Washington DC expedition (By: Anna)

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        We just got back from our Washington DC expedition. It was our last expedition of the semester! WOOHOO! It was super cool, and really fun!! I will be telling about some of the awesome things that we did, and some highlights that made everyone’s day.

        First we went backpacking on the Appalachian Trail! It was super cool. There was a shelter, and a picnic table. Graffiti filled the walls of the shelter, and made for a nice bedtime story(: We met a few hikers too! The first night we met Avalanche. He was super-duper awesome! The second night we met Jetpack Rachel, Caboose, Gramcracker, and tip and dip. It surely was amazing.

        After we hiked the AT, we moved on to Washington to a campground for about four days. It was really fun. We met a few people there too, however, I do not know exactly who they are…. ): We went to the Washington Monument, and ate lunch the first night. A few builders were fixing the Monument because it cracked during the Earth Quake. We also went to the World War II monument, and spent some time with Kilroy. Kilroy was a man with a big nose looking over a wall. Not literally of course, it was WWII graffiti drawn by soldiers. They would mark where they went so others would know whether or not it’s safe. After, we went to tour the Capital Building. It was gorgeous! Probably the best Architecture I have ever seen!

        Finally we earned our way into a hotel, with much hard work and communication we did it! YAY! We went to the Holocaust Museum, and saw some devastating stuff. But, we defiantly learned some pretty cool stuff. We had a great awesome time riding the metro too! IT WAS SO MUCH FUN!!!

JJ's Third Expedition

            This expedition was pretty awesome altogether. We started it out with a gift from my parents to pay for White Castle and ice cream from Jack The Dippers. Later that night we went to a really really scary haunted Native American village.

           After that we went out for ANOTHER backpacking trip, which are starting to get really old. I mean we have been doing them every ex for the past two months. That wouldn't be that bad except for some reason I am not very into backpacking.

The next week we spent a lot of time at the Waynesville library doing schoolwork. Although I must admit that doing schoolwork in the library helped a lot with not only the completion of work but the efficiency as well.

          On Monday we did not do too much and same with Tuesday except on Tuesday we did a service project at Manna Food Bank which was a lot of fun. While we were there we worked with packaging food which was surprisingly a lot of fun.

          On Wednesday we went to Climb Max, an indoor climbing gym in downtown Asheville, because we couldn't go mountain biking. We couldn't go mountain biking because one of the directors daughters was sick and no other directors could replace him so we finally got to go to Climb Max. Climb Max was so much fun it was absolutely absurd.

         We then proceeded to go on a two day caving session on Thursday and Friday which was awesome except for the fact that I got sick the day we got out. We actually go to sleep in Worleys cave and my parents sent me some glow sticks on Halloween which we brought into cave so that was pretty cool.

           Overall this expedition was really awesome and I wish we could do it again.

coley

 The last x was the most fun that I have had this whole semester! We got to do a lot of fun stuff like caving, backpacking, and got to see the  Green Narrow’s race. It was a lot of fun to see. We got to sleep in a cave. It was A LOT OF fun AND IT WAS MY THIRD time  AND IT WAS STILL A LOT OF FUN. WE GOT TO GO TO climbmax. It was a LOT OF FUN TO PRACTICE MY Rock CLIMBING SKILLS, AND TO SEE HOW GOOD Some OF MY FRENDS were at rock climbing. We got to go to a haunted village. It was a lot of fun. We got to scream like a baby. It was fun to see 16 year olds scream like a baby. I’m sad that it was our last ex where we get to backpack and camp. But we still get to go to my home town and hang out there and seeing the museums will be cool for like the 20^th time I have been there. It will be great to be with my family on Thanksgiving.  We got White Castle and ice cream. It was great.

Harris x3

Oh man this was a cool expedition! We went backpacking (thank God!) caving, and climbing at Climbmax. I had a lot of fun on my expedition. The caving was awesome! The things we saw in the caves were unreal. I didn’t take a lot of pictures partly because of my completely rational fear of my camera being stolen by a cave camel and because of the flash. Also thank you JJ’s parents for the money to get White Castle Hamburgers! That was awesome. I’ve been reading a lot of Bill Bryson lately and I think that it has started to influence my writing.

Backpacking: 

            First days on a hiking trip are always the hardest. First there is the realization that you have to walk everywhere (the HORROR!). Then there is the fact of your backpack. That thing that when fully packed is about as agreeably to pick up as a four hundred pound porcupine that has the sole wish to make you feel pain. But it’s not all that bad, you have a shelter to look forward to each night. Ours looked like the roof of some weird house that got ripped off right over the head of its previous owner and flung into the woods. At least it keeps you dry when it rains… and the mice that it also shelters. But hey I’m not complaining. I love backpacking and all of the little trials it throws into your face for you to McGyver your way out of. From the awesome views for the top of the multitude of mountains the trail insists that you summit to the small streams that you get all of your water from.

            We also went to Manna food bank to help package food for people in need. I got use a tape gun that allowed me to try and attack my friends with tape. I tried to stealth tape things to the backs of Chris and JJ. For some reason instructor Chris and Sophie didn’t like my idea of starting an all out game of hide-n-seek in the food bank warehouse.

           

Well I have had a ton of fun on this trip and I can’t wait for Thanksgiving!

last expedition chris

Chris Gewehr's Blog

11/12/11

The last two weeks have lasted a lot longer than two weeks. They've been filled with excellent activities, both adventurous and straight up fun. The first week of expedition we were backpacking in the Pisgah National Forest which had lots of beautiful vistas and sweet campgrounds. Some of the hikes were difficult, but all of them were worth it.

On Saturday, when we got out of Pisgah, we drove over to the Green Narrows Race and had to hike down to the river. The trail was absolutely packed with people so it took us more than an hour to get down the ravine into the actual race (although it didn't take nearly as long to get back up). We sat and watched kayakers eat it for a couple of hours on some class five rapids before heading back up the ravine the old fashioned way. After that it was back to base for a couple of nights where we had hoped to go mountain biking. Unfortunately, the mountain biking never happened, but we did get to go to a climbing gym and do some drifting around downtown Asheville.

Caving was probably the highlight of this trip for me. When you enter a cave, it's like entering another planet. In the beam of your headlamp, the world is illuminated in brown. There were a few times in the cave when everyone turned off their headlamps and no one moved. During such times there was only complete and utter darkness and silence.

P.S. Shoutout to the Jefferies for feasting us on delicious white castle burgers and Jack-the-Dippers it was delicious and much appreciated.

Alex Last Ex

Alex R

This expedition we went caving. We went to Worley’s Cave. Worley’s Cave is in Johnson City, Tennessee. We went in after dinner on Thursday and came out at 10:47 a.m. Friday and I got to see 11/11/11 11:11 11 a.m. This was the first time I went caving and I had a blast. I had to overcome a fear of mine which was going into tiny spaces and crawling into spaces that are hard for me to fit in. There were a few bad things about the cave. The bad thing was that I got a cold in the cave and I got a lot of dirt in my throat. Sleeping in the cave was really fun because when you wake up it seems like it is still night time. I really would like to go caving  again because I like how it’s warm in the cave and how it is really peaceful. This last ex has been really fun and it sucks that our exs are over but I am ready to go home too. 

P.S. Thank you JJ’s parents for the food and ice cream, and the scary haunted village thing. It was very nice of you to do that.

Soar X II

                Well last week almost everything that could go wrong went wrong. In other words we had the most fun week ever.

First off, we got locked out of our van on Wednesday. We had to pick the lock with a stake and a Letterman. When we finally got in about two hours later, we then got lost driving to a library. After school we proceeded to drive to Yoakum’s campground. After setting up camp and started to make dinner our grilled decided to blowup. While running to grab the only thing that could possibly prevent our campsite from blowing up Sophie tripped and sprained her ankle. All in all it was an extremely eventful day. I'm not sure what was more exciting that day or the whole expedition.

We couldn't go hiking in the Dolly Sods after Sophie sprained her ankle. Sophie no hard feelings... I guess. So instead of backpacking in the Sods we made a base camp and did a day hike out of there. We only went on one day hike because we wanted to get school done so we could summit Seneca Rocks.

Speaking of Seneca, that was a crazy day. We got up pretty early to meet up with Joe at the discovery Center near the base of Seneca. From there we hiked up to lunch in ledge. We ate our lunch there and then started our first pitch. The first climb was pretty easy and then moving at the top we hung out on the edge of the 250 foot cliff. Then we did another climb which was basically just a walk across ledge. From there we did our last pitch to get to the very top. Well not really the very top, it was the summit landing point, the summer was a little further up. From there we had to repel. I volunteered to go first on account of the fact that I really had to pee. I went over the edge of the cliff and was dangling in midair it was intense. When I got to the bottom of the repel my relief was evident both in the fact of my facial expression and how fast I ran off to go pee.

Sophie was nice enough to not go rafting on the New River and stay behind with me while I freaked out thinking about rafting. Instead we went on a gravity tour zip-line. It was completely insane. The zip-lines remind of some I did in Costa Rica. The second to last one, I had to go with one of the guides because I did not weigh enough to make it to the end. On the last one I couldn't go with anyone. Costa Rica. The second to last one, I had to go with one of the guides because I did not weigh enough to make it to the end. On the last one I couldn't go with anyone. They also warned us not to try to brake on it because if we did it the wire would go through our glove, through our hand and come out the other side. I have a video of me and Sophie racing to get to the bottom of the last zip line. We were able to go at the same time because there were two different wires leading to the bottom. It was insane, at one point my face peeled back because of the wind. I only wore the safety goggles on that one run because apparently a bug to the eye at 60 miles an hour is not the best feeling.

Well that was my extremely eventful expedition in a nutshell; I hope you enjoy the video.

 

climbing at Seneca Alex R

10-24-11

Alex R

On this expedition we went to climb Seneca rocks with Joe. The first day Joe  came and we did ground school which is where we learned to tie knots, belay, and rappel. On the second day we went to the north side of Seneca rocks and we top roped. Top roping is where you don’t have to lead climb. The climbs you could do on top rope day were 5.6, 5.9, and a 5.11. I climbed the 5.6 and a 5.9. I did not get to climb the 5.11 because we did not have enough time. I have climbed before so the 5.9 climb was not that hard for me but I still had a little challenge. 

8 months ago I started climbing and I really got hooked on it. Seneca Rocks was a fun climb because it was my first multi pitch climb I have ever done. I thought it was cool to see Joe lead climb because I am learning to lead climb. 

The last day that we were climbing we summited Seneca. Summiting Seneca took that whole day but we all summited except for Sophie because she sprained her ankle. The climb was a 4 pitch climb, and at the end of the climb we got to do a 200 foot rappel. The rappel was the best part of the climb because you look down and you see 200 feet below you and it’s just crazy. That was the best part of the trip.

P.S. When I was on intervention I made friends with an apple just like in the movie Castaway. 

coley second x

I am done with my second X no!!!!!!! It was a lot of fun. We got to do a lot of fun things like going rock climbing, backpacking and a lot more fun things like that. I got to summit Seneca rocks. It was a lot of fun and hard work but i did it. We got to chill with AT1 and climb with them which was a lot of fun. Now we are back on base and that is not as fun as x but still a lot of fun. We got to make some good food on base that we cannot make on x which is good and a lot of fun too. But I cannot wait to be back on the trail and be backpacking and caving and fun stuff like that. But we get to go to a rock climbing gym on base that has 60 ft.  Walls. So that will be a lot of fun. And we might go to a hunted house. I cannot wait for all the fun we will have on base.

Chris's Blog

 It's been a pretty crazy couple of weeks here at SOAR. Just a few days ago I was six hundred feet in the air, on a cliff no bigger than twenty feet wide at the summit of Seneca rocks in West Virginia. The climb up was long but well worth it in the end and not only for the two hundred foot repel (although that was awesome). A big part of the feeling of accomplishment that I got from summiting Seneca rocks was knowing that we did what we did as a team. Not one person was left behind, and no one was berated for being slow, or scared of heights. Everyone was working seamlessly as one unit, which also allowed us to have a lot of fun on the rocks. Some other highlights of the trip for me was rafting on the New River and getting our instructor soaked several times, and the day hike we did in Dolly Sods national forest where we were supposed to go camping. We ended up bush whacking for about two hours, attempting to find the trail that we were supposed to be on, (which turned out to be about a quarter mile away from where we started) and saw some really excellent views. All in all it was a pretty excellent trip and I think the entire group enjoyed it.  

JJ's Blog On 2nd Expedition

This week was absolutely crazy. We started this expedition with rafting the New River which was extremely cool. The guide there was the man, he was really funny. We went on some sick rapids there, I want to say I was chill on the raft but after I heard that they average two people dying on the New every year I was absolutely flipping out. There was actually one point where I was swimming down the New and I almost got caught in an undercut but luckily instead of panicking, like I always do haha, I leaned back and kicked my feet up then proceeded to kick off the rock and spin around then swim down to the raft. Apparently there was a lot of base jumping that was going to happen off of a 900 foot bridge that we were passing two days from then. After that we went on an awesome rock climbing expedition. Even thought I am deathly afraid of heights the highlight of this expedition for me was definitely the 250 foot rappel. Overall I thoroughly enjoyed this expedition.

mitch mega boss expedition blog #1

Mitch Gemmer

October 3, 2011

SOAR Blog

Tales of AT awesomeness can be beat by nothing but another tale of AT awesomeness. Those tales are happening even as we speak. Each one makes you want to be there for the next epic moment on the trail. Hi I’m Mitch Gemmer and this is the Epic Tales of AT Awesomeness. This one is all about something called Trail Magic. Trail Magic is the thing all thru hikers and section hikers love more than anything else, I was fortuitous enough to get the opportunity to provide some trail magic to some thru hikers while I was on the trail.

                The ones I will never forget are the magic I provided to a thru hiker named Darrell AKA Smoke or a section hiker named broken spoke. Smoke and Broken Spoke came into the shelter about lunchtime on Wednesday and were going to stay there for the night. Not only did I get to share lunch with him but I got to share dinner with him as well. I have never in my life seen someone so happy to receive a hot meal or some pepperoni cheese and crackers for lunch. And the stories we got to hear were absolutely amazing. I hope I get to see them again someday.

First Expedition: JJ

This expedition was fantastic. We started it out by going on a really cool canoeing trip for the first week. It was pretty easy on the first day of canoeing. However once we got to the second day it got a lot more difficult mainly because we had a lot more area to cover. However the place we stopped at was great. Every single place we stopped at was an island. The second island was really cool. The first was ok but the third was the one that I absolutely abhorred. The reason I had so much distaste towards it was mainly because it was so cramped and rainy. The rain got my sleeping bag soaked which really got me riled up. However we did have a good time while we are on that island because we did a lot of stuff such as sharks and minnows with canoes, cliff jumping and much more. Anyways so after that we left and went back to base. We only stayed at base for one day but it was fun. After we left base we went on a one week backpacking trip. We backpacked 25 miles alltogether which was a good time. While we there we ran into a bunch of cool through hikers one of which was carrying a cat on his shoulders, another was wearing a kilt, and my favorite was a guy named Smoke. Anyways overall I had a really good time and hope the next expedition was as good as this one.

Harris's first X

Well yesterday one of the more unexpected things over AT trip happened. I was sitting in my crazy Creek and heard footsteps. So I looked up and jogging down the trail poles sticking out sideways, fanny pack and all was a man with a cat on his shoulder. He was a weekend warrior type dude who ran sections of the AT with a cat. The cat’s name was Baxter He would camp out in the shelters along the trail and his cat would catch mice for him. He would not eat in mice but they would not get in his food because of this cat.

                We also met a man wearing a fedora, a man wearing a kilt and a man whose trail name was smoke. Smoke told us lots of stories about his adventures on the AT. He was doing something that he called boomeranging the trail. This meant that he was going to start at the middle and travel all the way down the AT into Georgia, then go all the way north into Maine, and go back to his original starting place.  I found this to be truly impressive, he said it would take about two years. When we met him he was about seven months into his hike. He was living off about $200 a month and that was just for food and possible supplies that he needed to buy.

                One of the very cool stories that he told us was about the time that he almost got attacked by a bear. He said that he was camping out one night and heard dirt bikes. So then the next morning when he heard a sound that very closely resembled it is assumed it was a dirt bike. But then after going round a curve in the trail the noise was directly above him. He said he looked up, and saw a black bear growling as it crawled down the tree. He said he just stopped and lay down the ground to act like he was dead. The bear came over and sniffed him and walked away, he was very lucky it did not have clubs with it.

                Another funny thing that happened on my trip, was that Chris, my field instructor, spent time sitting below a fire tower stroking his beard and looking like a guru. I am now on a conquest to find all Chris's very amusing moments.

coley

Expedition was very fun because it had my favorite sport backpacking. We went backpacking in the   Nantahala  National Forest on the Appalachian Trail. It was fun because of the hike and the people we got to meet. We got to meet a thru- hiker named Smoke. He has been on the trail for 9 months. He was a boomerang hiker. He starts in the middle then goes south to north then back dawn to the middle. Fun, right? We got to meet a trail runner that runs with a cat on his back. That was cool to see too. We got to go rafting too and that was a lot of fun but cold. It was my third time going down and I did not fall out. We got to do like 25 miles in a week. That is ok but I wish that is was longer like 50 miles in a week. We got to see a really cool fire tower that you can see for miles. It was fun and cold that day and night. But we got to make some cool and big fires that keep us warm. We got a chill day and we got to make a good breakfast that day. It was pancakes and it was very good .It was a very cool and fun expedition.

Chris's Blog

Soar Blog

Chris Gewehr

10/2/11

Woweee! What an interesting week. We started off by canoeing on Lake Fontana for like a week which was pretty tight. Coley was almost attacked by a rabid squirrel and we created a double canoe pontoon boat-splosion (unfortunately it went really really slow). We also did all sorts of awesomeness like cliff jumping and canoe balance challenges. After we got off of the lake on Saturday we headed over to the Appalachian trail to do a little backpacking. We hiked about twenty miles in the first three days and met some really cool through hikers. One of them (whose name was Smoke) had been on the Appalachian trail for almost seven months and was planning on hiking it up and down for another two years. He had some really crazy stories to tell and even though he looked like he was about sixty-five he was as spry as a twenty year old.

Alex Rapoport blogger 2

Alex R

10-3-11

This week we hiked some of the A.T. We met some thru hikers and one of their names was Smoke. Smoke is his trail name. He got the trail name because he smelled like smoke, not because he smokes but because he had a lot of fires while backpacking. Smoke is boomeranging the A.T.  A boomerang route is when you start the hike in the middle, then you hike all the way south, then all the way north, then all the way back to the middle. In all Smoke is hiking about 4,360 miles in 2 years. A cool fact about Smoke was he grew up in Detroit on 8 Mile road.  Eminem grew up on 8 mile road too, but also 8 mile road is like 2 or 3 miles long. Smoke used to race remote cars down some of 8 mile road. Smoke spent most of his life as a mechanic and a welder. Now that he is done working he wants to live in the outdoors. He also wants to canoe the entire Mississippi river. It seems like he has lived a very cool life.

mitch mega-boss gemmer autobiography

Crazy, Asian, and brown like a raisin, except for not wrinkly a.k.a. Crasian. That’s me, how did I get that nickname? Let me tell you the story. I got my nickname Crasian my freshman year in high school. The homecoming football game was going on at my boarding school and my friends and I were hanging out in my friend Cody’s car. We were driving around the campus because we were bored and there was nothing else to do, so we started talking and decided to drive off campus while we were talking my friend Cody said, “hey Mitch we need to find a nickname for you.” At that time we were heading back to campus to pick up some other people. Once we got back to the campus we picked up Dana and her boyfriend Jarred as well. After picking them up we headed back off campus to the mall and chilled there for a while. While we were there we decided to go into the Victoria’s Secret store. All of a sudden my friend Cody dared me to buy and wear a miniskirt around the mall. At first I said no but then I realized it would be funny to walk around the mall wearing a miniskirt.so Cody bought me a miniskirt and I wore it around the mall and for the rest of the night. My friend Dana when she first saw me wearing a miniskirt in the Mall said holy crap creepy Asian kid is wearing a miniskirt. When we got back to campus Cody said “yo I got a nickname for you Mitch” “Crasian.” The rest of us were like what? That doesn’t make any sense. Cody was like yeah it does, Crasian as in crazy Asian and brown like a raisin. And I was like except for not wrinkly. And so that’s the story of how I got my nickname.

My real name is Mitchell I am 16 years old a junior in high school and from Naples Florida. I am 5 foot 10 ¾ inches and in excellent shape. I am diagnosed with ADHD/ADD, and ODD so as you can imagine most aspects of school are difficult for me, however that does not mean I’m not a smart person .I am highly excelled in science, math, history and reading. My sophomore year I took both physics and chemistry which completed all of my requirements for science. I did so well in those classes that for my junior year I was recommended to be a TA in both of those classes. However that did not happen as now I am currently enrolled in SOAR. However I am not upset that I’m not a teacher’s assistant in those classes because from my senior year when I return to my previous school they will probably allow me to be a TA.

I come from a family of five, am the oldest one and adopted my background is part South Korean and part Jamaican. My family consists of my mother Linda my father Tom and my brother Owen and Joy my sister as well as myself. My sister is eight months younger than me also a junior in high school and currently on the flag line at her high school. My brother is a freshman in high school and about 2 ½ years younger than me. He is just as smart if not smarter than me, My brother and I are both avid readers and are constantly trying to out read each other. My brother also enjoys soccer. My family is extremely important to me because if they hadn’t adopted me I could possibly be living in an orphanage.

My favorite and most memorable activities are fishing, Whitewater kayaking, gaming, and the summer family reunion at Emerald Isle each year. There are so many stories from each of these activities that it is too hard for me to pick out just one to share. However if I had to choose a memory it would be the first time I went fishing. I don’t remember how old I was the first time I went fishing. All I can remember is waking up at like two in the morning and driving for about 15 to 20 min. to go deep sea fishing that day. I believe this was also the first time I ever went on a boat. It was while we were at our annual trip to Emerald Isle NC. I was with my mother, my cousins Sean and Brian, and my uncle Gary. I got to see people catching all kinds of fish. It was amazing and it sparked my lifelong passion for fishing from that point on. The best part about the trip was when I caught a 4 foot long 75 pound amberjack. Here I am this about five or six-year-old with a huge fish on the end of  my line, thinking I am the most awesome person in the world. On the other hand I am also mortified thinking that I will be pulled over the side of the boat. As you can imagine I also got seasick. But that is a different story for a different time.

The other memory I would choose is white-water kayaking three years ago. I had no idea what Whitewater kayaking even was. If you had told me that the next summer I was supposed to be going white-water kayaking I would’ve called you crazy. But lo and behold that’s what happened the next summer I went to the Whitewater intensive camp at soar, and I loved it so much that I came back for next summer’s Whitewater intensive course. I had so much fun this summer I Whitewater that I intend to do it again next summer and hopefully someday I can become a professional Whitewater kayaker. It’s also been my dream from the moment I knew what flying was that I would pilot an airplane. That’s pretty much everything about me l can’t really think of anything else right now but I really hope that gives you a pretty good idea of me.

Jeramy Jeffereis autobiography

Hi! My name is JJ, I am 14, and live in Wilton in Connecticut. I enjoy in activities such as wrestling, football, music, and piano. I have been interested in music since the day I was born. However I have only been working with music for the past couple of years. By working, I specifically mean working electronically. Mash-ups/remixes and house have been my main focus however music tech is not the only music I work with. I have always been interested in the piano but I only started playing a year ago. Even though I only started a year ago I have been very committed to getting better. I practiced almost every day when I was at home. If you have not noticed yet music is a very big part of my life, however it is not the only part of my life. I also enjoy sports, specifically football and wrestling. I have loved football ever since I was in 1^st grade playing flag football. I played flag football from 1^st grade to 3^rd grade after which I started tackle football which I have been playing ever since then. However I only started playing wrestling since the beginning of last year. Overall there are a lot of things that are very important to me and I wish to continue to pursue them.

Coley M OBrien

Hi my name is Coley O’Brien.

I am 15 years old. I love rock climbing, backpacking, rafting, and snowboarding. I have been backpacking since I was 5. I have been hiking all around the world. This summer I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.   It was a lot of fun but hard work to I climb for 6 days straight. I am going to go back in a 1 year just for fun. Next summer I am going to climb Mt McKinley and Mount Rainier. I have 3 dogs. They are all golden retrievers. I have a one-year-old, three-year-old, and eight-year-old dog. The one-year-Old’s name is Sunny. The three-year-olds name is Cookie. The eight year olds name is Wrangler. I have two brothers and one sister. I have a seven-year-old brother and a 22-year-old brother. My seven-year-old brother is named Aidan. My 22-year-old brother is named Alex. I live in Potomac Maryland with my mom and stepdad. My step dad owns his own business and my mom stays home with me which I like a lot. My goals for the future are to climb Mount Everest in three years. Then climb all 14,000 peaks in the world, and the seven highest in the world. My second plan for life is to become a veterinarian.it is my dream because I love animals and I'm very good with animals. Thank you

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Alex Rapoport about me

Hello my name is Alex Rapoport, I’m 14 years old and I live in Saint Paul, MN. I am very active and I like to have fun when I'm playing a game. 

I live in Minnesota and my moms name is Geri and my dad’s name is Andy. My dad is very strange and funny. My mom like South Park she’s a good cook and she’s funny. My mom’s house I have a black lab named Roy at my dads house I have a Python which is a type of snake and his name is mario. My family is important to me

Some of my favorite activities are rock climbing snowboarding and cruising around in my dirt bike My favorite thing to do out of those 3 is rock climbing. Why I like rock climbing so much is because it is a dangerous sport and I like the adrenaline rush. 

 the reason why I like rock climbing is because it’s a fear of mine. Last year I first started rock climbing but it wasn’t the first time I have climbed.  My first climb outdoors right when I got to the top I knew I liked it a lot.

  that’s about that’s all I have to say I hope you learned something about me and I will be doing more blogging on other trips. 

Harris auto bio

                                 SOAR      

      I was born on January 23^rd 1996 and less than 30 days later, I was in a hospital undergoing heart  surgery. My name is Harris Daniel Rothman, I am 15 years old. I live in Washington D.C. but my current living area is at Soar Academy in the middle of nowhere in North Carolina a.k.a. the awesome Smokey Mountains. I am 5’10” and skinny.

                I live when I am at my house with my Mom, Dad and cat. They support me in every way they can. Part of their way of supporting me was to let me come to school here at Soar.  

I have several hobbies at home. I enjoy racing RC cars competitively and I also enjoy skateboarding. I mostly use my bike to get around the city. I got into RC car racing because I saw man racing the car around in nearby Park. I asked the man where he got his car and he told me he had got it online, so I went and got my own.

                I really got into car racing because it was extremely fun for me.  My first and only car is called a Traxxas Slash. At first it was quite slow that I modified it and now it travels at speeds of over 30 miles an hour on dirt. The first time I raced it I had a lot of fun. I lost the race and came in last place but it was still a lot of fun. But I continued to come back and after little while I was very good. I'm hoping to one day upgrade to gas powered cars because those have extreme power.

                I do all of this because of my parents. They're the ones that allow me to buy the car and race it. They're also the ones that support me in everything I do, whether it be racing cars, biking, skateboarding  or just hanging out with friends. 

Chris's Autobiography

Christopher Gewehr

Monday, September 12, 2011

When I was about two years old my family would often take trips to the beaches of South Hampton where my grandfather lived. It was on one of these trips that I had my first words. Attired in a bathing suit and water wings I was sitting on the beach with my family when a huge horsefly happened to come upon me and bite me and the first thing I ever said was, “fly bit my butt!'. Ever since then I've had a penchant for saying inappropriate things at inappropriate times.

My name is Chris Gewehr, I'm sixteen and I live in Mamaroneck, New York. I'm around six foot even with medium long brown hair and brown eyes. My life has been shaped by my friends and my family. In my family I have my mom, who is a petite blonde businesswoman and my dad, who is a tall dark haired businessman. My brother, Russell, is nineteen with bright orange hair and my sister is twenty one, about 5'8'' and works for a fashion company. My family is very important to me, since I was a little kid my brother has been my playmate and my sister has always looked out for me. My parents are both caring, responsible adults who have done everything in their power to help me.

Some activities that I like to do are, scuba dive, longboard, eat good food, see new places, and hang out with my friends. My friends are also very important to me and influence me in everything I do. Just last year my family went to go see my sister who was doing a semester abroad in Athens, Greece. We went to see the Oracle at Delphi, the Parthenon, the Temple of Poseidon, and many other places. This opened my eyes to the wonderful world of travel, and ever since than I've had a burning desire to travel through the US and Europe.

All these things make up who I am and influence what I do in everything. My life is like a chocolate sundae, alone all the ingredients are only okay, but when put together they make an awesomely delicious cool treat. So far I feel that I have been very lucky in life, I was born to a wealthy family with parents that care and are both hard working, I have lost my way several times but thanks to my parents I'm now on the right track.