The first week of November was also a very busy week for the Practicum class. On Thursday, we took a trip to Burke to put the seat pads on the Willoughby Chairlift. While this seemed to be purely slave-labor at first, we actually ended up making a pretty fun game out of it. Since we were able to put pads on two chairs at a time, one coming down and one going up, we split the class into two groups. Each group would race to see who could completely strap their seat pads to the chair the fastest. It was really fun and we were able to rotate out if we got tired. I was even able to operate the chairlift and it was the first time I had ever done so. Because we were able to work so quickly together, we were able to cover every single chair on the lift in only an hour and a half. We felt very accomplished by this and operating the lift was great work experience.
That weekend weekend was also the Chili Cook-off and Skate Jam event that was being put on by Thom Anderson and Sean Doll's classes respectively. While my class group, trail maintenance, had already put on our event the previous week, we still went anyways to enjoy the events. I helped in the set-up of the Skate Jam, but, while riding in the skate park I fell and hurt my ankle very badly. Luckily I was able to go inside and grab a bag of ice to put on my ankle and I think that it really helped in preventing swelling. The competition ended up being better than I thought because the contestants were really going hard and putting on a show. It was a lot of fun to watch. The food at the Chili Cook-off was also very good and the weather was perfect for the event. I think that both events were a great success and I think they greatly helped the Outing Club. I hope that events like those continue in the future so that we can continue to help out the LOC.
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