Croesus Tramp William Pike Challenge

   On Wednesday the 11th of August Room 8 went on about a 22km tramp for the William Pike Challenge. In my car group was Emma, Noah and I plus my Dad who was driving. We went through Blackball and then along the Croesus Road for about 15 minutes. When we arrived at the start of the track we all got our packs on and had a quick talk and then we started. I walked up the front for the whole time on the way to the hut except for when I waited for Olive because she was getting tired and people were passing her so she was walking alone. The three swing bridges took us a while to cross because you could only go across one at a time. 

I liked going to the front because I walked with Emma, Andrea and Amanda and we had a nice pace. We also had to do a scavenger hunt and in my group was Billie and Emma and my parent helper was my Dad. One of the things we had to do was count the swing bridges which there were three of. We stopped at every swing bridge to have a break and at Garden Gully which was where Fynn and Hamish turned around. When we got higher in the mountains we got to go into some snow. It wasn’t that thick but we still had heaps of fun throwing snowballs at each other. When we got to the hut we sat on the top of the massive bunk to eat lunch. 

On the way back down we threw snowballs again until the snow was gone. I also talked to Donna about Masterchef which we both enjoy watching for about 20 minutes which I enjoyed. When we had about 1 & ½ - 2 hours I started feeling really dizzy and not that great. I also figured out the hard way my boots were too small. Everyone was really nice and kept asking me how I was, which was really good of them. When we stopped at one point Donna gave me some sugar no-sugar lemonade which actually made me feel lots better! I had a few more sips and after a bit I felt pretty good! I still felt a little bad but I was pretty good thanks to the sugar no-sugar lemonade! When I got home later we figured out I had not eaten nearly enough food to fuel me. 

Finally we had 1km to go so we trudged on until we got to the end! 22km was a long way! We all sat down and had a talk under the shelter about how it went and then we got into our cars and drove back to school. Taking my boots off and putting my scuffs on was the best feeling ever! My feet were quite sore so it felt really good! Emma cracked a few jokes that Dad found hilarious but Noah and I were just like, “ How is that even funny?” because Emma and Dad were cracking up! 

When we dropped Emma and Noah off I got home and had a shower which was really nice. Overall it was a really good tramp and I had heaps of fun!!!