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Re: Water Jousting (was: Canoe safety)
Alpvalsys@AOL.COM
Mon, 26 Apr 1999 15:55:06 EDT
In a message dated 99-04-26 09:41:55 EDT, Marc Godbout wrote:
<< At our summer camp, we have a water jousting game. Instead of canoes and
paddlers, the jouster must stand on a platform made out of a truck
inner-tube with a round plywood piece tied to it. Just standing on the
platform is a trick in itself. Usually the smaller boys win the contest
because of the low center of gravity. >>
Marc,
I've played a version of this on dry land at a Cub Scout "Knights of the
Roundtable" pack meeting, and you're right--the Cubs do usually beat us
taller adults.
Ralph V. Balfoort, Unit Commissioner
Albany, NY
I used to be a Beaver.... (NE III-135)
In the Beaver Patrol as a Scout, too,
and now Ktemaque (Beaver) Chapter,
Haudenosaunee Lodge #19, OA
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