Weekend 5

Weekend 5 we all decided to go zip lining.  We were told to go to one near Mt. Fuji but this was also the week of the typhoon that hit Japan.  We made reservations to go to the Fuji one but the day before changed it to the closer one in Odawara.  Saturday morning I got woken up by a staff member saying she wasn't feeling well so she thought it best to stay home.  We were all sad she didn't come but decided after that it was probably best she didn't come since she was sick and it was very physical.  So while planning the zip lining experience I thought we'd just climb up a little and zip to the bottom with it being easy and fun.  I was in for a surprise because it was an adventure course (which I knew but didn't really realize how difficult it would be) and it was hard... for me at least. There were 6 courses and a zip line at the end of each one. I quickly found out that I am horrible at rope ladders and almost got stuck a few times but Dani was my saving grace and pulled be back to safety.  We missed one of the courses somehow but I was so tired by the end I don't even know if I could have done another.  We also did not realize how dirty we'd get. Some of the zip lines were really long and it was hard for me (and most of the others) to stay going straight most of the times I turned sideways or backwards so landing was never very graceful. When you landed it was in muddy bark... not very soft and very dirty.  It was a lot of fun! I am glad I went but I did hurt myself on one of the landings.  We were told if you go backwards while landing put your feet down to slow yourself before you hit the ground.  I was the first one to go down this particular line and ended up backwards but there was a ledge at the end so when I was putting my feet down to slow myself both of my ankles hit the log on the ledge.  I thought for sure I had broke both ankles as soon as I landed and had to stay there for a minute but once the shock wore off I got up and was able to walk alright.  Here's some pictures from the weekend.

after

The first video is me and the second one is Josh on the line that I hurt my ankles.  Saturday night we went to a BBQ at our POC's house that and he had some delicious food! Then we went out to karaoke for Emily's 21st birthday.  Sunday we were all super sore and tired so we just stayed home and rested.  I was so sore until about Tuesday.  Monday night I noticed my right ankle was super swollen so I've been keeping it wrapped up when I'm home and today (the next Sunday) the swelling has finally started to go down.  I'm really happy because I thought I was going to need to go to the clinic and I really didn't want to pay for a doctor visit.