On Friday 24th and Saturday 25th of April, 40 students took part in the presidents award. In order to complete our GAISCE we had to walk a total of 25 Kilometers through the Wicklow Mountains.
When we arrived we all were given a house each. The people in my house were Aisling Kavanagh, Molly Mooney, Meadhbh Costello, Pia Mitchell, Jane Cummins, Clara Quinn and Anna Hepple. We all put our bags in our house and then set out on our hike. The hike took us four and a half hours long and the sun was shining the whole. We could see all of Dublin when we reached the top.
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| Molly and I |
Unfortunately on the second day, the skies had darkened and it started to rain. We had all hoped that the hike would be cancelled because of the bad weather but before we knew it we were all in a bus heading to the start of our route. Although it was raining on the ground, the weather got worse as we headed upward. It got colder and colder and the rain gradually turned to snow. We all tried to finish the hike as fast as we could as we were all freezing, tired and hungry (shoutout to Ms. McMahon). Eventually, we got back to our houses and changed back into our pyjamas and went home.
Overall, I think Gaisce was a great experience and i recommend it to everyone.
