July 8, 2022 ネイチャー&アドベンチャークラブ「校内キャンプ」

　こんにちは。白山麓高専事務室の間加田 侑里です。今回はネイチャー＆アドベンチャークラブで行われた校内キャンプについて紹介します。

　6月18日（土）の午後から6月19日（日）の朝にかけて、白山麓キャンパス内の中庭でネイチャー＆アドベンチャークラブの学生によるバーベキューとキャンプが行われました。これは、計画、準備、実施、片付けというイベントの一連をクラブ員の手によって成立させることを目的としたものです。イベント当日の午後から、学生たちは夕食の買い出し組とテント設営組に分かれて行動しました。買い出し組は自転車で最寄りのスーパーへ出かけました。近くといっても、白山麓キャンパスから最寄りのスーパーまで自転車で往復2時間程度掛かります。体力が有り余っている学生たちはそんなことお構いなし！自転車でスーパーまで出かけていきました。しかし、帰り道は荷物が重くて大変だったようです。テント設営組は、テント設営経験者の学生が、初心者の学生にレクチャーしながら、テントを４つ組み立てました。

　買い出し組が戻ってきて調理を開始するまで、中庭でフリスビーやバレーボール、サッカーなどをして汗を流したり、持参したハンモックやヨガマットを並べてのんびりしたりしていました。その後、調理が始まり、大量に購入したお肉を焼き、「おいしい～！幸せ！」「最高～！」との声がたくさん上がりました。また、顧問の潟辺先生が用意した特製のタンドリーチキンも学生たちに振舞われ、美味しすぎると大好評でした！食事を終えた学生たちは、再びスポーツを始めたり、お菓子を焼いて食べてみたりするなど、それぞれの時間を楽しんでいました。
　日が暮れ、学生たちは比咩の湯へ温泉に入りに行き、気付けば就寝の時間となりました。テントで就寝についた学生や、中庭に布団を並べて就寝についた学生、朝方まで語り合っていた学生など、夜中の楽しみ方は様々でした。
　テントの外で寝ていた学生達は、早朝雨に見舞われ、慌ててテントの中へ駈け込むことになったという笑い話があったそうです。

 Hello, this is Yuri Makada from the Hakusanroku Office. Today, I would like to introduce an on-campus camp held by the Nature & Adventure Club.

 From the afternoon of Saturday, June 18th to the morning of Sunday, June 19th, the Nature & Adventure Club students held a BBQ and went camping in the courtyard on the Hakusanroku campus. The purpose of this was to have club members plan, prepare, execute, and cleanup the event. In the afternoon of the 18th, the students were divided into two groups: one to buy dinner and the other to set up tents. The shopping group went to the nearest supermarket by bicycle. It is two hours roundtrip by bicycle from the Hakusanroku Campus to the nearest supermarket. The students, who had more than enough energy, did not care about that! They cycled to the supermarket. However, they had a hard time on the return trip because of the heavy shopping bags. The tent group set up four tents, with experienced campers showing the students how to assemble a tent. 

 Until the shopping group returned and started cooking, students worked up a sweat playing Frisbee, volleyball, and soccer in the courtyard, or relaxed on the hammocks and yoga mats they had brought with them. Then the BBQ began, and they grilled the meat and ate their meal. Student were very happy and said, "It's so delicious!!" and "This is so great!" The students were also treated to a special tandoori chicken dish prepared by their advisor, Katabe sensei (Prof.). The chicken was a big hit with the students, who said it was too good to be true! After finishing their meal, the students enjoyed their free time by playing sports again or cooking and eating sweets.
 After the sun went down, the students went to Hime no Yu for a hot spring bath, and before they knew it, it was time to go to bed. Some students slept in tents, some went to bed on futons laid out in the courtyard and some stayed up until the midnight talking and enjoying each other’s company before going to sleep.
 There was a funny story about the students who slept outside their tents. It began to rain early in the morning and those students had to rush back inside quickly.

　そしてこの日はもう一つイベントがありました。それは潟辺先生が企画した「蛍ウォッチングツアー」です。これは白山麓キャンパスの学生全員を対象としたイベントです。白山麓キャンパスから徒歩３０分ほど先にある瀬戸丸山公園は、かつて蛍スポットとして有名な公園でしたが、2015年に白山源流域で発生した地滑りによる手取川への土砂流失で蛍は絶滅したと考えられていました。それでも潟辺先生は前々日と前日に現地へ尋ねてみたところ、５、６匹の蛍を確認することができたそうです！
　この時は学生９名と教員３名が集まり、19:30に蛍ウォッチングツアーへ出発しました。瀬戸丸山公園では２、３匹、さらに白山麓キャンパスまでの帰り道で一番光を放っていた蛍を観察することができたそうです！学生たちに蛍ウォッチングツアーの感想を聞いてみると、ほとんど全員が帰り道で蛍を見つけたと満面の笑みを浮かべていました。それほど嬉しかった瞬間だったことが分かります。風情があり、初夏を感じられたのではないでしょうか。

　白山麓に広がる大自然、そして寮生活だからこそ楽しめる活動が詰まった日だったと思います。天候にも恵まれ心地よい気温の中、思う存分楽しみ、日々のストレスも発散することができたことでしょう。

 There was one more event that day. This was the Firefly Watching Tour, organized by Katabe sensei. This event was open to all students at the Hakusanroku campus. Setomaruyama Park, a 30-minute walk from the Hakusanroku Campus, was once a famous spot for fireflies. However due to a landslide that occurred in 2015 in the Hakusan headwaters area, the landslide sediment went into the Tedori River, so the fireflies were thought to have become extinct. Nevertheless, Katabe sensei had visited the park for two days before the event, and was able to confirm that there were at least five or six fireflies! 
 On this occasion, 9 students and 3 faculty members gathered and left for the firefly watching tour at 7:30 pm. They were able to see 2 or 3 of fireflies at Setomaruyama Park, and then they could see the brightest glowing firefly on the way back to the Hakusanroku campus! When I asked the students how the firefly watching tour was, almost all of them had big smiles on their faces when they talked about the fireflies they had seen on their way to the Hakusanroku campus. It was such a joyful moment for them. It was a memorable experience, and I think they felt that summer had really begun,

 It was a day filled with the natural beauty that is found in HAKUSANROKU (foothills of Mt. Hakusan) and activities that can be enjoyed only on campus. The weather was nice and the temperature was comfortable, so the students were able to enjoy themselves to the fullest and release stress from their daily lives. 

間加田 侑里
Yuri Makada