There are few days as important and exciting as C.D.L day at…well…Collège du Léman, itself! And yesterday, it all kicked off!

CDL day is all about charitable cause and about doing a little something to make a difference. The main event being the CDL Grand Prix! Which is constructed on the campus and run by many different groups for varying distances. The course itself is a 500M loop around our fine sports facilities and the Olympus Sport Hall and Boarding House.

This CDL day, Olympus Boarding House is beyond proud to have our very own Abbay as the Master of Ceremonies for this CDL day, he can be seen below opening up the day by the band-stand which features the consistent musical feature of CDL day, featuring an all-star powerhouse selection of CDL’s musical talent. A line-up we can’t hold in-doors anymore due to them tearing the roof off every time. Especially when Iyowuna is within thirty meters of a musical instrument.

Lord knows they’re doing their best to look like they’re not dying right now, but the CDL boarding staff tackled the Relay Race in a blaze of glory and dilettante sportsmanship. Well…maybe just for Olympus’ Mr. Jakob (far left, as in ‘left behind’)

Wether in boarding or in day-visits, community grows naturally among everyone. It’s a climbing plant that dares everyone to aim higher. And if not ‘higher’, then ‘together’.

The Grand Prix is about endurance and community. There’s a lot to be said about beating your own time, but it’s also about being a part of it. The wave, the swarm, all flying towards the same objective. Speed, velocity, all relative to our fellow man. There can’t be a Race if there aren’t diverse and motivated people running it together.

Best of The Best from Collège du Léman!

Ladies and Gents, the Spring has arrived and not a moment too soon. It’s an illusive season, Spring is. It shares the darker skies of Autumn and Winter but with the first pupal drops of the summer rain. Then again, I suppose it’s like magic. The harder you look, the less you see. It’s all the better just to live it. And when you simply live it, it all comes together on its own. Just like Magic.

The Heads of discipline at CDL. We assure you, we’re just messing around about that. Though these gold-dusted beauties rarely do. This weekend, we paid a visit to the impressive AQUATIS aquarium complex, sporting an amazing array of sea and river life including these Amazonian Piranhas.

Noticeably drier than the other Exhibits, Olympus’ very own Imanali takes in the splendour of the glass tunnel display.

The running club in all their glory, no doubt training for the CDL Day Grand-Prix next Tuesday.

Ah, the runner’s natural enemy. Woodchip paths. Truly the Shakespeare’s Iago of synthetic terrain.

Olympus’ own Iyowuna blasting away with his digital camera. No creative stone is left unturned and shot up when he’s on the prowl.

“A director must do whatever it takes, to get the shot.” -Elia Kazan

Friendly Neighbourhood Spidermen: Aleksei and Maksim practise their wall-crawling skills while their web-shooters are in the shop.

Christiaan probably plans his climbing route as Aleksei plays invisible floor-level bongos in the background. Forethought is important in climbing.

Another weekend well spend. From a leisurely stroll through the local aquarium, to the blood-pumping thrills of summiting your local climbing centre, we don’t need to get to the other side of the world to have a wonderful weekend as the atmosphere switches gears from the cool dregs of Winter and into the spritely thaw of Spring.

Best of the best from the Olympus Boys!