Monday the 20th of January

Once again we met with the Norwegian students for the weekly Monday activity. The overall theme of this day was “team building”.

Building a shelter
We met a Spicheren and went to the area behind the equipment garage where we were randomly divided into mixed groups of approximately nine people. The task was to build a shelter with a fireplace with sitting space for everyone under the tarp. We had 30 minutes to complete the task with the use of a trap, some knives, three ropes and everything else we could find in the forest.

This was our first attempt:

Afterwards, everyone took turns to present and explain their setup. We gave points and feedback to each other’s shelters and got 15 minutes to improve before the second round/final examination. As creativity points, we added “miss piggy” and some plant decorations.

We improved our shelter by pulling down the tarp closer to the ground in the back and cover the sides to shelter the wind. Furthermore, we moved the fireplace closer to the sitting area to get the heat from the fire underneath the tarp.

This was our improved shelter:

We ended up with a good score and I was proud of the team effort.

Tower Building
The task was now, in the same groups, to build the highest tower out of the things we had in our backpacks. Another fun and competitive activity.