By Asa
On Friday we got to the Mountain Institute at 11pm after 4 hours in the car. We got to sleep in an amazing yurt that had three floors and had a glass ceiling. The next morning we ate breakfast, got a quick lesson on orienteering and then left for Spruce Knob, the highest mountain in West Virginia. We went bouldering on Spruce Knob and ate lunch. After that we drove to the Sinks of Gandy, a limestone cave. We had to walk through a farm filled with cow poop and weirdly shaped rock. Then we went into the cave where we explored and did something called a milkshake where you had to get out of a small hole in the cave. Then we went through the wet part. We walked through ½ a mile of cold water until we finally got out. We then changed into warm clothing and went back to the yurt. At the yurt we prepared and ate dinner. When it was late we went to the big telescope that did not work. After an hour of trying to get it to work we went back to the yurt and slept. The next morning we ate breakfast, packed up, and left.
On Friday we got to the Mountain Institute at 11pm after 4 hours in the car. We got to sleep in an amazing yurt that had three floors and had a glass ceiling. The next morning we ate breakfast, got a quick lesson on orienteering and then left for Spruce Knob, the highest mountain in West Virginia. We went bouldering on Spruce Knob and ate lunch. After that we drove to the Sinks of Gandy, a limestone cave. We had to walk through a farm filled with cow poop and weirdly shaped rock. Then we went into the cave where we explored and did something called a milkshake where you had to get out of a small hole in the cave. Then we went through the wet part. We walked through ½ a mile of cold water until we finally got out. We then changed into warm clothing and went back to the yurt. At the yurt we prepared and ate dinner. When it was late we went to the big telescope that did not work. After an hour of trying to get it to work we went back to the yurt and slept. The next morning we ate breakfast, packed up, and left.