Brentano-Murphy's Adventures

The big day was here, and I had been rolling around in the sleeping bag, imagining that it was raining and cold outside. A beep on my phone woke me into reality – “Hey u, are u awake”, it was Jason, waiting outside for me. I got changed and went outside to be greeted by his warm smiling face, which reminded me of the previous night. I guess our affection could not be hidden from there on, but no one made comments or asked questions. My focus had shifted slightly and I stared out into the water wondering if what I had done the previous night was right. After a quick breakfast, the tent was taken down and everything packed away, and we were on our way to the start. Jenny dropt us off just by the start before proceeding down the road towards the finish to hand Dylan our bags, and beginning her journey with Jason on the way home. I cannot deny the sparkle in Jason’s eyes as we said goodbye, I had no idea that we wouldn’t even have time for a good bye hug, and I guess this was a reminder

I was awake pretty early, and tried not to disturb the others my getting changed camping style (in the sleeping bag). I tried to figure out what kind of weather was outside, but it wasn’t long until Jenny unzipped the door to the tent and let bright sunshine come streaming into the tent. A little while later Jason was cooking the breakfast before a few of us headed into the dam for a quick cool down.  Jess and I were in charge of keeping everyone’s stuff, and I ensured Jenny had everything she needed for her swim, and for afterwards. We waited with Jenny and Jason for a while at the start, and this was the point where I started to get really nervous – I guess just seeing all those people made me realize how big this event actually was, and I started to feel a little out of my league. A short while later Jess and I had driven up to near the finish (near in this case meaning a nice walk, and an easy place to get out of), and went in search of a blue tent by a ridge, to drop off a wetsui

So the weekend I had been training for was finally here, my nerves were on end but I was looking forward to completing a new challenge. Friday, 11 February was a pretty early start. Jess and I were catching a ride with Jenny and one of the boys from her school (Jason). Jenny left us to deal with the packing, and as per usual, with no instruction, I was clueless and standing there watching the other 2 at work, while at odd times throwing my 2 cents in. I looked at the full trailer, and the full boot, and realized there was still more stuff – later this stuff went into the back with Jess and I, where eventually I had no space left on the floor for even my toe. I also started to wonder why we needed all this stuff for just the 3 of us, but didn’t think much of it to ask, as I had not been in that situation before. Well, by 9 we were loaded up and on the road for what will be a very long and quiet journey. We did stop at a petrol station along the way for some food, where I introduced Jen