It was my first school camp and I was feeling ready for it.

The beds in the cabins were so uncomfortable my back was so sore the next day.

Orienteering was hard on our bodies—running and walking for two hours through a forest — we had no clue where we were going. The other teams were yelling for help but we kept our answers to ourselves. Running up and down the hill, most of us fell, or almost fell over.

Watching all the other teams struggle to find the answers was interesting. The birds chirping blocked out the sound of the other teams.

The pools were as cold as ice. When you go down the hydroslide you can feel all the cold wind around your body. The feeling of cold wind around your body kinda just disappeared into thin air. The kids were screaming so loud I couldn't hear the birds around me.

All the kids on one bus made it very loud. A lot of relationship drama happened on the bus on the way back to Christchurch!