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23 August 2015

Obstacle Journey, 21 August 2015


Hello Guides!! For today’s 集合, we had the long awaited Obstacle Journey (OJ)! This was the first time the Y1s are experiencing OJ and it will be the first time the Y2s are leading! The Y3s 集合-ed at 2:20 for an attire check and the Y1s and 2s 集合-ed at 2:30. After attire check, they were given 7 minutes to retrieve all the logistics they needed. Afterwards, they had 5 minutes to lay out all their logistics by the road and standardised them across the 6 patrols. However, the inspection layout was not up to standard and they had to pack up and re-layout. For the second time, it was much better.

Reflections from a year 2…

Initially we were flustered as it was the first time that the Year 2s were leading OJ. However, things went rather smoothly as we had placed the items for 配备 in a corner in the 小队箱 this morning. After that, we were told to layout our items for OJ at the road along the GSL. This was rather intense because the notion of an inspection really scared the year 2s and we were very nervous. Moreover, we didn't discuss previously about the layout so there was poor communication and P1 & P2 had different layouts from the rest of the . Hence, we were told to redo the whole process and by the 2nd time, we had improved on our shortcomings. After that, we were dismissed to our respective stations to start on OJ.




After pack up, OJ officially started.

Here is the overall storyline:

A series of natural disasters have befallen on planet Earth. United Nations are gathering people from all around the globe to form a special team in hopes of fighting this catastrophe, and you are the chosen few. You must now embark on a mission through treacherous paths to search for the antidote to put a stop to all the sufferings. But you must not hesitate, for time is not on your side and any longer you wait, the death toll only rises. Calamity is overtaking our world and you are the only ones that can stop it. Do you have what it takes to save mankind?

Station 1(4S classroom): Gas Room cum First Aid

Storyline: Your patrol mates have been trapped in a room while searching for the antidote. Recent earth tremors have caused parts of the room to cave into itself and have caused parts of the building to collapse onto your patrol mates, injuring them. Furthermore, the tremors have ruptured the gas pipes in the building. To prevent the hazardous gas from further spreading across the room, you will have to solve the secret code to stop time which you will then be able to find out your patrol mates’ injuries. Rescue your patrol mates to continue your quest!

Þ    For this station, only the Patrol Leader (PL) and Patrol Second (PS) could speak

Þ    One Y1 and one Y2 were casualties in the gas room

Þ    The patrol had to solve two sets of guides’ code written on the white board and afterwards carry out the respective first aid treatment accordingly

o   Casualty 1 would be an unconscious person with dislocated shoulder and sprained ankle.

o   Casualty 2 would be a person who has an open fracture on her right leg which is bleeding profusely leading to shock.

Þ    While the patrol treats the casualties, 1 person have to come out every 1 minute (everyone have to go at least once) and answer a question to further test their first aid knowledge. If they answer wrongly, they will have to do a forfeit of 10 crunches.



 
 
Reflections from a year 2…

We were informed that we were about to enter a gas room, so we had to shake the door, cover their mouths and noses with their scarves, and crouch down low while walking. Once we entered we also had to immediately open all the windows, which we had failed to do so, and try to solve the codes written on the white board as soon as possible. The codes would give the answer to the two casualties' injuries, and under a limited amount of time, we panicked as we knew we were running out of time and yet without much progression. Furthermore, even when we had figured out their injuries, we were unfamiliar with the first aid procedures and carried the casualty out of the classroom by the wrong method. This already took a lot of time and by the time she was transported outside safely, we began to panic again as we were unsure of how to bandage the casualty's right shoulder fracture. Fortunately, some of our other patrol mates helped us, and we managed to finish the first-aid within the time limit. Even though we did not do very well for this first station, it was still fun as we had a new experience of being leaders and learnt more. I hope we have more chances like this to step up to lead our patrols!

Station 2(Block G level 3): Creative Gadgeting

Storyline: Oh no! An acidic torrential downpour has been forecast to take place very soon! To make matters worse, some of you have already been handicapped amidst the chaos. To prevent the casualty rate from rising and to keep your logistics in good working condition, you will have to think fast and act fast. You need to build a structure which can elevate your 配备 as well as shelter at least 3 of your patrol members. At the same time, intruders are closing in quick. To ward them off, you need a catapult which can be used from inside your shelter.

Þ    The patrols were told who those that would be handicapped were. They could not use their affected part. The handicaps will include:
- Injured right hand
- Injured left hand
- Poor vision (close eyes)

Þ    The patrol had to build an emergency shelter which is able to elevate and shelter their 配备, and shelter at least 3 patrol members.

o   To prove the feasibility of their shelter, 3 members are to get under the shelter and elevate their 配备 under the shelter as well. Water will then be poured from above.

Þ    They will also have to build a catapult which can be utilized from inside the shelter. All these are to be completed in 12 minutes. This timing is inclusive of proving the feasibility (or how much their structures meet the given requirements) of their shelter and catapult.

o   To prove the feasibility of their catapult, at least one member is to stay under the shelter and launch off 3 crushed paper balls from their catapult.

Suggested solution:




 
Reflections from a year 2…

This station was the hardest station of all in my opinion. We used the school bench as the main frame and tied two 青木 to it to elevate our things. We built a catapult separately using gadget poles, but then we realised it couldn’t fit inside the bench, so we covered it with a poncho instead. However, our shelter could not keep out the water completely as we did not cover all the gap. Everyone apart from the PS and PL either couldn’t see or couldn’t use one hand and this proved quite challenging and caused us to spend more time than usual on tying lashes. We also 过时by about 4 minutes. I think we could have worked faster as we spent quite a lot of time discussing how to build the shelter. We should have tied the A of the catapult to the school bench, which was solution in the proposal as it would have been more stable. 

Station 3 (3D classroom): 夜里行军

Storyline: You have ended up at this barren land of darkness and hell. A tornado at a speed of 110km/h is on its way, coming to destroy anything along its path, which includes you people. Maneuver your way through the series of fallen obstacles before you are dead and find the light source, solving the mystery to stop this disaster. Time and tide waits for no man, escape before it is too late! Work fast and Good Luck.

Þ    For this station, the patrol is given 14 minutes to go through 夜里行军, maneuvering themselves through obstacles of tables and chairs set up in the classroom.

Þ    The entire patrol will be blindfolded using their scarf except the PL and PS, thus instructions will have to be passed down efficiently.

Þ    After getting through these obstacles, they are tasked to answer riddles written on the whiteboard by finding a candle and match which will be hidden and also solve a guide code.

Þ    They will then use only a maximum of two matches to light the candle in order to find the source of light. A penalty in deduction of marks will be given if more than two matches are used.

 


Reflections from a year 2…

As it was our first station, we were determined to do well and get a good head-start for the rest of the OJ. We first had to navigate through a maze with only the PL and PS being able to see, and the rest of the patrol was blindfolded. This gave the appointed PL and PS a chance to train their leadership skills as only they were the ones who knew what was going on.  As for the rest of the patrol, we learnt to trust the PL and PS as we could not see and needed to rely on their instructions to prevent knocking into the obstacles. The process was relatively quick but there was a lack of communication and a gap was left between the patrol. Even so, we still managed to get through it and proceeded on to solve 2 riddles which led us towards what we had to find to light up the room. We managed to solve both riddles in a short amount of time but we took very long to find the items, which was a candle, 2 matchsticks, and a matchbox. Due to the lack of sense of urgency and not being observant enough, we had to resort to asking for a time extension, in order to find the items and light them. Also, we were afraid that we would not be able to accomplish the task as we were afraid that both matches would be used and none would be left behind to light up the candle. All in all, I think we did well in that station and this station improved our communication skills between the year 1s and 2s, and helped the year 2s practice and enhance our leadership skills.

 

Station 4 (PLTC’09 Campsite): Trekking signs

Storyline: The toxic gas in the atmosphere has weakened one of your patrol mate, taking away her ability to walk. Before you is a whole new stretch of unmapped barren lands where danger lurks in every corner. It is fortunate that a team of rangers before have put up some trekking signs to mark out the safest path. Hurry before it’s too late!

Þ    The patrol had to build a structure to transport their patrol mate with the spars provided within the time limit of 5 minutes. The patrol mate will sit in the middle of the structure while the others support the structure (the corners). The structure that they choose to build cannot be a stretcher or a roman chariot. This forces them to think of their own idea, instead of sticking to the original ‘suggested’ solution.

Þ    The patrol will then be given 5 minutes to transport the patrol mate, according to the trekking signs stuck onto the surrounding walls. The patrol is supposed to find the correct and safe path by studying these trekking signs.

 Suggested solution:

 


 
Reflections from a year 2…

We built a square where on one side was rafted two wood . We were instructed to transport our junior on our structure. She sat on the rafted side of the square and her feet were placed on the wood opposite the rafted side as she held on to the sides of the square structure for support. However, on the way, we realised that the structure was too wide to go through the gateway so we asked her to get down first while we tilted the structure to fit through the gateway. After it made it through the gateway, we got her back onto the structure. We followed the trekking signs along the way and though we were not too sure of them, we managed to assemble at the correct place where we were told to take the structure apart before leaving the station. At this station we exceeded our time limit for the building of the structure and the patrol leader only asked for a time extension after the time was up. From this we need to improve on our time management. Overall our morale was pretty low so we hope that during the future skills training and patrol activities we will cheer more.

Station 5 (Bamboo Area near MRL): Survival Skills

Storyline: As your patrol embarks on the path to the antidote, you accidentally stumbled upon a place where everything else is undisturbed from the disasters that is going around. Your team decided to rest here for a while as everyone is hungry and exhausted.

Þ    The patrol is required to build a shelter that can store all their logistics and at least 2 people. The shelter can be anything they want as long as it is feasible.

Þ    They are required to boil an egg using mess tins for their hungry patrol mates as all of them have not eaten for a whole day.

Þ    Every 3 minutes, a patrol member is to go out and answer survival skills questions. For every wrong answer, the patrol will owe the station masters 2 burpees, which they will return during debrief.

Þ    The patrol will have 12 minutes in total to complete all the tasks.

Þ    There will also be a bear attack in the middle of the station to test their preparedness.

Suggested solution of shelter:

 


 
 
Reflections from a year 2…

I was the PL for that station. Half of the patrol were assigned to build an A and rest it against the wall, while the other half were in charge with the boiling of the egg. While the egg was cooking, we shifted our logistics under the shelter and shortly after, we had to 集合. Although we were unable to cook the egg, our shelter was feasible and we were also familiar with the survival skills which we were tested on :)

Station 6 (Block G level 5): Mindsweeper

Storyline: Welcome to the island of fear! This whole place is filled with dangerous high voltage filled fences that the master has placed to protect himself from the disasters coming towards the island. You have trespassed, putting his island in danger of the disasters and he is not happy at all. You are to navigate through this island quickly by answering the questions he asked to be able to pass, transporting your logistics in the right path as well, or will stand to face dire consequences!

Þ    One patrol member will be crossing mindsweeper first while the rest of the patrol members will be doing Physical Training in circuits.

Þ    After one person has crossed the mindsweeper, the next person would continue crossing. By 15 minutes, the patrol should have transported all their logistics over as well.

 





Reflections from a year 1…

For station 6, we were required to answer questions pertaining to Guiding and then cross the Mind Sweeper with our logistics. We could have done better by being more familiarized with the Guides notes as we were not really prepared with the information we needed to know.

After OJ ended, the guides had their debrief by the respective station masters and also an overall debrief by the OJ I/Cs. Then it was the prize presentation! P3 Jasmine clinched first place! Congratulations!!


 
Reflections from a year 1…

Today is our first OJ as a company, and we found the whole experience quite refreshing and enjoyable. We were glad that we worked well as a patrol, and that we were praised for having good patrol morale :) However, we felt that we could done better if we prepared ourselves more by being more familiar with the Guides notes, especially our First Aid knowledge and other skills like the Guides code and various survival skills. We should also 照顾好东西, so our logistics will not be “kupped”, which we were advised to put out logistics nearer to us to ensure that it is supervised and to enable better communication as well. We can also continue to cheer as much, improve our sense of urgency and be sure to ask for time extension before the time is up.

The 集合 ended after a short patrol corner! We hope that through this OJ, the guides have learnt something new! The Y2s really stepped up through this and we see a lot of potential in them! 加油!

Cheers,
Michelle
47 Batch Secretary

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