Reminds me of high school. During projects week in March, a group of us were taken to the Canadian border... given snow shoes, a sleeping bag, a tarp , a metal cup, 4 instant cup a soups, a knife and 12 matches. We trecked through 4 feet of snow to our individual locations and told to stay put for 4 days. It sucked...you became obsessed with keeping a fire going. On the last day, the teachers gathered each kid and together brought us to a small cabin in the middle of the woods. We walked in and there were 6 small cots in a cold, stark room. The teacher asks for volunteers to sleep outdoors because only a few could sleep inside. I didn't volunteer. Fu** no! The 8 "outdoor" volunteers then proceeded through a 2nd door...and unknown to any of us, there was a larger room with beds, stoves, food. The "stupid six", as we were renamed, were not allowed in the party zone.
For the next 4 days of hiking and camping, we volunteered for everything. "I need a guy to take off his boots and cross that partially frozen river". I'll do it. "I need a guy to climb that giant pine tree and put a flag on the top." I'll do it. We kept volunteering for these near impossible tasks. After 4 days and no rewards, we complained that we weren't being taken care of. The teacher confessed that he just wanted to see what level of stupidity we could achieve....He told us that we achieved the highest...so we got that going for us...which is nice
