Nottawa Trails-presents:
Back to the Basics
Remote Camporee
rd th October 23 -25 Hello Scouters,
Good day! This year’s fall camporee will look a little different than in the past, but is setting up to be a very fun and energetic weekend. It is something I think everyone will enjoy and learn something new or practice an old skill. We are having the Back-to-the-Basics Remote Camporee this month, October 23rd – 25th and inviting our fellow other Scouts BSA districts nearby to participate with us! All of us will be getting back to some of the basics of scout camping, while enjoying time together as a troop/patrol for the weekend in October and then sharing with the rest of the group.
How will this look?
• Sign up to participate and be a part of this exciting event! There is a small fee to cover the Camporee patch if you want one. • Troops/patrols will find a location to camp out the weekend of Oct. 23-25th.
• Everyone will use good safety protocol relevant to the covid virus pandemic.
• Troops will set up their camp, do 3 pioneering projects, build a fire, and cook meals; all while trying to use creative and traditional Scout methods. Examples to follow.
• Troops will take photos and document what they did to share or upload to our event Facebook page for the committee to score based on point criteria. Scoring sheet attached to this packet. A lot of the points are determined by you using unique methods to doing things, and not modern methods.
• Recognition will be posted on the Michigan Crossroads Facebook group of who our 2020 Fall Camporee winner is!!
Pioneering Activity – Based on First Class Rank Requirements
3a. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings.
3b. Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch.
3c. Demonstrate tying the square, shear, and diagonal lashings by joining two or more poles or staves together.
3d. Use lashings to make a useful camp gadget or structure (at least 3 gadgets).
Points for the pioneering part of the camporee:
• 50 pts. Per correctly used and tied lashings – max points 1,000 pts. (20 lashings) • 100 pts. For each different lashing tied – max points 600 pts. (6 different types of lashings) • 100 pts. Per camp gadget – max points 1,000 pts. (10 gadgets) • 300 pts. Complexity of gadgets – max points 3000 pts. (10 gadgets) ______• 5,600 total points possible.
• →BONUS→ 4,400 bonus pts. if one gadget is a full-size signal tower or monkey bridge or 2,200 pts. for scaled model.
Example gadgets:
1) Flagpole 6) Ax yard gate 2) Gateway 7) Ax yard tool rack 3) Kitchen worktable 8) Fire bucket racks 4) Drying racks 9) Latrine 5) Wash stations 10) Table
SQUARE LASHING SHEAR LASHING
DIAGONAL LASHINGS ROUND LASHING
TRI-POD LASHING FLOOR LASHING
MONKEY BRIDGE
Cooking Activity
We all gotta eat! For your meals this weekend, let’s use creative/traditional/non-modern ways of cooking.
Cooking examples:
• Dutch oven • Foil pack • Kabobs/campfire stick • Iron cooking • Box oven
Cooking Points:
• 1000 pts. For a meal with all 5 main food groups part of it (fruit, vegetable, grain, protein, dairy). • 250 pts. For your menu plan for the weekend. • 250 pts. For a detailed shopping list that you used. • 250 pts. For picture showing your kitchen set up and safety/cleaning protocol. • 500 pts. For each meal made without a modern cooking method/grill/stove. • 500 pts. Max for the presentation (how did it look or was presented) of your meal(s). • 1,500 pts. Max for creativity/mouth watering-ness of meal(s). ______• 4,250 total cooking points possible.
Building a Fire Activity
Throughout the weekend build a fire using primitive, non-modern methods. Please take video and photos.
Fire examples:
• Hand drill • Fire plough • Bow drill • Flint and Steel • Pump drill
Fire Points:
• 1,000 Pts. Per each fire built using a different method. Max points 5,000. • 500 Pts. For your fire safety gear photo. • 500 Pts. For showing your safe ax yard. • →BONUS→ 2,000 Pts. For Troop with the fastest fire started using primitive method. 1,000 Pts. For 2nd place fastest fire started. • 1,000 Pts. For video of campfire song. ______• 9,000 Pts. Possible.