Hike

Yay my first hike. About 1 week ago i got asked to go on a hike, well finally... i'd only been asking quang for about 5 months to take me and instead bao, who i've known for about 2 weeks asks me instead (pathetic quang).

Next got asked to go shopping at Bankstown at 5:00. Well that was pathetic, i left my house at about 4 just to give myself time incase i got lost and could make it by 5, next thing i know, no one is there, everyone else shows up at 6, GG missed badminton training. It turns out my presence in the shopping mall was completely useless as the only thing i chose to buy myself ended up being eaten by someone else -.- but thats a later story.

At the request of johnson, who refused to go on the hike but wants to know about it.

Got back and started to pack, did something stupid and went completely by quangs list of what to bring which didn't have jumper on it later leaving me to freeze to death. 10L of water WTF ok thats over half the mass of my entire bag in water alone, weighed it, healthy 18Kg.

Friday, left to strathfield station, first again... u'd think scouts people would be on time, they're not. The scout leader was last and made us miss the first train, prolonging the death (Y). Got to thornleigh, and started off to get to teh track. OMFG i was freaking out, my shoulders were already aching b4 we got to the track, seriously i had walked about 400m on flat road and was shitting myself on how i would handle the hike.

The start, the hike was nothing like what i expected, i thought it would contain stuff like using a compass and a map, instead there was a clear trail that we had to follow, not that i'm complaining. Man u think about so much random crap when ur walking with nothing to do. first rest stop was like 6k's into the track, we saw a snake there and phi tried to throw a rock at it. theres not much to say about how we hiked, we just walked and walked and walked, stopping occasionally to wait for the back people to catch up. 2nd rest stop, we saw like 6 goanna's quang started throwing food to feed them, the asshole threw some bread next to me to try and freak me out, it worked for a second. about 10k's in a lot of people started cramping, laurance ended up massaging everyone. Nothing much interesting happened after that apart from laurence chasing chickens (yes we saw wild chickens). Soon got a nosebleed about 2k's before the campsite, gaaay, walking with ur hand on the nose is annoying as hell. By then i was aching bad, ddin't have any cramps yet luckily but when i arrived at the campsite, i flung myself on the floor and lay there for as long as i could. Food was ok, i like pasta, i like spam, i can't complain, it seems scouts are used to sharing food i.e using the same plate and utensils to eat from and bottles to drink from, *shudder* i shared grudgingly, i think andrew noticed i wasn't used to it. Bao gets a random cramp halfway while cooking dinner and looked like he was close to tears. Later quang comes up with the decision to wake up at 5:30 so we can hike before the sun comes out, FML, quang why do u toture me so... u know i wake up at like 12 everyday. anywho decided to go to be @ about 7 to get enough sleep. Quang slept naked... wtf and he was next to me (he had a sleeping bag though) and spooned laurence. Bao was talking to about his 50 girlfriends on the phone so i didn't end up sleeping well. halfway through the night quang kicks me in the face *ow* and yea.. i wake up cursing. My only injury was on my toe, it may be small, but it brings sharp pain spasms every step u take. 1K after we left the campstie which had a toilet in it, andrew decides to take a shit. Omg it reeked bad, like i wouldn't have been suprised to turn around and see all the trees withing a 20m radius around him decay to ash. Then a dog comes and eats it, dogs have sensitive noses my ass. We stop at and intersection and decide we want a drink, the map shows the nearest shop is 4k's away in the opposite direction to where we're supposed to go, so what do we do, we send laurence to run to the shop and come back with some coke. Man that guy is beast, later he he takes a spike drug? and runs about 4k's ahead of us to the campsite, with his 27KG bag, dumps it and runs back to carry bao and tom's bag both at once. Bao had an asthma attack and didn't even bring his puffer, that was smart. Upon reaching the campsite, the decision was made to try and complete the 3rd days hike on the 2nd day, FML x2 looks like my sleep is gone again. Went to the most expensive shop for food, spend $10 just to get a bottle of OJ and a burger... on the way back about an hour after no physical activity, i get my first cramp in the calf.. farr i thought i was doing good being the only one without cramps, bao laughed at me while i was lying there on the floor D: Quang decides to take another crap. goes to the train station, and its locked, he next try's to go the the bush, and gets a phone call, after his phone call, goes back to the bush and a dog comes out and starts staring at him, finally he does to a shop to do it and then gets chased by the owners chickens, hahaha unlucky him. Bao decides to bail out at that point and takes the train to our final destination. We moved on after that to the night hike. It started well, we moved soo friggen fast then the uphill came. We let Nam lead and Tom was behind him, Tom started to try or this motivational stuff i think to try and get nam going but to me it was pretty demoralising. He made it sound like the top was just around the corner when in reality it was waaay ahead. If u were in a race, would u rather know that the finish line is 10k's ahead or would u rather think it was 1k ahead to find out that was wrong everytime. And other stuff he said like "nams my new alvin" thats really not gonan help. about 4k's in and the tired bug hits me, man i wished for sleep sleep sleep every second of the hike since then and it never came, even walked some sections with my eyes closed. at 12:15 we finally reach the station. I literally slept on the platform, i was dead.
Caught the train to bankstown, slept outside the place till scouts started and that was it.