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2010 Quebec Day 3 – We’re Done with the Ice Block
Contrary to all our hopes, the centre of the block was not soft. We had had visions of working with softer snow as we worked towards the middle. There were pockets of ice inside the pockets of ice. We finished at 9:00am and came back to the hotel without talking to the judges. I just […]
2010 Quebec Day 2 – The Longest Day
Day 2 starts with a feeling of being hit with a cement truck. All three of us are feeling pain and stiffness in at least two parts of our body. We are about to head down to the block for what amounts to be 24 hours of trying to carve cement. It is our hope […]
2010 Quebec Day 1 – Can You Say Cold?
First off, before we could begin to complain, the organizers apologized for the rotten ice-filled blocks at our meeting last night. Their lame excuse was based on some vague rumor that it had rained for three days prior to the event. The temperature earlier this morning was a chilly -30c with the wind chill. Allow […]
2010 Quebec Day 0 – Sculptor’s Meeting
Well, our teammate Kim Strange finally arrived in Quebec just in time for the sculptors meeting. This is where we meet the other teams in the various competitions (school, provincial & national). We also picked our block (#2) and found out where the blocks were. During the meeting, Quebec’s most famous mascot came by and […]
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