Longhorn Council Ranger Campout
LONGHORN COUNCIL – VENTURING DISTRICT
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL CAMPOUT
AT WORTH RANCH SCOUT RESERVATION
APRIL 28 – 30, 2006
OPEN TO ALL VENTURE CREWS, PATROLS, & ADVISORS
TRAINING WILL INCLUDE:
HIGH ADVENTURE TRIP PLANNING
SURVIVAL SKILLS
WILDERNESS FIRST AID
PIONEERING CAMPCRAFT
LOCAL EDIBLE PLANTS
NAVIGATION TRAINING
BUILDING SURVIVAL SHELTERS
IF PREREQUIST CORE REQUIREMENTS ARE SIGNED OFF BEFORE ATTENDING, THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS CAMPOUT AND TRAINING WILL SATISFY THE WILDERNESS SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VENTURING RANGER AWARD!
To register, contact the Longhorn Council Camping registrar at: 817-231-8537, or on the Longhorn Council Web site @ Longhorncouncil.org
Venturers may attend as crews or as individuals. All attendees must provide their own camping gear (for Friday night), foil emergency blanket, & food for Saturday meals. Cost is $ 13.00 per person. (Late registration after 21 April, 2006, Cost = $26.00)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan Griffith, Venturing District Activities Chairman, 817-498-7441
Proposed Schedule for Wilderness Survival Campout
27 – 30 April 2006
27 April:
Staff set up at Roeser Hall, Camp Todd, and Kyle Mountain
28 April:
1500 – 2200: Registration, Camp set up at Todd
2000 : Movie “Castaway” (RH)
2200 - 2300: Cracker Barrel (RH)
29 April:
0700 – 0750: Breakfast on your own (Todd)
0800 – 0850: Introduction, Risk Management, Survival
Priorities, and Weather Awareness (RH)
0900 – 0950: Wilderness First Aid, Survival Kit (RH)
1000 – 1050: Pioneering Skills, Knots (RH)
1100 – 1150: Wilderness Foods (RH)
1200 – 1250: Lunch on your own (Todd)
1300 - 1600: Instruction/Demonstration of Fire Lays, Survival
Shelters, Knots & Lashings (Todd)
1600 – 1700: Hike to Kyle Mountain
1700 – 1900: Wilderness Camp set up, Survival Rations
1930 - ?: Sunset & Ghost Stories at Hugo’s crack
Last Light: In Camp, Overnight in Survival Shelters (Kyle)
30 April:
Sunrise : Rescue! Return to Civilization
0800 – 0830: Chapel Service/Venture Ethics Forum
0900 – 1100: Course Completion, clean up (RH)
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