Scout Camp 2009
check back for captions on pictures, still in process!
Week 1, fundamentals (click on quick links for pages within gallery)
Page 1 Initiatives, boxing, wood splitting / shingle making, knife throwing, rabbit stix
Page 4 improvised rope harness, rope cut/burn, turkeys, agility, jumping skills, rope swing/roll
Page 8 stalking, fire, fresnell/flint and steel, blowguns, taijutsu, bamboo
Page 14 Spider Web, chickens, archery, tipi, Leo, sunset, group photo
Page 19 hot tub / river training, hell bender, awards
_____________________________________________________________
Week 2, fundamentals (click on quick links for pages wtihin gallery)
Page 1 Teambuilding, Jok Gi, rock throwing, body conditioning/makiwara, rope climb, bamboo crafts, coiled rope throw
Page 5 Taijutsu, rolls, pushups, metsubishi / eggs blowing, stalking, motorcycle, "Cranberry Sauce"!
Page 8 Airsoft, Knife, dart/arrow gathering, white oak shingles, dart fletch, blood, knot board
Page 12 More motorcycles, blacksmith, wood carving, anatomy, fungus, yarrow, insane redneck with a chainsaw
Page 14 Night activities / tipi, metsubishi wars, board breaks, GROUP PHOTOS 1 & 2, hot tub/river,
awesome mushroom (poison), mountain views, pic in wrong place?
_________________________________________________________________
Week 3, Advanced
page 1 truck repair, teepee, horses, friction, flint/steel, cordage, death, deerhides
page 4 razor honing a bowie knife, alcohol vapor stove from 12oz cans, goat wrasslin, tracking, shave with your knife
page 7 wet fires, knife making, blacksmithing, heavy bag training / kicks, heat treating, chickens?
page 10 camp analysis (tracking), blueberries, scavenged items, GROUP PHOTO 1, wilderness trek begins
page 12 edible herbs/plants, high tech optics, bamboo is our friend, fire when it counts, charcloth making, hobo stoves, pelican cases, face paint patterns, sunrise in the mountains
page 14 spelunking, laurel hells, plants, fungus, lots of water/rain, sleep under trees, water gathering, fire when it really counts, GPS
page 17 claw and feather, a view to remember, snakes, invade Boy Scout Camp, injuries, GROUP PHOTO 2, the stove works!
_____________________________________________________________________
Advanced camp through the camera of camper Chris H.; Gallery Here
By the way, congrats to Chris and his scout dance team on their second national award for traditional native dance. His photos are great and deserve review! The summit photos from our trek are world class, one in particular with the sun blasting down through the clouds, check it out.