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Sep 30, 2015
We were told we could only bring 5 things each.. We brought 3, cause we are that good. We walked in just shorts and shoes. Jumping at crickets on the path to eat later. We stored them in Eric’s pocket (they escaped when he took a nap). Every so often we stopped and passed around […]
Sep 24, 2015
Today my group embarked upon the most hands-off challenge to date. Many previous adventures involved a group interpretting a challenge as they saw fit, but all envolved a greater deal of staff oversight than this one. This challenge only possessed an end goal: a map that was both accurate and informative, and that highlighted something […]
Sep 24, 2015
What is a radical act of kindness? It should be something that stretches you out of your comfort zone. You should go significantly out of your way to make the other person’s day. It should require a little bit of personal sacrifice. Today, we found out just how difficult it is to brighten someone’s day. […]
Sep 23, 2015
Do you remember the last time a stranger did something for you and how it made you feel? Today’s challenge was to perform radical acts of kindness for others. Our goal was to complete two acts of kindness on our own in the span of two hours, then to collaborate on two group projects for […]
Sep 23, 2015
What is your style? What impression do you try to make on other people? These, and more, were the questions my group answered this morning. Through discussing our answers to these questions, we all got a lot more in touch with the way we present to the world. Then, we were challenged to radically change […]
Sep 22, 2015
Today our challenge was to cut each other’s hair and do some internal/external makeovers. Before we even began Jack decided to shave his legs, which ended in the lovely discovery of mild ringworm. Whoops. Our first task was to find out hair cutting techniques and brainstorm about it because no one had much haircutting experience […]
Sep 19, 2015
Today our group finally experienced the long awaited dancing challenge! Last night, Tabi, our mentor, told us that we would have to choose our dance song within an hour. If we failed, we would have to dance to M.C. Hammer’s 2 Legit 2 Quit. But since our group, over the past week, has developed into […]
Sep 16, 2015
Today, a group of four strapping youths embarked upon a journey they had already witnessed several of their peers embark upon. Each was to construct a bird house from recycled materials. This task required the overcoming of a challanges ranging from the mastery and sharing of certain construction tools, the intricacies of bird house architecture, […]
Sep 15, 2015
Making a birdhouse sounds easy right? Well let me tell you I had the exact same thought before I started looking for scraps and hammering for many hours. Our adventure began when our instructor, Dev drove our group of four down to his barn to start looking for scraps. I saw a nice old green […]
Sep 14, 2015
Today’s adventure was to distinguish Truth from BS. Looking at man made global warming and mandatory drafting for war from both sides of the spectrum. Drawing lines between unbacked mouth vomit and hard fact. Finding a reliable source, making sure reporters were not writing from self interest or being funded by people that could bend […]