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Climbing/Rappelling Campout 2002November 15-17, 2002 |
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Troop 57 traveled to Lake Mineral Wells State Park for it's annual Rock Climbing and Rappelling campout. We spent the month learning about the Climbing Merit Badge. We reviewed the rules for proper climbing, rappelling, first aid, and safety associated with the badge. We then packed up the Troop trailer and various adult volunteer vehicles and headed for Lake Mineral Wells State Park. One of the things the adult volunteers do on program intensive campouts like this one is to take over the cooking chores so the boys can spend more time on the rocks. This campout was a special treat in that regard. Troop 57 former scoutmaster, Mr. Tom Oliver, agreed to serve as grubmaster. The neat thing about this is that Mr. Oliver is a huge collector of military surplus hardware. He brought a mobile Army field kitchen capable of feeding a whole platoon.(Well, maybe not a whole platoon but at least a Troop full of hungry guys) Troop 57 extends a heartfelt thanks to Mr. Oliver for providing us with a great kitchen setup and his cooking expertise on this campout. Troop 57 would also like to extend a very special Thank-You to Crew 57. Our climbing instructor (who is also Crew 57's Sr. Advisor) was recovering from a broken ankle during this campout. This limited his ability to participate. Crew 57 (experienced climbers and rappellers all) came to the rescue by doing all the leg work for Mr. Anderson. They set up and ran the climb and rappel stations under his direction. Thank You, Crew 57, for helping to make this campout possible. |
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The Campsite |
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We set up our campsite Friday night. Fortunately Mr. Oliver, Mr. Troutt and Mr. Anderson came up Friday afternoon and checked us in, staked out our campsite, and setup the camp kitchen. (Check out Mr. Oliver's mobile command post tent) |
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