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Sat, 25 Oct 2008
Wilderness SurvivalI took the scouts camping this weekend. We have been working on the wilderness survival merit badge this month. One of the requirements of the merit badge is to improvise a natural shelter, using techniques that have little negative impact on the environment, and spend a night in your shelter. I took the scouts up Squaw Peak road and found a decent campsite. The kids then set off to find shelter for the oncoming night. Most the boys, including myself, sought the shelter of pine trees.
Two of the boys really got into it and lashed some saplings together to make a hut.
The low for the night was 37. I was worried that some of the kids would wake up crying cause they were either scared or cold. I took sleeping pills so their cries wouldn't wake me up. Thankfully they all made it through the night without any incident. I made the troop some dutch oven breakfasts in the morning. The leaders thought they were great; however, many of the boys didn't eat it. This was brobably because they are used to sugar for breakfast instead of artery clogging breakfasts. After breakfast we had a fire starting contest. I gave the boys 5 minutes to gather fuel for their fire. The boys then had to start a fire without using matches and keep it going for at least 5 minutes. Keston won. Probably because he used a package of cotton as his tinder.
After that, hiked up to Bridal Vail Falls.
A good time was had by all. Even the "I can't do it, but really he can" scout had a good time. |
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