[at-l] CampFire at the PA Ruck ??? - The Dam Boy Scouts

[wolferrae@xxxxxxxxxxxxx (Rogene Beers)]

Sounds great!
Who's gonna post hole dig in the frozen ground????
Rogene
Bad enought this old Tn Ga clay wet cold rain or shine.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clark Wright" <icw@esisnet.com>
To: "McDermott" <mcdermot@verizon.net>
Cc: "AT-L" <at-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] CampFire at the PA Ruck ??? - The Dam Boy Scouts


> now if you REALLY want a campfire, you need to build the dual post-hole
> special that we used to build in our pyro bou scout days - you take some
> post hole diggers and dig two post holes in the ground, about 4-5 inches
>   apart.  You make one hole larger in diameter [say, about 10-12 inches
> across] and dig it down to a depth of about 15-18 inches, the other hole
> can be as small as the post hole digger will allow [usually about 6
> inches across] and a bit shallower.  You then reach in thru the larger
> hole down about one foot below ground level and carefully dig a
> connecting tunnel thru to the smaller diameter hole .  .  . you now have
> a turbo air feed for your fire [which is built in the larger hole]!
> once one of these babies is going good, well - lets just say Sauruman's
> evil guys would have been proud! :)
>
> thru-thinker
>
> McDermott wrote:
>
> > Last year at the Ruck, the Boy Scouts last year had a campfire much
> > larger than ours.   I remember everyone who was  looking for the ALDHA
> > campsite, saw the Boy Scouts camp fire and went over to them, think that
> > were the ALDHA people.  It was very embarrassing to see that the "Boy
> > Scouts" had a much bigger camp fire that the ALDHA folks.
> >
> > This year we will have to get even.  Anyway, in this cold, a campfire is
> > not a luxury, it's a necessity.  If we don't have a campfire, nobody
> > will stay in camp.  They will all go up to the mansion where it is warm
> > and toasty.   If everyone who is going to camp, brings a few pices of
> > fire wood,. it would help alot, as there may not be enough windfall
> > laying around to make a decent camp fire for 2 nights.
> >
> > Keep Warm
> > Panzer
> >
> >
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