Geek Rock

I have officially (for the 2^nd time) defeated the all so famous Table Mountain! ON Friday I went off on a hike (with 8kgs on my back) and we hiked up the mountain. The trip up was harsh, unforgiving, uphill madness. It took around 5 hours. Once we got there (after many, many stops) we all got our bunks (which isn’t as easy as it sounds. So-In-So wants to be with Whatsername but Whatsername wants to be with Thingymibob and Thingymibob doesn’t like So-In-So. And once you’ve got everyone who likes and dislikes each other on other sides. You then have a choice. Top, Middle or bottom. Then once everyone is settled they all decide to move again. So a tad complicated). I got a middle bunk. Which is exactly what I wanted. Once that traumatic experience was over we started playing Speed. Speed? You ask. Is an addictive and very time consuming game. It’s a BUNCH of fun. We created levels.

Rookie

Novice

Pro

Professor

Dr

Dean

Vice President

President

King

God

At the moment I’m Dr. That night we had rice noodles and some mono-flavour tomato and we added for flavour some salami. That was quite nice. We played more speed, sang and played more speed. When we finally got to bed we had to listen to Whatsername, So-In-So and Thingymibob talking about completely weird things! Finally I drifted off and woke up again. This time everyone was quite except for the echoing of me turning. This took a lot of effort and was extremely loud. It was with everyone. I looked around and I just could not find my pillow (when I say pillow I mean my rain jacket stuffed into a pillow case). I was looking when I looked down and saw it. Right on the floor. I would’ve just got down and retrieved it right then and there. But it’s a lot more complicated than that. You have to arrange your self to just drop down because trying to climb stairs while cocooned in you sleeping bag is a very difficult. After you’re positioned you have to get enough guts to drop down (still not waking anyone up.) You then have to shuffle your was to where it is and pick it up. (Still not waking anyone up.) Next you have to throw it on to the bed and the trickiest part is getting back on the bed. You have to NOT WAKE ANYONE UP and in your cocoon get back to sleep. This could also happen a few times. So I left it and just used my arms. BIIIIIIIG MISTAKE!!! This was SOO uncomfortable. I woke up another hundred times. Once I was awake officially I got up and had my brekkie. We played speed and went on one of the most horrible hikes over one of the 12 apostles to a ‘magical’ cave. Although it was beautiful and very cool (as in cold) I wouldn’t go as far as to call it magical. Although the thought that only a selected few have been up there is a help. (We ourselves got lost on the way.). Once we had our snacks there we left to go back. In the end. I was by far in the front because I couldn’t stop. I had only one need. The animal need to get back to the base. It was horrible! We played a game. Then more speed. We ate dinner (which was trually unforgettable) and slept. The next day was pack and leave. And that’s what we did. We hiked down steep steps and in 30*c. That was the worst part it was sooooo hot. Jessica and I were in the front again with another girl and we were singing classic Queen songs like Another One Bites The Dust and We Are The Champions. We got home and all took showers. IT was a good hike (it was nice the first time round aswel.)