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

[icw@xxxxxxxxxxx (Clark Wright)]

a small herd of boy scouts, of course! :)


Rogene Beers wrote:

> 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
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>>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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