The 2012 Hands-On Explorer Challenge Winners

Posted by 2012 Kids Expedition Team in Hands-On Explorer on April 12, 2012

The winners of the 2012 Hands-On Explorer Challenge have been chosen! Visit kids.nationalgeographic.com to read excerpts from their essays and see their winning photos.

The expedition to Montana begins on July 6. Visit the blog to learn more and get updates from Montana expedition team!

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  1. runnerexplore27
    April 12, 2012, 3:18 pm

    Wow, 15 more winners!! Congrats guys that is so exciting! I can’t believe it has been over a year now since I first found out that I would be going to the Caymans. Well done guys! I hope that the trip is so much fun for all of you and you have a blast. Just enjoy yourself and explore! I am excited to be following your journey via the blog! Congratulations!

  2. ZebraUnion
    April 17, 2012, 8:06 pm

    congrats guys, as for me too, it’s been about a year since i found out i won the hoec, one of the greatest feelings of my life!

  3. afoswim12
    April 24, 2012, 12:08 am

    Congratulations, you lucky kiddies!! :) I went on the HOEC Australia FOUR YEARS AGO! I’m a senior in high school now and graduation is in a month, but not a day goes by when I don’t think about all of the friends and memories I made with the HOEC. Remember to relish every moment of your amazing trip. :)

    -Abbie

  4. Ecochika
    May 9, 2012, 8:39 pm

    Thanks, i am sooooo excited for this trip. i will follow your advice. thaks :D

  5. ozzie1148
    May 10, 2012, 10:22 pm

    MONTANA IS SOOOOOOO AMAZING ITS MY FAVORITE PLACE TO VISIT IN THE UNITED STATEs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  6. sluggy
    May 27, 2012, 6:35 pm

    You guys are soooooo lucky! Congradulations!!

  7. Ecochika
    May 28, 2012, 10:43 am

    afoswim12- the trip in autralia sounds fun.what did you guys do?

  8. afoswim12
    May 29, 2012, 8:47 pm

    Ecochika,

    Words cannot describe what we did (not to sound cliché haha)! Go to the HOEC Australia blog! There are videos and journal entries. Feel free to indulge!

    -Abbie

  9. AnimalChick
    May 30, 2012, 12:15 pm

    Congrats guys!! I entered, but I didn’t win. You guys will have so much fun! Make sure you take looooottts of pics!! Bye,
    -AnimalChick (Phaye)

  10. AnimalChick
    May 30, 2012, 12:17 pm

    Congrats winners! You will have so much fun! Make sure you take lots of pics, and savor every moment of your trip! You will remember it forever!
    ~AnimalChick–Phayebienne–

  11. Ecochika
    June 7, 2012, 10:55 pm

    :P right now i feel stupid. i should have checked the blog, thanx….whoop whoop! imgetting my camera in a week!

  12. moose
    June 22, 2012, 8:05 pm

    Sooo cool! Love pica of the skunk and chicken. I went to India about 1 year ago. The only animal i saw were cows and one almost ran over me one of the scariest moments in my life! You kids are so lucky

  13. japanbluebonnet
    June 24, 2012, 3:16 pm

    Congrats!!But how come the Hawaii trip winners aren’t posted?I sent an entry and a drawing, but heard nothing about it.Any clue,guys.

  14. Skimp27
    June 24, 2012, 11:02 pm

    Hey everybody. In just a few weeks, the winners will be leaving for Montana. I am disappointed that I wont be one of the lucky 15, but my summer has been great! just yesterday I went hiking down a stretch of the Appalachian trail in Greenbrier State Park (its in western Maryland.) it was a 3 1/2 hike to a 60 foot high sandstone cliff called Annapolis rock. The view was breathtaking. It would be an excellent cliff to climb. I would upload some pics to Myshot, but my camera was broken months ago, and my dad doesn’t trust anyone with his camera. After the 3 1/2 miles back to the park, My family and I fished and swam in the lake that they have there. I had another adventure today. my older brother saw a dead fish on the shore of the river (potomac) that is near my house. What he described was like a 3 foot long sturgeon. There were sturgeons in the chesapeake bay once upon a time, but they are extinct due to over fishing. I went on a big solo expedition and found the remains of 7. There was a small mouth bass, and a lot of catfish. one catfish was humongous. I only found the head, but it was about the size of a cantaloupe. it could have been up to 35 pounds alive. I found the fish my brother described and , after some research, discovered it was a huge carp. I had no idea that there were carp in the river! Carp and snakeheads are two of the worst invasive species in america, and both come from asia. There is plenty to explore in your own backyards. Just remember that, anyone who will enter the HOEC in coming years. Later everybody!

  15. snakeking
    June 28, 2012, 1:29 pm

    They finally announced winners for Hawaii. I just wish they would include winners’ essays and pictures like they do for HOEC winners. It is really disappointing that they only gave us names and nothing else :-(

  16. Geckoguy122
    June 30, 2012, 9:19 am

    I live in Maryland and have only been to Western Maryland once D= It is an amazing place – I’m sure Skimp27.

  17. Geckoguy122
    June 30, 2012, 9:22 am

    And yes, Carp are horrible. They ruin fishing trips! XD They kill all the fish you actually want to catch.

  18. Stellaluna98
    July 2, 2012, 11:03 am

    Less than a week until we leave!!

  19. Little Dragonfire
    July 7, 2012, 5:44 pm

    Have fun on your trip and upload a lot of pics so we can get an idea of how the view was.

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