ORIENTEERING! I thought it was a slow walk around the bush with a compass at hand. I was seriously wrong! We started off with a practice around the school. My group was sprinting to the next control, stamping it and then heading off to look for the next. The controls were orange and white signs with letters forming a code. Our group of three was made up of Harry (Harry's WPCA) and Fergus. We were quickly writing the code down and then hammered off to the next control. Soon after we formed an alliance with Matthew, Fletcher (Fletcher's WPCA), Josh S (Josh's WPCA) and Sam (Sam's WPCA). Matt had tried to jump a fence then he fell and couldn't walk so his team carried him to the class where he recovered quickly. Rapidly we were closing in on the finish only to see another team approaching also. This was the race for 4th or 5th! I put the hammer down and sprinted. We made it in time for the 4th place. Overall I thought this was a great, unique experience and would love to do it again!
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