We went on a hike for Gaisce this weekend. We walked 25km over two days, walking for five hours and covering 15km the first day and another 10km the second. it was very hard going and extremely steep. we stopped when we climbed the first mountain, which was 700m high. there was a bronze age tomb at the top that we could go into. we walked back to the houses then after climbing a second mountain. We walked along a river and had to cross it. the fields around us had been in a forest fire and were burnt to ashes. we had to cook our own dinner when we got home which was at nine o clock. overall i got about two and a half hours sleep as we all stayed up.
the next day was freezing and lashing rain. when we began to climb the mountain it turned to snow and we were caught in a blizzard for four hours as we walked. when we finished we changed into our pajamas and came back to Celbridge.
it was hard but im glad i did it as i feel as if ive accomplished something after walking and completing gaisce.
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