| Recently I attended Cub Scout Leader
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| | burn the hair off part of one arm and
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| Outdoor Experience training. This was a
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| | ruined a jacket while trying to stir
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| 24 hour course starting Friday evening.
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| | bacon in the bottom of our den's dutch
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| If you are a leader whose Council
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| | oven. (This had nothing to do with any
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| officers this kind of training, I would
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| | inherent danger with using dutch ovens.)
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| highly recommend it.We were split up into
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| | Later when we cooked with foil packs we
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| 4 dens of 8-10 people and did everything
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| | had the same problem. The fire got so
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| as dens. We setup our 10'X10' canvas
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| | hot that some of the aluminum foil was
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| wall tents, made a den flag, cooked and
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| | melting and the food inside most of the
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| ate together, and attended breakout
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| | foil packs was not cooked evenly. Any
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| sessions together. We cooked breakfast
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| | part touching the foil was burnt while
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| in dutch ovens and made foil packs for
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| | other parts were a bit under
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| lunch.Some breakout sessions were
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| | done.Actually, I didn't mind so much. I
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| directly related to Webelos badges:
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| | learned some valuable lessons from this.
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| readyman (first aid), naturalist (bugs,
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| | I think part of the problem was that they
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| snakes, birds nests, etc.), forester
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| | just used too much charcoal. If you
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| (trees and leaves), outdoorsman (camping
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| | can't control air flow, you can still
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| gear), and geologist (rocks and fossils),
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| | control the amount of fuel. (After the
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| There were also breakout sessions on
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| | experience at breakfast, I think I would
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| setting up camp (tents, sleeping bags,
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| | have done something different at lunch.)
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| weather), wood tools (knives, bow saws,
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| | Also, I decided that in some ways
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| and hatchets), camp cooking, fire
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| | pressurized fuel can be safer than
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| starting.In the larger goup we were given
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| | cooking over wood or charcoal. With a
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| information on topics such as games for
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| | propane stove, you can easily adjust the
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| cub scouts, doing religious services at
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| | size of the flame.There were some other
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| camp-outs, how to conduct an effective
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| | things that I thought were kind of funny.
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| campfire ceremony, and specific
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| | For example, while on a hike, one of the
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| information on this summer's Webelos
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| | trainers was telling us that when we are
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| camps.We also had an evening campfire
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| | on a trail, if we come to a puddle we
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| ceremony. The staff did a great job with
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| | should walk through it instead of walking
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| this. It was very entertaining with
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| | around it (which would then be creating a
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| jokes, skits, songs, and a short
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| | new trail). This was due to the "leave
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| inspirational talk at the end. The
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| | no trace" philosophy. However, shortly
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| inspirational talk was based on NOTES FOR
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| | after that we were herded off the trail
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| KEYNOTE ADDRESS FOR JSCOPE 2000 By
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| | to be shown various trees and plants, and
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| General Charles C. Krulak, which was
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| | in the process people were trampling wild
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| about the Roman military roots of the
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| | flowers. Also, they encouraged us to
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| word "integrity".Finally, one of the last
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| | take rocks, fossils, and arrowheads that
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| things we did was go on a hike that also
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| | we found to start our own collections. I
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| doubled as a tour of the facilities.
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| | always thought that was against the leave
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| They also had us do a sort of scavenger
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| | no trace philosophy.Another thing that I
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| hunt where we we supposed to take note of
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| | thought was funny was the way they taught
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| something small, something large,
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| | us to start fires. In the old days,
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| something beautiful, something
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| | scouts would learn to start fires without
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| mysterious, something magical, something
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| | even using a match. These trainers
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| from the past, something that represents
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| | emphasized much easier methods. Some of
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| the future, etc. When we got back there
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| | the fire starters they showed us
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| was a little inspirational talk where one
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| | included: dryer lint, cardboard coated
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| of the trainers talked about how an apple
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| | with candle wax, store bought fire
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| can be viewed as being all of these
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| | starters, and store bought fake logs
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| things and sliced the apple in half
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| | chopped up into smaller pieces and
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| showing the star. He talked about how
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| | wrapped in newspaper. Another attendee
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| boys see nature through the eyes of their
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| | mentioned making firestarts by mixing
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| scout leaders and how the boys are our
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| | sawdust and candle wax in a dixie cup.
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| future.On the whole, the training was
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| | All these are interesting ideas, but they
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| quite good. The only problem we had was
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| | seem like cheating to me.Anyway, this
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| with the way the cooking was done. The
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| | experience really was fun and very
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| staff had brought in a big portable fire
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| | informative. Some of the sessions
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| pit into which they dumped charcoal.
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| | (especially first aid) seemed far too
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| There was no way to control air flow, and
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| | short, but they were throwing a lot of
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| the fire got so hot that it was difficult
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| | information at us. Also, it was fun just
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| to get close enough to stir the pot
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| | getting together with the other leaders
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| without getting burnt. In fact, I did
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| | and meeting new people.
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