Outdoor Adventures Time! Tuesday, period 1

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“CLIFF DIVING.”

The class met this week on the edge of the preserve. Eliot, who had a large bag of supplies slung over his shoulder and a walking stick, gave Parker a bit of side-eye.

"Yes," he said. "After we hike out to the cliffs."

“Right, that,” Parker agreed. “I brought wetsuits again.” She pointed to a few duffel bags. “Because it’s warm out, but the water is still cold. And if you want to dive in just your clothes, that’s okay. I brought towels. But you might regret that is all I’m saying.”

"Those of you not into throwin' yourselves off cliffs," all, like, three of you, "I'll be setting up some campfires at the top. If you're interested, I can show you. If not . . . I got stuff for s'mores."

Parker was maybe rubbing off on him.

“Or you can do both,” Parker pointed out. “If you wanna dive for a bit and then decide you’re not up for it again. Or vice versa. No limits, people.”

"Only requirement is the hike," Eliot said. "Which you might wanna get used to, since stuff we're doin' on the island is all gonna involve walking to it. It's a shorter one today, though, only about ten minutes. Keep an eye out and see if you can spot any of Fandom's weirder wildlife."

Like those green deer people always talked about. Eliot hadn't really seen one. He wasn't chatty enough.

“Let’s get going, people! Hup hup hup!”

That last bit was for you, Eliot. Heee.

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[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Like you're about to be pushed off a cliff. Or are on fire.

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[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy Li

Hike!

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Look for teal deer. And alots. Take pictures! Chat as you go, if you want. Just remember if you chat too much, the deer will follow you.

Re: Hike!

[soniaroadsqueen]

The hike was actually kind of neat. And much more in keeping with what Ringo had expected from the class. She was a city girl through and through, so wandering along hiking trails actually counted as an adventure of sorts.

"Oh, what's that?" she asked. About once a minute.

Re: Hike!

[wildandbrave]

Cosette didn't mind if the deer followed her! Not that they were doing so at the moment, but she liked them, and she liked roaming all over the preserve, so all things considered she was already having a very good day.

Re: Hike!

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Walking through the woods had been a daily thing growing up. It was...a way to get somewhere, anyway. Jalian was neither particularly thrilled nor particularly put out about it.

Re: Hike!

[not_a_moonie]

Alana kept watch for any rare wildlife throughout the trip,and was rewarded near the end by an alot of trees.

It mooed.

Diving! With Parker

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

The cliffs were about twenty feet high on one end, and fifty or so feet high on the other. Parker was already in her wetsuit before you could ask “when did she change clothes”?

“Okay, everyone. I’ve already scouted this area, so you don’t have to but please, if you do this again? Check the water levels first. You don’t want to go diving off a cliff into two feet of water. That only works if you’re a cartoon. Or maybe Pinkie.”

Hunh. Now there would be something to see.

“The cliff height here is 25 feet on the shallow end, 52 feet at the high end. The water is thirty feet deep, and there aren’t any rocks in the area you want to be diving off here. If you’re diving at these heights, it’s got to be at least 12 to 16 feet deep, okay?” Parker checked everyone was paying attention. “That’s like diving off a two-story building, up to a five-story building. Which is another good reason for a wetsuit, it’ll protect you from the worst of your body slapping the water if you don’t land right.” The guys, especially, might want to keep that in mind.

Parker gave a few more tips (”http://www.wikihow.com/Dive-Off-a-Cliff”), demonstrated once with great glee, and then said, “Two at a time, only! Wait ‘til people clear the jump area! And the walk up is over there!”

Re: Diving! With Parker

[doesnotkneel]

Edward wasn't looking excited about doing this at all.

Except oops, as he walked on up, he was grinning a bit. A lot. A lot a bit?

This was the best class of all time.

Re: Diving! With Parker

[wildandbrave]

Did you think Cosette would be hesitant about this? Because she wasn't. She didn't look quite as excited about it as Edward did, but eager nonetheless.

Her father would probably have an apoplectic fit if he knew what she was up to right now, but that was why she wasn't going to tell him about it.

Re: Diving! With Parker

[kenselvren.livejournal.com]

Now this looked like fun! Jalian would be diving off the high point - what was the point of cliff diving off a short cliff?

Re: Diving! With Parker

[spin_kick_snap]

After mastering lighting a fire--okay, after learning the basics, really--Kathy gave in to the siren call of flinging herself off of something high. She didn't know how to dive properly, so unless Parker was going to call her on it, she was just going to do a flip off the cliff instead.

Re: Diving! With Parker

[thegc161kid.livejournal.com]

There was no way that Alex was going to miss out on a chance to do this and she was actually looking forward to it.

Re: Diving! With Parker

[vdistinctive]

After a bit of goading encouragement from his fellow teacher and one of his TAs, Eliot finally pulled off his overshirt and shoes and stepped up to the cliff.

The fifty-foot end. If he was going to do this, he was going to do it properly.

He swung his arms a few times and twisted to the side, cracking his back and neck, then took a deep breath and centered himself. And jumped.

It was more of a twist than a flip, a move practiced for spinning around and firing back at an enemy while falling, but it was second nature, as was the actual flip at the end that put him feet down just in time to slide into the water with nary a splash.

Splashes let the bad guys know where you were. It did occur to him after a moment or two under water that his students weren't actually enemies, and he didn't want them thinking he'd drowned. He surfaced a good fifteen feet away from where he'd gone in, and started swimming towards the climb back to the top.

"There," he said, pushing his wet hair out of his face as he got back up and giving Parker a little smirk. "Ya happy now?"

Build a fire with Eliot

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Yeah, Eliot's instructions involved rather a lot less math and dire warnings, and more "go get kindling" and "don't set yourself on fire."

Okay, and talk of how to clear the area you were putting your fire in, surround it with stones to help keep the fire contained, and what sorts of supplies you wanted to carry with you if you didn't want to spend hours frustrated over rubbing two sticks together.

A nice handy firestarter (http://www.amazon.com/Gerber-31-000699-Grylls-Survival-Starter/dp/B004DT6TEK/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1431402694&sr=8-7&keywords=firestarters), for instance. Less fiddly than sticks, no need to refuel like a lighter, and less worry about the suckers getting wet. He had spares, if any of the students decided they had to have one.

Re: Build a fire with Eliot

[spin_kick_snap]

Kathy really wanted to dive off of cliffs and avoid Eliot, but she couldn't deny that knowing how to light a fire in the wilderness might come in handy someday. She didn't know how, considering she was a city girl through and through, but if nothing else, she still had a year on Fandom which meant that anything was possible.

And she was absolutely snagging a firestarter if she could. She'd started carrying a lighter in her bag after taking Reno's classes last summer. This was just the next logical step.

Re: Build a fire with Eliot

[notamascot]

Kaylin wasn't certain about the whole jumping into deep water thing. It was one thing with the kite sailing with something to hold onto and the water not too deep, but really, swimming was not her strong suit.

It sounded like a lot of fun, but... She also didn't want to drown.

Which was why she was here, but not looking particularly happy about it. And seriously, if she didn't know how to start a fire by now, she'd have long since starved.

Eat S'mores!

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Because, c'mon. S'mores!

Re: Eat S'mores!

[spin_kick_snap]

The last ten minutes of class was devoted solely to making and eating s'mores. After all the diving, Kathy was exhilarated. And ravenous. Gooey chocolate confections was clearly the best way to handle both.

Talk to the Teachers

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

At least one of whom was maybe wishing she had a little less supervising to do.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[vdistinctive]

It was entirely possible Eliot could be goaded into jumping off the cliff, today. It wasn't that he didn't do that sort of thing.

Just, you know, usually he was being shot at first. Or getting hit by a car.

Re: Talk to the Teachers

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

Parker was planning on hanging out here for hours, yes. And giving Eliot considering side-looks every once in a while.

Talk to the TA's

[whoisalicewhite.livejournal.com]

When they check in.

Re: Talk to the TA's

[spin_kick_snap]

Funny how Kathy's attention was everywhere but Eliot today. Nope. Definitely not making eye contact. It might make learning how to build a campfire difficult, but she would persevere.

Hey, look, cliffs!

OOC

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