Mount Longonot climb

On Thursday, November 24th, the 9th grade climbed mt. longonot. We left school at around 8:15, and got back at 4:30. We had to bring water, a packed lunch, and raincoats etc.
The bus parked at the park entrance and we all started walking together from there, but eventually the grade spread out (depending on how fast people walked). It was very cold when we first started, but we warmed up when we started walking. The terrain was very rocky, and there were lots of acacia trees. It was raining a little (a light drizzle) and so everyone was wearing their raincoats and hoodies, the sand was also kind of wet, but not enough to stick to the bottom of our shoes.
It was very steep in some places, and you had to scrabble up with your hands and feet. The view was awesome, but scary in some places. At the top you could see over the whole land, I could see the buses and the gate.
The teachers stayed with us the whole time and encouraged us to drink water. They also urged us forwards if we were tired.

I was in the middle of the walkers, and some people were already at the top when I got there. We all ate lunch together and then some people walked to an even higher peak. I didn't go with them, and me and one of my friends ran down the mountain together. It was a lot easier coming down than going up, but it was a little slippery and some people fell (but no one was seriously hurt). My toes and thighs were hurting alot when we were done.
The bus ride back was really long, because there was a traffic jam and we had to go through naivasha. Eventually we got back to ISK though, and I got a ride home with a friend.

I found this experiance very rewarding, it gave me a feel for what it will be like climbing Mount Kenya, and what I need and will have to do to prepare. I also feel the grade bonded a little on the climb, and enjoyed themselves overall.
I would NOT do this climb again, but I'm glad that I did it.

MUN Update

In MUN now we're organising a 'model MUN'  for the elementary students. A small section of the MUN group is working on this event, and we are split into different catagories (depending on what you want to work on). I'm in the activities group, which means that I help organise the games, bake sales, powerpoints, and other fun stuff that will be going on to keep the little kids interested and engaged.

This event will probably take up two days (half a day each) but nothing is confirmed yet. Some of the other groups include education (teaching the elementary about what MUN does, and how to come up with a resolution, etc.), and admin (deciding what day to do it on, and talking to the principal...). There are a few more groups, but I can't remember them right now.

So far in our group (Lezer, me, Shivam, Ahil, etc.) we have decided to have a bake sale, a water balloon fight, musical chairs game, powerpoint, and more. The bake sale will consist of muffins with pictures of different flags iced on them. Each country will get a certain amount of baked goods, and will have to trade them (this teaches them about the value of resources). The water balloon fight represents wars, and what MUN is striving to solve in the world. In the musical chairs game each chair will have a flag of a country on it, and when the kid sits down they'll have to say the name of the country and what continent the country is  in. Finally, the powerpoints and other presentations will be educational (answers to questions about different resolutions, etc.).

Yoga: Day 2

Today in yoga we started off with small exercises lying down on the floor. We had to lift up our legs really high, which hurt a lot. Then we did some small stretches, like the tree. We spent a while finding our 'mountain', which is your center of balance (apparently it's important to find this when you're doing balancing stretches).

Gwynne, Krisha, and Lucie all came this time and it was really fun, but Lucie had to leave about fifteen minutes before the session ended. There were students from all different grades, but most of them were from 10th and 11th grade.
At the end of the session we all had to lie down for about ten minutes and close our eyes (to relax or something). I think a few people even fell asleep! But it was really hard for me because I kept fidgeting and coughing.
Her music player wasn't working, so it was all quiet, and the floor kept squeaking.

Cool Yoga position.


Overall I had a great time, but I'm still finding it painful so I probably need to go for a few more sessions.