Daily Dose of Doug-
ELITEAM jumped out of its comfort zone by trying something new today. To replace a day of biking, we organized an adventure hike. Five miles, 2400 vertical gain and groups of eight campers who had many additional challenges thrown at them during the five hour event. Each team had to carry two gallons of water, their lunch, and an eight foot slosh pipe filled with 30 pounds of water the entire five miles. One challenge involved tying the team together with a 30 foot rope and then hiking the final quarter mile to the top of Castlerock at Sugarbush. Throw in some singing, Burpees and planks and you have one of the greatest ELITEAM experiences ever. We rewarded ourselves by riding the chairlift down! I personally am exhausted, as I am sure the campers are. Right now the group is watching the movie Rudy. Tomorrow is everyone’s favorite; SUFFERFEST and Sandpit slalom!
MEMORABLE MOMENTS from the Staff-
Coach Sarah:
– My team did a great job rallying around a camper who was struggling today during the hike. By cheering for him and helping him along everyone made it to the top in good spirits!
-Will M. found a really cool mushroom!
– Hunter found a frog which Will Mc. caught for us all to look at!
Coach Colby:
– Dylan carried a gallon of water during the whole hike, never letting one complaint out.
– As we left the summit of castle rock, I ended up with a bag of trash that was about 30 pounds. After struggling to carry it across the long trail to the other peak, Harry offered to carry it down the rest of the way. Walking uphill with weight is one thing, but going down is a whole other challenge that Harry took with pride.
Coach Tasha:
– Will Mc: “I think I need longer legs for this hike”
– All the team work it took to carry a slosh pipe and two jugs of water to the top. Taking turns when people got tired. Cheering on when times got tough. Overall a great hike!
– Singing “Don’t Stop Believing” as a team 1/2 way up castle rock!
Coach Zack:
– Connor challenged himself to carry the groups two jugs of water to top of castle rock and achieved his goal!
– Kyle was determined to carry the groups slosh pipe for the vast majority of the hike and did so with only a little help.
Coach Devon:
– On the hike today, Dylan charged ahead carrying one gallon water jug all the way to the top! Very impressive!
– Towards the top of the hike, while everyone was tied together, I heard a lot of encouragement from team members to make sure everyone got to the top! It was much needed, as the last 10 minutes up were very steep.
Coach Dan:
– In my hiking group Sylvie was in charge of carrying a 20lb rock up the mountain, and Lindsay had the responsibility of carrying a gallon of water. Shortly into the hike Lindsay accidentally dropped the water and it began to shoot out the crack in the container. Sylvie stopped, looked at me, and said “I wish my rock had a leak”.
– The most memorable moment for me was reaching the top of Lincoln Peak. The views were breathtaking and the chairlift ride down was well deserved. The boys in my group were particularly psyched as Matt, Bennett, and Jose kept remarking how the wished they lived here so they could do this hike all the time.
CAMPER QUOTES
What did you think of the adventure hike today?
Connor – I thought it was great. Tough, grueling experience because it pushed me to my limits.
Hunter – it was very fun but tiring. I was very sore afterwards.
Charlie N. – Really fun and hard and you had to dig deep.
Thomas – Fun, but tiring because all of the uphill terrain.
Jose – It was really fun and tiring because I got to dig deep to carry the 40 pound pipe with Matt.
Winter- It was challenging and muddy but super fun and felt really good hiking.
Casey- It was a good workout and fun on the way down.
Lindsay- Awesome, pretty, challenging.
Sylvie- It was awesome! At first I thought it would be boring and hard with all the stuff we had to carry, but my group was awesome and so was the hike.
Sophie- The adventure hike was so awesome and challenging. I would totally do it again.
What was your favorite part?
Matt – Carrying the slosh pipe through the woods with Jose.
Connor – Hiking up 2400 vertical feet. I really jumped out of my comfort zone.
Kyle – The slosh pipe because it was so challenging.
Hunter – The part where we hiked through the woods for 1.5 miles.
Charlie N. – The chairlift ride down because my legs were sore and it was relaxing and a good way to end the hike.
Will McSorley – The hike through the woods because it was muddy.
Jackson – Seeing the views from the top of the mtn because they were insanely good.
Bennett – The steep part at the end because it was hard and made me feel good about myself.
Winter- My favorite part was the long trail. I love hiking in that kind of terrain.
Casey- Going down from lunch.
Lindsay- Long Trail and the top.
Sylvie- The part when we were tied together and getting to the top and the chairlift ride down.
Sophie- My favorite part was pushing each other up the hike and having fun.
What is the name of your Super-Hero tonight?
Jose – Iron Man with a clothes iron!
Matt – Magical Matt
Kyle – Sno-Bros
Hunter – Captain Doofus
Charlie – Captain Canada
Thomas – Burpee Boys with Tommy
Jackson – Scuba Sniper
TJ – Cowman
Casey- Captain Gate Smasher
Winter- Rockin’ Lobsta
Lindsay- Pinnie Princess
Sylve- Super Sock Girl
Sophie- Super Snorkler
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