Today, the class was completely together for the first time because this week is the official orientation week of the programme. Teambuilding and introduction into different Sauder departments will be the main topic of the week. The week started with an very emotional keynote “A test of will” of a guy who lost both legs in a hiking accident some years ago. His legs where smashed by a huge stone and he had to wait two days until the rescue arrived. After his accident, he overcome the obstacles of his new situation and has again started to hike mountains – without legs. As I am also into the outdoors, his story impressed me a lot.
As this was the highlight of the new week, some other highlights took place at the weekend. Saturday, we went sailing with the MBA sailing club of the previous year. It was a nice trip with beautiful weather and considerable wind. After some weird dinghy sailing, I was very glad to be on a real yacht again.
Another highlight of last week was my hiking trip to Bowen Island on Wednesday – my last day off before the Core starts. It’s an island near of Vancouver with a nice 800m high mountain. Naturally, I need to get onto the summit. All in all, you need to hike 17km which takes you around seven hours. The efforts are honoured by a awesome view on Vancouver Island, Vancouver City and Mt Bacon.
On the summit are some broadcasting antennas which were maintained that day. The engineers choose the more convenient way to get onto the summit. They flew in by helicopter. It’s quite impressive to watch a helicopter landing on this small platform. We tried to convince the pilot for a ride back to Vancouver. Unfortunately, he was not as exited about the idea as we were….
Finally, I got also very aware about the disadvantages of being so far away from home. Eva and Jörg, good friends from Munich, married and I was not able to participate. Congratulations again from the far west to them.
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