By Grace Howard
Age - 12
I taught at the Overland Expo again this year. This year I taught by myself (with the help of my parents) and this made it more fun.
My favorite and most successful class was Knot tying: It's not just for
kids. Amazingly on Friday we had more
adults than kids. We cut 45 ropes and
they were all gone by the end of Friday’s class.
On Friday one girl who
participated in the class, went home that night and practiced the knots
until she knew them and could do them as well as me.
She came back on Saturday and showed me how well she could do the
knots. Then she helped with the class on
Saturday!!
We found out on Saturday that Andy Dacey and Duncan Barbour, from the
Camel Trophy had been recommending my class.
What a compliment!
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Last year Andy
and Duncan taught me several knots while building a stationary bridge. This year I got to help Andy and Duncan build
the floating bridge.
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| Tying up sections of the floating bridge. |
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| The finished floating bridge. |
I got to run the
winch for putting the final sections of the floating bridge into place.
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I also
taught a journaling class. I talked a
little about how kids could journal their adventures and then we made Zebra
journals.
I want to teach knot tying again next year, but with different knots. I hope to see you there!
