[at-l] hiking practices

[daveh at psknet.com (David Hicks)]

I had a very short exposure to Boy Scouts as a youngster, also.

We had moved into town and there was a Boy Scout troop there which interested 
me, for a while.

Then they went on a winter campout and got caught in a show storm.  This was 
back in the early '50s, well before 4x4s, ATVs, etc, were common place.  Well, 
someone hiked out to a phone, which lead to the Sheriff lining up anyone in 
the area with a tractor, mules, horses, etc.  Anyhow, after helping haul out a 
bunch of unprepared, sniveling, whining boys and totally incompetent adults in 
my grandpa's one-mule sled, I passed on joining.

Chainsaw

BTW -- As an adult, I have helped a number of very competent Scout leaders and 
am not anti-scouting, particularly in our increasingly urban/suburban society. 
It was just that for a countryboy, with lots of woodcraft knowledge and 
experience, I was not impressed.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob C" <ellen@clinic.net>
To: <pmags@yahoo.com>; <at-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Wednesday, November 24, 2004 1:29 PM
Subject: Re: [at-l] hiking practices


I had a very short experience with the Boy Scouts. Once as I approached age 12 
(the minimum age those days) I went on a winter cookout with a local troop. We 
went to a wooded area near my home. The challenge was to start a fire with 
just one map. A dozen or more kids tried. Only my fire succeeded in staying 
lit.

A few weeks later I joined, but the troop dissolved a few months later. When I 
tried to join another troop I was told it was "all filled up," so my Scout 
career ended. However, I still cook over a wood fire -- both on the trail and 
occasionally at home.

Weary




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