From BSA113 at aol.com Sun Mar 6 17:40:25 2005 From: BSA113 at aol.com (BSA113 at aol.com) Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 18:40:25 EST Subject: [Wildernesssurvival] WILDERNESS SURVIVAL CHALLENGE Message-ID: <64.5064626f.2f5ceee9@aol.com> This is a challenge for the backpacking trip to Camp Josepho next weekend. Seniors going on the Wilderness Survival trip, I challenge each Scout to take no more than 20 items with you on the hike. Here are the rules: Clothing ALL clothing is counted as seperate items, except: ONE Pair of socks will be counted as one item ONE Pair of shoes or hiking boots will be counted as one item. Hiking Boots should be worn. ONE Pair of gloves will count as one item. ALL other clothing will count as one item each including: All headwear including hats and beanies (One item for each) Shirt Jacket or sweatshirt Underwear Pants Sleeping Clothes Any other clothing items Food Each food item counts as one item Food in a small package will count as one item together (ie: Bag of chips or Beef Jerky) All eating utensils, stoves, feul, and other cooking items count as one item each. Shelter Tents can be brought if there is a possibility of rain, but if used will count as 10 items, so plan on some other shelter. Each item you bring for shelter, counts as one item each One item for each tarp, poncho, or survival blanket One item for each rope One item for each stake Sleeping Bag and Stuff Sack count as 3 items if used, but should be brought, just in case. Each of the following items count as one item each Blanket Sleeping Pad Pillow Other Items All other items brought will count as one item each One flashlight with one set of batteries will count as one item At least one water bottle must be taken and counts as one item Each match counts as one item each Any PERSONAL MEDICATION MUST be taken and will not count as an item A deck of cards, journal or a camera can be brought for free and not counted towards your items There are ways to have more than 20 items to use, but you will have to be resourceful and figure it out on your own without cheating. If you think this challenge is hard, the Wilderness Survival trip will be even more challenging. Please let me know if you accept my challenge. I also have several Wilderness Survival books which I can loan to interested Scouts and have a table top exercise for the Scouts to do at camp. Good Luck, and let me know if you have any questions. Clarifications or updates may be posted later. Erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.bsatroop113.org/pipermail/wildernesssurvival/attachments/20050306/6133ad0f/attachment.html From BSA113 at aol.com Fri Mar 18 00:38:19 2005 From: BSA113 at aol.com (BSA113 at aol.com) Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 01:38:19 EST Subject: [Wildernesssurvival] Commitment Time and Parent Meeting Message-ID: I have already invested a lot of time and effort into planning the Wilderness Survival Weekend on May 28th through 30th. I have a pretty good idea of what we are going to do. It is now time to start planning the details. I need to know how many people are going in order to plan appropriately. I need a $50 nonrefundable fee for each person that is going to save a space. The money will be used to purchase supplies. Any left over money will be divided up among the participants and placed in their Scout account after all expenses have been paid. Participants will not be asked for any additional money unless the number of participants will not cover the cost of the trip. If most of the Scouts who have shown an interest do go, then there is a very good chance that there will be money left over. At some point soon, I will need to have a cutoff of additional participant sign-ups so make a commitment to go and pay $50 soon to reserve your spot. Please mail your checks to Hwee-Tin, our Treasurer. There will be a parent meeting for Scouts signed up for the trip on Wednesday, May 11th at 7:30 pm at the Scout Shack. Details about the trip will be given out at that time to PARENTS. Scouts may not attend this meeting. I have two videos that I will show at an upcoming meeting and several books on Wilderness Survival that Seniors can borrow to prepare for the trip. See me at Senior meetings to borrow any of these resources. Erik -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.bsatroop113.org/pipermail/wildernesssurvival/attachments/20050318/b6d02530/attachment.html