PIONEERING CAMPOUT

To hone our scout skills, we scheduled a campout November 2 - November 4, 2001 to work on Pioneering Projects -- principally the building of a monkey bridge. November weather in Michigan can be fickle but it cooperated nicely. Daytime temps rose into the high 50's and nighttime lows stayed in the 30's, with hardly a cloud in the sky, as these pictures attest.

The final bridge had a span of 39 feet, support to support along the ground, and the foot rope averaged about 3 1/2 feet above ground.

This was the first activity of it's kind for the troop in quite some time, and a resounding success!!

Just can't escape cooking & cleanup!	Just can't escape cooking & cleanup!
Adult & Equipment HQ	Lashing the supports
Laying out the ropes	Trying it out
Lots of fun to walk across	Almost across
A review by the Scoutmaster (it holds how many pounds?)	Mr. Hussar passes final inspection on our work.

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last revised 11/13/2001
(c) 2001, Troop 219, Fenton