Klondike 2015

So I was called to be assistant scoutmaster a couple of months ago, and come to find out there is this great thing called Klondike. Now when I was a scout we were invited to come to the Seattle council Klondike for a few years till one year we took the trophy home with us. It never went out of the council so good thing we won it. Looking back on my years in scouting I still think this was a awesome event to do as a scout. Now to the present time I was excited for the boys to do that same thing. So we went to Rockport State park which was a beautiful drive. got there and set up camp and then in the morning that was when the real fun started. Now in our troop we have about 5 boys that are active so in my mind we would not do so well. But I was wrong we placed 3rd overall. It was very cold and windy and the boys wanted to go home but we held strong to what we needed to do. There was first aid, fire building, compass course, knot tieing and a tug of war. We did build a sled but Utah and this crazy weather we are having didn't let us have any snow.

 

The boys did great at the compass course they got 9 out of 10 on that and they did awesome at tug of war winning 2 out of 2 and first aid they did great wrapping up a broken ankle. We just have to work on knot tieing. The BSA does a awesome thing teaching the boys basic skills to survive, help, and  serve the community, their families and themselves. They learned a lot from building a sled team work, engineering, patience, and a lot more other things those were just the top ones I saw. Here is a video that I made for them and my social media marketing class at LDSBC. Just click on the  Just click on the Link