William PIke Challenge One

For the first challenge we had to do a 8 hour tramp in the Tongariro National Park. Twenty one other students are doing the challenge but the whole of year 8 from my school are doing this one because it was part of an already planned school camp. It was very hard going up one part which was a massive set of stair cases that seemed to never end. They lead up to a place called the red crater it wasn't red though it was a light brown with a lot of cracks in it. It was so hot in the distance I could see heat waves!. I felt so good when I got to the top now I'm one eighth of the way through the challenges.