The rest of the day Thursday was spent in la-la land. Apparently we had a couple classes on leadership and personnel management, but I can’t recall learning a whole lot. After dinner chow, I went to Bible study at the Airborne chapel, then came back to crank out my Constitution paper in the hour before lights out.
This morning my platoon did simple stretching for PT in light of the infamous Bolton Obstacle Course this afternoon. Bolton was such a blast! We did 12 obstacles today that included rope climbs, balancing logs, monkey bars, and the Weaver. The Weaver is basically like an A-frame ladder in which you have to go under one rung and over the next until you reach the other side of the ladder. Basically, you get really bruised up and wear your arms out.
(marching to Bolton - I'm second from the right)
(getting ready to do "6 vaults" - I'm second from the left)
(me jumping over a "vault" - we weren't allowed to touch the vaults with anything except our hands)
(putting my gloves on to go down the inverted rope commando style - I was the fastest one all day!)
(shaking the sand out from the low crawl pit)
(my roommate, Nicole, prepping to go down the inverted rope)
(my platoon getting ready to put on a skit for the company - we made a Cera Sport commercial)
(working my way across a spinning metal bar about 12 feet in the air)
(my squad, from left to right - Michalak, Robertson, Nerstad, Sproul, Sergio Garcia, Jackman, Faure, me, Freeman, and Dago Garcia)
Ironically, my only injury today came from me tripping over a sprinkler on the way to lunch chow. I definitely ate some dirt and scraped my knee up, but will hopefully survive to live another day. Tonight is basically a free night since we’ve got all of our tests out of the way – I’m just trying to get my locker cleaned up and my laundry done since I’ve had absolutely no time this past week. This weekend should be pretty chill, and I’m definitely needing the muscle recovery. Anyways, stay tuned for a post on Sunday!
