Here we are at the end of Day 2, and what a fantastic day it was! We all got up bright and early at 6 a.m. to get on the busses that took us to Nakiska Mountain Resort and Banff. Those of us that chose to ski or snowboard were dropped off at Nakiska for a full day of shredding corduroy.
At the ski hill, the spirit judges presented us with the first challenge of the competition: form a group of three with two people from other schools, track down five members of the host committee and collect unique stamps from each.
There were a total of nine winners on three teams and a Tronbogganer was on
each of the winning teams! That should score us some serious spirit points.
A few happy Tronboggan folk got together and built a snowman to wave at the
chairlift passing overhead.
In Banff, all participants were split up into teams from different schools and participated in various challenges. These challenges included curling and a scavenger hunt. All in all it was an action-packed day for all participants. I think we can all agree that the day was a success an many new friendships were formed.
It’s always a treat to see familiar faces from previous years of GNCTR and
today was a great opportunity to catch up with old acquaintances.
Tonight it’s a pizza supper and then off to Ranchman’s for a Cowboys and Aliens party. Then Saturday it’s up at the crack of dawn again to head to the U of C campus for the Technical Exposition. Hopefully we’ve all got enough stamina to make it through.
We’ve been asked to tweet the spirit judges throughout the competition, check out #GNCTR2012 to see what’s going on.
--Andrea Badger
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