouragement and support of my whole team. I was so lucky I had 2 guys from my school in my team and they really gave me company and helped me feel more comfortable around the others. When we got to the top, it was amazing, you could see everything from up there, and we all knew that all that hard work had been worth it. When we got back we got ready, and went camping for the night. It was ok, but we were attacked by billions of midges. We also had to cook our dinner on these camping stoves, and that didn't go too well, but yeah lol.
The next day was one of the best by far. We did this thing called Gyll Scrambling, which is basically walking through waterfalls. It was sooooo fun. I stayed ahead of everyone else most of the time, and we were climbing down a stream with lots of little waterfalls, and we jumped and slid down them and had the time of our lives. Our instructor Mike was really nice, but I was pretty sure he had an evil side to him, cos a few times, he'd look down the waterfall, do a creepy laugh and tell me to go ahead without telling me what to expect from the bottom. Anyway, after that we went to the lake to swim for a while. That evening in the lounge my team Mentor Alec bought out his guitar, and I played a bit of treacherous.
On the third day we done canoeing and rock climbing. The canoeing was really fun. We were in groups of 4, and each group had 2 canoes tied together. My group was really slow and weak. We all rowed all the way to a little island in the lake. When we got off a water fight broke out, and everyone got REALLY wet. Except me. Like an idiot I point that out, and it was then that Mike grabs me out of nowhere, and just throws me into the lake!! It was FREEEEEEZINGG. Then when we weren't noticing, he tied all our boats to his speed boat, and started towing them away. Our whole team started to freak and started chasing after him through the water. We managed to get to one boat, and we were all clinging to it while we floated in open water. We had to swim to our own boats and climb into them. The row back was really hard, and my team was going nowhere so in the end Mike had to tow us back.
The rock climbing was really good too. It was an actual cliff of a mountain that we had to climb, and we were attached by harnesses. It was really hard, as there wasn't many places to put your feet. I slipped once but luckily apart from a scratch on my elbow I was quite fine. When I reached the top I had to abseil down which was also scary but really fun.
The day we left, there ended up being a problem with the coach and we had to wait for it for ages. We ended up sitting outside, and the mentors decided to put on a rap battle between all the teams. My team merked it for sure, and we were amazing with our rap we made up called Teamwork Makes the Dream Work. Then afterwards they tried to get people to get up to sing, rap or dance or whatever. A few people got up and rapped, then all of a sudden a few evil ones from my team burst out saying "Sameeha sings and plays the guitar!!!" And then they all started telling me to come up and perform. God knows how, but somehow I ended up going up. I played treacherous and barely made any mistakes, which was amazing for me. But it was the most scariest thing in my life, I've never performed in front of anyone forget about a crowd of over 60 people! I found it scarier than most of the activities we did loool, but I'm actually glad and proud of myself that I actually done it.
My team, (Team Reiss) were all really nice and friendly, and even though I've only known most of them for like 5 days, I really love them. We work really well together and have lots of laughs.
Tomorrow we start the Team Challenge. Ty (one of the mentors) has told me to be ready to play another song, so I'll see what happens lol. I don't know if I want to or not. Anyway I can't wait to see Reiss again tomorrow, I better get to bed, I left all my packing for the morning lool. Night peeepsss x
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