Words from Finlay Hlannon
Greetings!
I'm Finlay Hlannon, and I am glad to have the opportunity to tell you about our eventful week 4. I invite you to join me as I recount the series of our eventful days hiking, climbing, bouldering, and learning through the eyes of historic figures.
Wednesday, the first day of the short week, was spent in class. We started our Through Their Eyes project in the morning which was really interesting. The Through Their Eyes project is where we get to learn about historic events by learning about historic figures and their role in the events. In our case, we learnt about University School boys who went to WWI. I got to learn about Hugh A.B. Jackson, who was not much older than me when he left for war, and I learned some really interesting things. Later that day we learned about the Duke of Edinburgh program. We signed up for the Bronze level award, which I am very excited to achieve this year.
Thursday was quite the experience. We got to hike up Mt. Finlayson the whole afternoon, and what a way to spend the afternoon! We got to reconnect with our surfing leaders once we got there which was really nice. We split the group into two, one group hiking up and one group staying at the bottom learning valuable wilderness camping skills. I am extremely grateful to be in the first group. The hike up, although at some times was more of a scrambling climb, was really fun and a good workout. The view at the top was absolutely stunning, we could see all of Victoria over Bear Mountain, Mt. Baker shining in the background, and the beautiful Olympic Mountains off to the side. Overall definitely worth it.
Finally, on Friday, we worked more on the Through Their Eyes project in the morning, solidifying our understanding and learning some more context. A bit later, we left for Bolderhouse and had an amazing time there. I got to learn more climbing routes, and I feel like I definitely improved a lot since the first time we went. I really enjoyed bouldering, maybe my hands didn't, but it has probably been my favourite activity yet. I am really excited to hopefully get the chance to go to Fleming Beach to climb in the future, fingers crossed.
Although it was a short week this week, it was filled with super fun activities and lots of learning, and I really enjoyed getting to spend more time doing great things with this class. Thank you for joining me this week, until next time.
