The drivers must be the most tired people out of all thirty people. There is a long distance from Toronto to Inuvik. In order to arrive back in time, we needed to arrive there at least a few days earlier. Most of the days we would travel more than 10 hours a day. It is because we were all motivated to reach Inuvik as quickly as possible with in our 14 day time frame. So on the way back we could do a bit of sight seeing or go hiking on a mountain. We had three vehicles and four determined drivers. Although they had some rest time between their work, it is still very hard to drive along boring roads that look the same most of the time. Besides it make people tired. Except Billy, all the people who did a driver job in HQ team, so they also need to do some other works, even if they did the hardest work, they felt tired, they couldn’t give up. They needed to drive all of us all the way and drive us back to Toronto safely. That was their job in teamwork, they must finish. But they are so important without them, We couldn’t get to the location without them he couldn’t finish our trip, we must say thank you to them. In our trip we need to do most of the things ourselves. Lucky for the HQ team, everybody had to contribute to the expedition by doing different jobs, include the navigator in last 10 days. The navigator also wasn’t allowed to sleep. This showed to the drivers that we really wanted to get to our destination and also showed them that we understood what they are going through by staying awake while they were driving all of us to the destination. Cooks need to cook the food for thirty people at not very long time in most of days. Every time when were we at the supermarket they would go with Billy. Then if there were enough time, they could buy other things for themselves. Cleaning team needed to wash plates and utensil for thirty people and cooking items as well in a short time, At some place, the temperature would dropped at night, and they still need to washing in cold water. Sometimes the place we could water was far away from the place we camping, sometimes. there were lots of mosquito flying around while they were washing. But the team would never give up to a punch of inferior bugs and they would finish cleaning the plates and utensils efficiently and effectively. Vehicle assistants, needed to clean windows when we arrived at the gas station, and they needed to clean the vehicles at most of the days when we achieved campground or motel. If the weather turned bad, the ground would be wet, so the vehicles will be dirty inside, or if somebody eats or drink something inside the vehicles and drops on the ground, vehicle assistant’s work would be much harder. Both navigator and co-driver were not an easy job as well. Both of these job couldn’t sleep on the car and needed to tell the driver about the information on the signs they passed along the road. For example street names or the speed limit. It is not easy to stay awake when all the people except driver are all fast asleep or when you felt sleepy. If you are a navigator, you should know where the gas station are; how far we are from the location today and also need to choose which road to drive by the map. Don’t think that leadership is a easy work. To lead a small group is easy, but it is not easy to lead a big group of thirty people the leadership team would decide a lot of things until late at night. Thinking about a lot, especially considering peoples benefits and did planning for us. They always slept last and ate last, they always needed to had a meeting until midnight. We are a team, everyone is important nobody did an easy job, nobody is useless. Everyone has there flaws, no one is perfect. If we want to work better as a team, everyone should work much harder. That’s teamwork, that’s motivation for us to finish our job, and try our best to did the work much better.
During the trip we met heavy rain on the road, we happened on trouble maker, we put down the tents in rainy day, we slept parking lot and also saw double rainbows and full rainbow, saw a lot of wild animals, on the way, saw good view as well. We got a lot money in the trip, both good and bad. Many years later, I think the most deep things I remember will be the hiking time in day twenty-one. We went to Edith mountain and had a about four and a half hour hiking on that day. The mountain isn’t very high but there aren’t any roads leading up it and the steep incline is not easy to walk. But everyone cheered and motivated each other. There aren’t any steps, just the road full of mud and rocks. With the sea level higher and higher, the road became much, much harder to walk. At half of the way we climb up the mountain, here was a much more dangerous road in front of us. The road just one-meter-wide and on a very high position, but most of us were scared of heights or we would give up our hiking on the halfway point. In truth, nobody wanted to give up. Not even the people who were suffering from the constant temperature changes. We were divided into smaller groups and continued climbing to the highest point. Since the girl group went first, I guess that motivated the rest of us to hike the mountain or else it would be very embarrassing that the girls could do it and you couldn’t. We wanted to see the view at the highest place we could arrived, it became the motivation let us be brave when we face to the enemy. At last, we did it and we did it faster than Billy’s expected timing. We should learn from the vehicles, they carried us from one city to other. They became dirty but they never gave up, they still keep working. At the highest place, we lay on the ground relax the silence, we heard wind, we water, we were very tired, but we were so excited. We need to say good-bye to everyone after just a few days, maybe we meet each other again in next camp. I will miss the friends in Monticle, the life here, the days we work together, and how we tried our best to finish everything. Many years later, there will be lot of difficult problems waiting for us, if you feel you are out of energy, believe yourself, think about many years of the life in Monticle, the things we learn here when you’re still a teenager, those can be the motivation to help to deal with everything.
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