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 by Eugene Sam
All got together at my house on
Friday guys from Natal , Freestate and Gauteng so the 4 hour trip
started in good spirit and we left Pretoria at 6 o'clock
the evening .We had loaded everything from a stove to microwave and
fridge . After stopping on the way for supper this restaurant will
never be the same again as these guys ate as if it was going to be
there last meal for 3 weeks .
We finally arrived in Tzaneen at 11 o
clock and started setting up camp by 1 in the morning all was done
and I had to get these guys in bed as the 1st skier was on the water
at 8 that morning and the wakeup call would be at 7 . So it was a
lot of tired faces that got out of bed the 1st 2 skiers on the water
was Garth and Heinrich and we started with tricks by 10 the next
skiers were on and so we kept going till lunch at one the guys had a
2 hour break and we were back out on the water till six .
Supper was started and it was my
responsibility so I decided to do the stew thing with potatoes rice
and lots of meat , but that would turnout to be another story when
it was time for the rice there was no rice so Jonathan had to rush
into town and find a place that had rice 1 hour later rice was added
to the pot by the time we ate the pot started burning the rice was
not done , but at 9 in the evening and you are tired you eat
anything just to get to bed . I was expelled from cooking duties
after this .
Next morning we were back out at 8 and
put in a 3 hour jump set with the guys all doing well and Heinrich
nailing some bombs the kids getting bigger so he is flying further
.This was followed with some tricks and by two a well deserved lunch
break was taken the guys had the
afternoon of and we went to a local saw mill to pickup some camp
fire wood .Sadly I had to packup and leave for home as I have work
commitments and Jonathan would be looking after the gang till I can
get up there on the weekend .
I will keep you updated on a weekly
basis on how the guys are doing
Regards
Eugene
Another week has
passed of some of the most intense training that I have
witnessed in a long time total focus and dedication . The guys
started out early in the mornings with Jonathan took the 1st
group and then spend almost 8 hours on the boat training and
helping the kids. This just makes it
so easy for me when I get there on weekends just to work on
problems that might happen in the week .
I arrived their on
Saturday and could see these kids were ready to take me on . We
went out and I was amazed at how fit and clean the skiing was it
was pleasure looking at these kids ski and I had just a little
fine tuning do and worked hard on the new kids on the team that
has just started inverting and is in the process of going long
line so we are up against time with these guys , but a lot of
adults can learn from these kids in there positive attitude and
the will to want to succeed.
But besides the
tough skiing there was also a lot of fun had by all from
protecting the camp of troops of monkeys raiding the camp to
having concerts in the evening around the camp fire pulling
pranks on each other.
So all in all the
guys are having a lot of fun .
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