RE: [Philmont]: Medium Adventure

> From: Scott Sibley
> Now we are trying to come up with some "medium adventure"
> weekend activities
> to continue their interest, and start to gather the next
> group of scouts for High adventure.
>
> Any suggestions for things we should consider, that are
> within a weekend
> drive from Philadelphia? Yes, we will be doing sections of
> Appalachian Trail.
>
Well, I don't know about Philadelphia, but our version of medium high
adventure includes (among other things):
- Caving
- SCUBA (crew only)
- Snorkeling
- Peak bagging (you *do* have peaks in those little humps you call mountains
out that way, right?)
- Backpacks combined with geocaching
- 3-5 day backpacks
- Whitewater rafting/long term canoeing
- Any kind of international trip (okay, not so medium)
- Involved service projects (as opposed to a couple hours clean up)
- Snow camping including building and sleeping in shelters (that *is* a very
high adventure for us :-)

For us, high adventure is more getting the boys minds into thinking in terms
of adventure than just doing things like mini-Philmonts. If the lads have a
variety of interesting high adventure to choose from, they are much more
receptive to a major high adventure outing like Philmont.

Regards
Don Roberts
ASM T1201, CA C1202
Fullerton, CA
Philtrek 05 808-k

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Received on Mon Dec 27 15:13:44 2004