Grade 9 Camp Experience

This year for camp, grade 9 visited Mussoorie. I would count it as one of the best camps experiences. We did activities like rappelling, trekking, night trekking, stream running, and zip line. While we also played some games which encouraged teamwork such as air hoopie, gorilla warfare, and tic-tac-toe. Activities such as rappelling, required use of professional equipment, so we learned their practices and how to operate them. Moreover, we were also introduced to different types of knots one make using a rope.

While we trekked a plenty during camps, there is quite nothing like the night trek.

Each group went on a small trek at night. There were no street lights, city lights or even torchlight. Just one which was carried by our supervisor. In the night we looked at the stars, which are otherwise not visible due to city pollution and listened to the humming of the birds. It was fascinating. I think it was everyone's favorite out of all the activities.

The second day of the camp was immensely cold. This unpredictable weather did not allow us to do many activities but however, we did make the best of it. There was a hail storm while we were having breakfast. It seemed almost like snow. So everyone joined each other on the snowy field and threw snowballs at each other. This was on my favorite moments.

Anarghya Saxena

Grade 9