Camp Cataraqui - January 2002

Camp Cataraqui - January 2002

Before our camp, Sgt. Dave Wilson from the Canadian Armed Forces came to a meeting to give a lecture on Winter Survival. As part of his duties with our Army, Dave has taken part in (and taught) Arctic Survival courses, has been to the North Pole and has served with our forces in Kosovo.

The Troop sits down to Saturday's breakfast of French Toast before starting the day's activities.

Our first activity was a game of "Hockey". Some of the planned activities had to be completely changed due to the lack of snow!

This was an event our Troop enjoyed last year. With the ropes, the youth had to expand the inner tube to fit over an upside-down bucket. The bucket then was carried by the ropes, to a stump where it had to be released without falling off. At no time were they allowed to touch the bucket or inner tube with their hands.

Our last event before lunch was a Bob-Sled Pull. This would have been a lot easier if we had snow!

There was a price to be paid for the mild temperatures and absence of snow - MUD!

After lunch we listened to a local trapper who brought in some traps and a couple dozen pelts of various kinds.

The "Olympic Rally" had a team of youth negotiate a 30 minute long course while carrying a long plastic pipe. Each member kept their hand on the pipe at all times or the team had to halt while until all members were in contact with the pipe.

The Tandem Ski event turned out to be an exercise in determination for the 66^th. because we had 7 youth, we loaned 2 Scouts to the 68^th London to make three teams. Here is our team off to a slow start.

Once the 2 teams from the 68^th finished, our 2 Scouts started again and passed our team about halfway around the course.

To make matters worse, after our 2 Scouts finished, Scouter Dave from the 68^th and Scouters Bill & Steve headed out to show them how it's done. Here we are passing our team about 3/4 around the course.
The previous youth record was 4:46. The 3 leaders flew through the course in 3:25. Our Team - 29:36. Now that's determination!!

The last event was a triathlon. All but one member of the troop was blindfolded and then pulled a wagon carrying 1 youth who gave directions.

At the halfway point, the one youth in the wagon had to shoot 6 arrows at 3 targets, then get back in the wagon to continue. Once back at the start/finish line, he again got out of the wagon and had to jog around the course he had just been pulled around.

After a long and hard day, everyone was looking forward to a supper of steak, baked potatoes and corn.

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	Before our camp, Sgt. Dave Wilson from the Canadian Armed Forces came to a meeting to give a lecture on Winter Survival. As part of his duties with our Army, Dave has taken part in (and taught) Arctic Survival courses, has been to the North Pole and has served with our forces in Kosovo.
	The Troop sits down to Saturday's breakfast of French Toast before starting the day's activities.
	Our first activity was a game of "Hockey". Some of the planned activities had to be completely changed due to the lack of snow!
	This was an event our Troop enjoyed last year. With the ropes, the youth had to expand the inner tube to fit over an upside-down bucket. The bucket then was carried by the ropes, to a stump where it had to be released without falling off. At no time were they allowed to touch the bucket or inner tube with their hands.
	Our last event before lunch was a Bob-Sled Pull. This would have been a lot easier if we had snow!
	There was a price to be paid for the mild temperatures and absence of snow - MUD!
	After lunch we listened to a local trapper who brought in some traps and a couple dozen pelts of various kinds.
	The "Olympic Rally" had a team of youth negotiate a 30 minute long course while carrying a long plastic pipe. Each member kept their hand on the pipe at all times or the team had to halt while until all members were in contact with the pipe.
	The Tandem Ski event turned out to be an exercise in determination for the 66^th. because we had 7 youth, we loaned 2 Scouts to the 68^th London to make three teams. Here is our team off to a slow start.
	Once the 2 teams from the 68^th finished, our 2 Scouts started again and passed our team about halfway around the course.
	To make matters worse, after our 2 Scouts finished, Scouter Dave from the 68^th and Scouters Bill & Steve headed out to show them how it's done. Here we are passing our team about 3/4 around the course. The previous youth record was 4:46. The 3 leaders flew through the course in 3:25. Our Team - 29:36. Now that's determination!!
	The last event was a triathlon. All but one member of the troop was blindfolded and then pulled a wagon carrying 1 youth who gave directions.
	At the halfway point, the one youth in the wagon had to shoot 6 arrows at 3 targets, then get back in the wagon to continue. Once back at the start/finish line, he again got out of the wagon and had to jog around the course he had just been pulled around.
	After a long and hard day, everyone was looking forward to a supper of steak, baked potatoes and corn.