tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post8930900385092661792..comments2023-08-14T13:56:23.066+02:00Comments on Thunder In The Night: Teenage Kick (and glide)Joe Newtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-43988451667788827592010-02-09T12:20:27.750+01:002010-02-09T12:20:27.750+01:00Dave - Thanks for your kind words. Just getting so...Dave - Thanks for your kind words. Just getting some of these kids outside of the city, or even ski resort limits, was rewarding. While a few moaned about missing their X-box or having to wear 'un-cool' gaiters, they all had smiles of unbridled joy on their faces in their unguarded moments. If just a few of them go on to have an affinity with wild places like I do then I'd consider it a job well done. <br /><br />As for giving up my time, I would have done this trip for nothing but I got actually got paid so everyone was a winner!Joe Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-82501221417253089582010-02-09T11:55:45.169+01:002010-02-09T11:55:45.169+01:00This realy brings a lump to my throat. You're ...This realy brings a lump to my throat. You're sowing the future of hillsport. 25 years or so ago I was one of those kids who, under the guidence of willing souls such as yourself, got the opportunity to see what was beyong the city limits. Nothing as spectacular as this, walking and Orienteering in the lakes, Dales and Scotland was as far as it went in my case but the essence of the thing was the same. As far as I'm aware I'm the only one of the group who still gets into the outdoors but if you ask me one out of fifteen isn't too bad. You're a better man than me for giving up your time to this. Keep doing it!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113976429882261890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-2852204194600616442010-02-09T11:06:47.730+01:002010-02-09T11:06:47.730+01:00wow, that's completely different to my school ...wow, that's completely different to my school trips. an afternoon at 'big pit' national coal museum, buying rubbers in the shop and fighting on the back seat on the way home!<br /><br />sounds like you enjoyed it as much as the kids. your enthusiasm really comes through, bet you're an ace teacher. i'm sure some of those kids will now go to have great adventures :)katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15181895420538192368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-77264410313161372092010-02-09T09:13:39.961+01:002010-02-09T09:13:39.961+01:00Thomas - I spoke to a couple of the kids yesterday...Thomas - I spoke to a couple of the kids yesterday, they were still excited about the week and what they learnt. What the kids don't realise is how much I learnt!Joe Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-9587473433878400292010-02-08T23:43:16.462+01:002010-02-08T23:43:16.462+01:00Great post (and pictures!). Looks like you all had...Great post (and pictures!). Looks like you all had a wonderful time.Thomas W. Gauperaahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12105502216379157728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-52155635822619870992010-02-08T21:27:34.436+01:002010-02-08T21:27:34.436+01:00Hendrik - I never had a school trip like this eith...Hendrik - I never had a school trip like this either. I remember going to a bird sanctuary and a zoo but that was about it!<br /><br />Roger - Thank you. Looking up out of the laavu (lavvu? lavuu?) at the stars was great. Watching the snow come in through the hole and settle on my down bag wasn't! Lesson learned, take the bivy next time.<br /><br />Totally agree, it was great to bond with the older kids as opposed to the kindergarten kids I normally work with. Seeing them out of a traditional classroom was rewarding too. <br /><br />Fingers crossed some similar work is coming my way in March...Joe Newtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00907231785281446095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-28308326574546046322010-02-08T18:39:50.277+01:002010-02-08T18:39:50.277+01:00A wonderful story, and great photos. I feel that b...A wonderful story, and great photos. I feel that being able to look out at the stars from inside the tent must have been something special. I always felt it was rewarding to be out with students and to see a different side to them than the one you see in school.<br /><br />Take every opportunity you can.Nielsen Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493125853192182579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4399206197069094470.post-80070966512101191102010-02-08T13:49:11.975+01:002010-02-08T13:49:11.975+01:00Good stuff being taught in Norwegian schools, me t...Good stuff being taught in Norwegian schools, me thinks! We never learned this stuff in Germany, but then again we had no snow when I was a teenager. So I am self-taught when it comes to survival skills and XC skiing, downhill skiing and snowboarding I learned in the Alpes. And you got even paid for this trip, how sweet is that!? I'm jealous =)<br /><br />Great photos as well, good to see some sunhsine!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17919113324490223605noreply@blogger.com