4 Days Until The Climb

On Friday May 11th our coach of a sort jumped into the pool with his clothes and pack on, we had to follow him. we jumped in a pool with our boots, clothes, and packs. We floated around like a bunch of rubber duckies. It was really difficult to get out of the pool with our full packs. Before that he made us put weights in our bag to make sure they were up to standards. By standards I mean 13-15 kilos. I had to put in five kilos which made my bag incredibly heavy. After we jumped in the pool we had to get out but with a 14 kilo bag on your back soaked with water it's easier said than done. It was really funny to see everyone try to pull themselves up form the water but realized that they couldn't and raised their hand for help. Once every one got out of the pool our coach gave us a speech about how it wasn't a punishment it was to teach us that if it rained the three or four days we were hiking our packs were going to be just like this and that if we didn't pack properly then all of our stuff would get wet like it did on the kilimanjaro trip. The trip is coming up really soon I'm super excited. Pictures of the pool will be uploaded later.