So I have now been at Columbia for almost 3 weeks now, lots has been happening. We did a first aid course in the first week, a coastal trip in the second, and now, classes.The coastal trip was an absolute blast. As a program we were split into Alpha and Bravo teams. I have the wonderful privilege of being Bravo 1. Starting at Oil City, we worked our way of to Ozette. During the trip we had an assignment that we had to complete. We were supposed to identify different species of Flora and Fauna. We had five different categories, of which we had to identify four of each. Seeing as how this was worth 15% of the course mark, I started early. I'm glad I did, because many people did not end up filling their card. I think my favorite discovery was the flat porcelain crab, who's claws were as big as him. We covered a number of different kinds of terrain, from rocky scrambling, to overland trails, to stretches of flat beaches. We got back to the school around 1:00 in the morning of the 2nd.
From there we moved into orientation, moved into our new places, and had to meet a whole gamut of new students. Seeing as there are only 500 of them total, which is smaller than my old high school, that doesn't seem like too daunting of a prospect. Classes are not too bad yet, they seem like stuff that I would be interested in for sure, though I have yet to be to one of my Anabaptist classes, which the only reason I have to take it is because everyone has to take it. Not much to do with Outdoor Leadership.
Tomorrow we head out on a field for Kayak Rescue and Recovery, which sounds exciting, since we are doing it in the ocean. Thats the nice thing about this program, no classes Friday's and we play outside doing crazy stuff.
Yesterday we did our first OL fitness training, where we ran 6.2km, and then swam 600m in the pool that we ran to. I then had to run back to school, so that I could get to class on time. Missing class is not really an option in such a small school.
In my spare time I've been doodling and making comics, some of which I may post up here if I think that it is good enough. In any case, enough about that, and I'm out of things to right about.
Peace out.
