Kayak hike
Sunday, September 06, 2009
I was on a kayak hike from Monday till Thursday with my class in Stockholms Archipelago.I probably packed a whole Sunday for our hike.
On Monday when we got there we practised how to paddle kayak and went through some safety instructions.
I was quite nervous at first when i sat down because kayak was really unstable but I got used to it after a while.
It was quite funny when me, Sara
and Lina were setting up our tent and discovered that tent pegs were wrong (too long). Fortuantelt, we managed to set it up somehow.
On Tuesday morning we had to get our kayaks to pack and check that everything was OK with it including the kayak rudder. Ofcourse we discovered that it wasn't working properly when we got on the water. I wasn't so worried about it coz it seemed that it wouldn't be any problem to steer the kayak with a paddle. Yeah right=) . While crossing the bay I thought I was going to die....really high waves and a kayak that was difficult to control. This time I had luck on my side=)
We continued our hike on Wednesday morning....and it was raining like hell. Not so great to get up and realise that you have to sit in a f*****g kayak for several hours while it's raining. But as always after a rain comes sunshine.
Me and Sara had a looong discussion when we sat on a rock and had this beautiful view
It was a great evening...
On Thursday morning we heard good news from Håkan (our teacher)...First, we had planned to come home on Friday but since there had been bad wether we decided to paddle home same evening. Some people had competitions this weekend so it was easyer for them to be prepared and take it easy. And it got really bad..raining like hell all evening so it wouldn't have been fun to sit in a tent.
It took us few hours till we got back...we had to clean kayaks and put them back where they belonged. Finally I got home around 10 o'clock...really tired and dirty=) I stripped in a hallway and run inte bathroom...it was so nice to take a shower=). I fell asleep as soon as I put my head on a pillow=) Zzzz
Great week! Great class! Great memories!
On Monday when we got there we practised how to paddle kayak and went through some safety instructions.
I was quite nervous at first when i sat down because kayak was really unstable but I got used to it after a while.
It was quite funny when me, Sara
and Lina were setting up our tent and discovered that tent pegs were wrong (too long). Fortuantelt, we managed to set it up somehow.
On Tuesday morning we had to get our kayaks to pack and check that everything was OK with it including the kayak rudder. Ofcourse we discovered that it wasn't working properly when we got on the water. I wasn't so worried about it coz it seemed that it wouldn't be any problem to steer the kayak with a paddle. Yeah right=) . While crossing the bay I thought I was going to die....really high waves and a kayak that was difficult to control. This time I had luck on my side=)
We continued our hike on Wednesday morning....and it was raining like hell. Not so great to get up and realise that you have to sit in a f*****g kayak for several hours while it's raining. But as always after a rain comes sunshine.
Me and Sara had a looong discussion when we sat on a rock and had this beautiful view
It was a great evening...
On Thursday morning we heard good news from Håkan (our teacher)...First, we had planned to come home on Friday but since there had been bad wether we decided to paddle home same evening. Some people had competitions this weekend so it was easyer for them to be prepared and take it easy. And it got really bad..raining like hell all evening so it wouldn't have been fun to sit in a tent.
It took us few hours till we got back...we had to clean kayaks and put them back where they belonged. Finally I got home around 10 o'clock...really tired and dirty=) I stripped in a hallway and run inte bathroom...it was so nice to take a shower=). I fell asleep as soon as I put my head on a pillow=) Zzzz
Great week! Great class! Great memories!
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