Women prepare themselves for camping challenge
Kelly Ardis and Seggan Moore
Issue date: 5/6/09 Section: Battle of the Sexes
The next challenge was starting a fire. Boys, we commend you for trying the good ol' stick-rubbing method, but we could have told you from the start that it would not work. We think our fire was better. We'll admit that we used the wood that the boys gathered, but our method was more efficient. We stacked our wood in a teepee form, then stuck parts of a magazine in the middle and lit it on fire with a match.
Although the boys did not help us maintain our fire for the night, and we started it on our own, the guys won this challenge simply because they used their own resources, and we used some of their wood findings.
The boys did not, however, keep their fire going all night with the twigs and branches they found, as they claimed. They kept it going with the firewood they brought from home.
The next day, our challenge was cooking. Based on our preparedness, we knew we already had won this. For breakfast, we made eggs and bacon. One of the boys indulged in our success of frying bacon over a campfire and had more than a few pieces. We also cooked hot dogs and made the traditional campfire treat s'mores.
The guys tried to prepare for s'mores, but you can't make a s'more without a graham cracker, so they had to use a pack of ours. While we're on the subject, the boys had to pick up their marshmallows and chocolate at a gas station before we got to the campsite. After the day was done, and the food was cooked, we won this challenge.
Three out of the four challenges won isn't a bad record. Especially since this was the last challenge of the semester. The guys may have won more challenges throughout the semester, but the camping challenge was all or nothing, and we definitely won. Just like we knew we would.
Although the boys did not help us maintain our fire for the night, and we started it on our own, the guys won this challenge simply because they used their own resources, and we used some of their wood findings.
The boys did not, however, keep their fire going all night with the twigs and branches they found, as they claimed. They kept it going with the firewood they brought from home.
The next day, our challenge was cooking. Based on our preparedness, we knew we already had won this. For breakfast, we made eggs and bacon. One of the boys indulged in our success of frying bacon over a campfire and had more than a few pieces. We also cooked hot dogs and made the traditional campfire treat s'mores.
The guys tried to prepare for s'mores, but you can't make a s'more without a graham cracker, so they had to use a pack of ours. While we're on the subject, the boys had to pick up their marshmallows and chocolate at a gas station before we got to the campsite. After the day was done, and the food was cooked, we won this challenge.
Three out of the four challenges won isn't a bad record. Especially since this was the last challenge of the semester. The guys may have won more challenges throughout the semester, but the camping challenge was all or nothing, and we definitely won. Just like we knew we would.
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Anaheim Movers
posted 7/06/09 @ 11:49 AM PST
Congratulations to your team! While it's possible that the conditions were not equal for both teams, it's not really a good reason for the other team to complain. (Continued…)
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