i've probably witnessed more than one sunrise in my lifetime, but the story that stuck out in my head for this particular life experience was from Outward Bound, in 2007.
*Deep Breath*
So in year 9 at the high school i went to, they make you go on this camp called Outward Bound, where you camp in the wilderness of Australia for 9 days. and i mean, hardcore camping. you sleep in a "bivvy" which is basically a sheet of plastic hung up on a rope. you cook your meals on a campfire, you carry everything in a hiking pack which is very very heavy and you hike for a good 8 hours a day, from place to place. you also do a lot of camping "activities" like rock climbing and canoeing. basically all the stupid stuff teachers make high schoolers do whether they like it or not.
anyway, we were hiking to and sleeping at a different campsite each night, and one of the nicer ones was on the top of this mountain with a great view and some cows nearby, and that night we all decided to sleep under the stars.but then it rained during the night so we all ended up sleeping under the one bivvy that had been set up.now, a bivvy is designed to hold three people, and that night the solitary bivvy held all thirteen of us. it was a bit uncomfortable and cramped but also really fun, and in the morning we woke to one of the guys mooing in his sleep. yes, mooing, like a cow. we woke him up and asked him why he was mooing, to which he replied "i was dreaming about milk". (i probably should have explained that because outward bound does not enable refrigeration, we couldn't have real milk, so we were forced to drink this horrible powdered milk, and this particular boy complained endlessly about it.)
anyway after being woken by sleep-moos, we all traipsed out of the bivvy to find a glorious sunrise view. the end.
and here is my badge
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