So there was the good, bad, and
ugly parts to this weekend. I went up to Peel Forest Outdoor Pursuits Centre in
the hopes that I could get some climbing in and have an internship confirmed on
paper so I can graduate in December.
Well, the stress of the weekend
started with trying to get there. I won’t go into how bad NZ public
transportation is other than to mention that the bus driver went past my stop
(where the director of my target program was waiting for me) by 3 towns/stops
(about 25 minutes past). I came to the decision that I will be hitchhiking or
car-pooling with friends from now on. Because of the stressful and exhausting
day, I ended up breaking my vegetarian rule that night and bought a burger for
dinner (the meat was from a farm 15 km away-so I figured the footprint wasn’t
that bad). Then, I awoke Saturday morning to discover that I had a cold. I
thought at first it was merely a stuffy nose, but soon realized, as I slowly
made my way up Mount Peel, that I also had probably had a fever. After my hike
I didn’t do too much the rest of the weekend, except for talk with Andre
(director of PFOPC), get a tour of the Centre, be entertained by watching his
beautiful three year old daughter running around everywhere with her father in
tow, and sleep in the sun by on a river.
Despite my poor show of my
enthusiasm and energy for outdoor recreation and just bumming around the
pursuit centre, I did get a contract signed with Andre, confirming my an
internship position (well, once the visa is changed it will be definite). So
now that he’s seen me at my worst, his impressions can only improve, right?
Though I didn’t climb, I did learn
about a couple of climbing places near by which helped to plan my adventures
for the following weekend.
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