WILDERNESS SURVIVAL AGENDA

Ø      FRIDAY

ü      We will leave at 5:30, no later!  Be there at 5:00PM.

ü      Set-up camp under the SPL’s specifications.

Ø      SATURDAY

ü      7:30AM-7:45 AM  --   Reveille

ü      7:45AM-8:15 AM  --   Breakfast

ü      8:15AM-9:00 AM  --   Teach Shelter Building

ü      9:00AM-12:00PM --   Build Shelters

ü      12:00PM-12:30PM         --   Lunch

ü      12:30PM-2:00PM  --   Free time

ü      2:00PM-4:00PM    --   Start Dinner Game *(Will be explained)

ü      4:00PM-5:30PM    --   Cooking preparations and fire building

ü      5:30PM-?:??PM    --   Dinner

ü      9:00PM-?:??PM    --   Capture the Flag

ü      11:00PM               --   Lights Out

Ø      SUNDAY

ü      7:30AM-7:45 AM  --   Reveille

ü      7:45AM-8:15 AM  --   Breakfast

ü      8:15AM-8:45AM   --   Shelter torn down (Using no trace method!!)

ü      9:45AM-10:00AM --   Vespers

ü      10:00AM-10:15AM         --   Police the area

ü      10:15                    --   Leave Campout

This is a tentative schedule!!  As the PLC core, we want to accomplish everything on this schedule although the times in reality might differ from the times that are listed on this schedule!

ITEMS THAT THE TROOP IS PERMITTED TO BRING

          To greater the authentic effect of this campout, the PLC core is allowing (and recommend) the troop to bring what we list below!

Things you can bring (Personal Gear):

q       (1) Sleeping Bag

q       (1) Tent (ONLY TO BE USED ON FRIDAY NIGHT)

q       (1) One school back pack (Jansport or equivalent) including:

o        Flash light

o        Pocket knife

o        Long underwear

o        Change of clothes

o        Personal first aid kit (Small)

o        Compass

o        Whistle

o        Flint and steel

o        Change of socks

o        Water bottles -- all filled!!  (At this point, we are unsure whether there is running water, so bring enough water for you to live off of the whole weekend!)

o        Mess kit (Bring only necessary items)

o        Raingear

o        Tarp

o        ANYTHING ELSE DESIRED THAT YOU CAN FIT IN SCHOOL BACKPACK OR POCKETS!!)

Patrol Equipment:

q       (1) Roll of paper towels

q       (2) Rolls of aluminum foil

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL MENUS

          Once again, to make this campout more authentic to a wilderness survival campout, the PLC has prepared the menus for the patrols to purchase.  The patrols will be responsible for purchasing the Breakfast and Lunch for Saturday and the Breakfast for Sunday.  The patrols WILL NOT be responsible for purchasing Saturday’s dinner.  The PLC will be taking care of that.

Ø      Breakfast

ü      Poptarts (Patrols can purchase whatever kind they please)

ü      Beef Jerky (1 stick per person)

Ø      Lunch

ü      Peanut Butter (1 jar)

ü      Jelly (1 jar)

ü      Loafs of bread (2)

ü      Apples (Enough for patrol)

ü      Chips (1 bag)

Ø      Breakfast

ü      Power bars (Once again, patrol can purchase whatever kind desired)

ü      Dried pineapple

ü      Cereal (Snack Packs)

If the patrol leaders have any questions or concerns about this menu in any way, please ask the PLC!!

WILDERNESS SURVIVAL DINNER GAME

How the game works:

Groups of approx. 3 scouts and 1 older scout (Shadow) will travel out with a piece of paper containing the location of their food using landmark clues.  Such as, “Near the old man’s fork is where I hide my roots.”  And that would translate into meaning, find a tree with a fork and you will find a potato.

At the beginning of the game, the PLC will divide the troop up into the groups of which the number of scouts per group will be determined at the campout when we know how many scouts will be there.  The scouts in the group do not have to be from the same patrol.  Although by the time that we are finished, there should be 5 groups,  4 youth groups and an adult group.  Once the groups have been established, they will be sent out with their list of hints.  Now, there is one simple rule:  NO TALKING.  The group will have to manage to find all of their food without uttering a single word.  To make sure that this happens, there will be a shadow with each group (An older scout).  The first group that successfully finishes will return to camp and will blow their whistle.  That group will receive a big bag of candy.  When everybody hears that whistle, that will be their cue to return back to camp and dump off all the food that they have found.  The shadows will then go back out and find the rest of the food and bring it back.  The food will then be divvied up so that each patrol has the same amount of food.  The group that returned with the least amount of food will be responsible for making the fire that the whole troop will use to cook their foil dinners on.

Things that will be hidden:

v      Oreos

v      Potatoes

v      (1) Bottle of water from each person

v      Carrots

v      Onion

v      Oranges

v      Foil (Already cut in pieces)

v      Rolls of paper towels (Precut)

The only thing else that won’t be hidden but will be eaten is the JTM’s.