The course's field assistant, Johanna Weston, coordinated the amazing First Annual Welly-Wanging competition. Students competed by flinging their field-issue rubber boots off the their right foot without using their hands or kicking the boot. Competitors were judged based on distance in a best-of-three competition.
Our two winners were Noah Jouett (Best distance: 18 meters) and Mary Boyum (Best distance: 16 meters). The winners (dubbed the winning wangers) were garlanded not with a traditional laurel given to Olympic athletes, but with a balsa leaf worn on their heads. We'll post more photos of the competition later, but here's one taken by Debbie of Leaves and Lizards. She and Steve, along with our guide Geovany, were our special guests (and only spectators) for the competition.
From left: Mary Boyum, Adaire Chatry, Johanna Weston, Christopher Gurguis, Samantha Behrent, Lorea Ormazabal, Katheryn Miller, Katherine Biernat, Adriane Smith
Our two winners were Noah Jouett (Best distance: 18 meters) and Mary Boyum (Best distance: 16 meters). The winners (dubbed the winning wangers) were garlanded not with a traditional laurel given to Olympic athletes, but with a balsa leaf worn on their heads. We'll post more photos of the competition later, but here's one taken by Debbie of Leaves and Lizards. She and Steve, along with our guide Geovany, were our special guests (and only spectators) for the competition.
From left: Mary Boyum, Adaire Chatry, Johanna Weston, Christopher Gurguis, Samantha Behrent, Lorea Ormazabal, Katheryn Miller, Katherine Biernat, Adriane Smith
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