Volume 2 Oct/Nov 06 Rovering To Excess Is a bi-monthly E-Zine by Rovers, for Rovers, about Rovers. Editor-In-Chief Kat Nielsen [email protected] Production Manager By Ryan Smith: Kevin Dunn [email protected] Promotions & We are a crew of paddlers and Advertising Manager Kirby McCuaig friends, this site is about our canoe [email protected] trip from Jasper, Alberta to Tuk- Subscription Manager toyaktuk, North West Territories Janet “Kubsie” Jenkins that we undertook in the summer [email protected] of 2005. 7 people, a 25 foot canoe, Regular Writers 4000km in 85 days. We hope you en- Kat Nielsen joyed reading of our adventures and Smoke Blacklock Kevin Croft misadventures alike. The Training Team Kevin Croft Albert Fuchigami Sherrie Gosche [email protected] These 7 crazy fools met at a summer job in northern Ontario and Manitoba. We first started meet- Contributing Writers ing each other in the summer of 2001 and the last of us during the summer of 2003. The camp where Ryan Smith we all worked at is called Northern Tier. Northern Tier is a canoe guiding camp and it is our love of Chantelle Shields the outdoors and canoeing that brought us all together. While working over the summer of 2003 we Abe Elias Brian Wick started talking about a great canoe trip that we could all go on, after batting around a couple ideas Kirby McCuaig we settled on a full season trip from Jasper AB to Tuktoyyuktuk NWT. Marlene Harris Jeff Lytle David Creek Ali Gothard Rovering to Excess is always look- ing for submissions from Rovers, Rover Advisors or past Rovers. Submissions should be sent to the following addresses: [email protected] [email protected] MATT KENT BROOKE CANDACE Documents should be in MS Word format. Pictures should bein JPEG format and be no larger then 640 x 480 at 300DPI. If we need a larger copy we will contact you. Submission Deadlines are the 1st of March, May, July, September, November and January. Subscribe online by emailing Kristen Scott Nathan [email protected] This E-Zine is for you. Please support it as much as you can. World Vision Meet The Crew Water Well Fundraiser In Canada, we are blessed to have a relatively abundant supply What is the BC-Yukon Rover Roundtable? of water. The average Canadian consumes over 250 L of water a day. Unfortunately, most people in the world do not have Usually this is where one spouts off the motto, mission statement this luxury. Worldwide sixty percent of infant deaths are due or some other such catchy phrase designed to describe an orga- to water-related diseases and water related diseases kill more nization. To be taken seriously in this world of corporations and than five million people each year (10 times the number killed strictly defined organizations we require a definition. Instead I give in wars). you a goal. To aid and support Scouts Canada in providing quality program to our youth. In this trip, the seven of us will have the privilege to travel the length of Canada’s largest river. While water may seem abun- In any group there are those who find themselves wanting to give dant to us, worldwide approximately 2.1 billion people will be back to the community that raised them. As one rises through the struggling to find as little as 25 L of water a day for drinking, sections in Scouting (Yes I was only ever a Venturer before this, bathing and cooking. Thus, we are trying to fundraise $15 000 but many more of the members were cubs or beavers and worked to provide the gift of clean water to a village in need through their way up) one notices which ideas work, and which ones need World Visions Gift Giving Catalogue. A single deep-water well tweaking. A new leader or one who has been away for a while may provides clean, disease-free water for an entire village. Your not be aware of these things, but the Rover, having more recently contribution will help provide the drilling equipment, well experienced the program has more insight to bring to the table. parts and drilling engineer necessary for the construction of this gift. Thank you for supporting the Water Well Initiative. By formalizing the exchange of information between rovers, and amalgamating it into something slightly more coherent we are bet- To make a donation mail a cheque to World Visions Winnipeg ter able to present our wishes, or advice to those who know best office at: how to act on it. As a team with our local executive branch we aim to provide consistently better program for the sections, growing as World Vision a team with National, Council and local groups to revive Scout- 34 62 Scurfield Blvd. ing to the glory days some remember, and others wish to see for Winnipeg, MB themselves. R3Y 1M5 We are the youth scattered across BC, coming together either in Please include in the memo portion of the cheque: “Canoe Trip small groups, or on our online forum roversbc.com. We are the Fundraiser” youth that year after year put together events for ourselves, or younger sections. We are the youth who are constantly looking for ways to better our organization. We are the youth anxious to Thanks to all our contributors to date we have fundraised a spread the word of what Scouting can do for people, to anyone total of: $1,294.50 who will listen. We are the Youth. And after all is that not who all this is about? If you would like to reach us, E-Mail Us: Shalom, [email protected] Chantelle Shields First Mate of the Knights of Gilwell Queen’s Venturer 2005 Rovers BC.com Petition Calling for Staff To: Scouts Canada This is the new call for staff We, the undersigned, do hereby request that the National head- Calling for Staff quarters of Scouts Canada considers endorsing the new Rover beret, as seen at http://www.roversbc.com/gallery/Uniform, and Staff Members are required to work on Rovering to as favored by members of RoversBC.com and those members of Excess! Scouting as signed below. Position Available Immediately: We request that the new Rover berets be considered for use as OP- TIONAL official headwear, as part of a new Rover-led campaign Photographers to bolster membership numbers, and strengthen program. Requirements: Enthusiasm in the Rovering! To sign this online petition, go to Whether on outings, participating in activities, http://www.petitiononline.com/berets/petition.html serving our communities, gathering at moots, or just hanging around, send us your pictures! Apply to: Kat Nielsen, Editor-in-Chief The Knight’s [email protected] Appel pour des collaborant(e)s Code Nous avons besoin des travailleurs pour la revue Rov- ering to Excess! Be Always Ready. Nous avons les positions suivantes disponibles au mo- At whatever you are working try to win honour and a name for ment même: honesty. Defend the poor and weak. Photographes Journalistes Help them that cannot defend themselves. Rapporteurs/euses particulier(e)s de chaque province Et toute autre position que vous pouvez suggérer qui Do nothing to hurt or offend anyone else. peut faire avantage à notre revue. Be prepared to fight in the defense of your country. Préalables: nous ne demandons que de l’enthousiasme Work for honour rather than profit. pour le mouvement Routier et de l’accès Internet. Never break your promise. Avantages: nous aider a créer un réseau national des Routiers qui partagent des idées et veulent rester con- Maintain the honour of your country with your life. nexes. Rather dir honest than live shamelessly. S’adresser à: Kat Nielsen, Rédactrice [email protected] “Chivalry requires that youth should be trained to perform the most laborious and humble offices with cheerfulness and grace; and to do good unto others.” Printed by permisson of 32nd Ottawa Richard The Lion Heart Rover Crew Hitchhikers Guide To • DO! Make sure that if “snow” is in the name of the event, that Winter Mooting? there WILL BE some on the ground. Bring good boots. • DO NOT! Freak and scream when the driver kits an ice slick on Reprinted from The Canadian Rover, Eh! June/July 2002 the 401 going 100 km/h, if you choose to do so get the others to join in and at least make it sound good. My Crew and I managed to get out to a couple of camps and moots this last winter, and, having done so have just a few points of ad- • DO! Wait till after the driver gets the vehicle back under control vice to share: before you allow your nerves to make you throw up on him. • DO! Bring a towel, a good piece of hitchhiker advice. • DO! Follow earlier instruction and realize when it is time, to brace for the impact. • DO! Have tires with good threads on them (you’ll see why lat- er). • DO! Take one Rover with freakishly long arms along. He will be useful for a number of reasons (hooking up tow chains). • DO NOT! Use the directions provided. Use a map and find your own way. You will shave hours off your trip. • DO! Bring a large piece of paper and large marker with you in the car to flash your cell number to other drivers you find attractive • DO NOT! Let anyone in a closed vehicle for long rides if they (trust me it works). have any kind of an infection, the gas money will not be the only thing you’ll share.