Callaghan's Ridge Tramp

Callaghan's Ridge Response

On April 11th 2019 the Room One and Room Eight students
 that wanted to do the William Pike Challenge participated
on the Callaghan's Ridge walk.
Firstly I was in a car with the driver as Ms Kemp
( my teacher) and the students Jack, Wairini, Summer
 and me.
When we got to the start of the walk we already had
 our scavenger hunts in our hands. The scavenger
 hunts we were given were things we had to find but
 we had to show a parent before we found the item or
 thing. I kept hearing the bird throughout the walk and
I recondised their different sounds to the birds. There
was things to find like the tomtit(miromiro) bird,
 piwakawaka(fantail), bellbird, bracket fungi, blue
 mushroom and other plants like the crown fern. In
my group I had my brother Jack and my best friend
Milan.
Our term groups also had been told we have to make
 a bivvy at lunch time about half way through the walk
to keep our team dry while having lunch. In my group
team I have had are Ethan, Aimee, David and Korban.
 I also liked the sound the rain dripping loud and clear
above my head. Our parent helper Rowan helped us
 and asked us question like where the best place will
 be to build our bivvy. We figured out that if you want
 all the water to run off the tarpoline then you need the
 bivvy roof to be on a slope. My group sat quietly under
 our bivvy and had our lunch. Soon Ms Kemp came
 around and gave everyone a jelly frog which I was
 thankful for.
On the walk our teacher told us that we were defiently
 going to be getting rain on the track. I love to walk in
 the rain but not many other people did and complained
 about their feet being wet. The feeling of the wet soggy
and moist shoes is understandable for me and others.
 The track the rain did effect us and the track alot. This
 effected the track and us this way because it made the
 parts where you thought were leaves when they were
leaves floating on top of water. The water from the rain
did not only make me step in huge puddles of unable to
 see water it also made the mud on the ground of the
walk slippery and so many people slipped over or fell
 on someone.
I part I most enjoyed/ liked was when my group team
 had worked really well together on our bivvy and made
 it a success. This was one of my favorutie because this
was my second  time learning how to make a bivvy with
 the supplies around us.
Next time we do a tramp I would suggest maybe to do the
 Point Elizabeth walk. It isn't too hard or too easy and
I think it would be perfect for a group of people we
 went with for Callaghan's. I have only done half of this
walk and I would like to walk the whole thing. This walk
 doesn't take too long just about an hour and 45 minutes
but maybe longer because we have occasional stops to
keep the group up and for eating and drinking breaks.
All together I really really enjoyed this walk with Room
 One, Room Eight, myself and the parents as well as
 teachers.I would reccomend this work to anyone because
 I think heaps of people could be capable of doing this
walk if they wanted to.