Web Posting Assistance - Night Hike Idea - Relief of Mafeking

I am looking for some assistance posting about 22 pages of program
information that was developed in our troop last year. It was for a night
hike that involved 11 stations with "The Relief of Mafeking" as a theme. As
an introduction, I have included below an excerpt from my March 21, 1996
posting to Scouts-L about the event.

I am looking for a web page or pages that would like to post the entire
package that includes all the materials that used during the event. I can
also send the document (now in Wordperfect 6.0) to anyone that wants one,
but I would rather have it posted so that everyone can access it as
required. Perhaps a conversion to PDF format might also be nice, but that is
beyond my capabilities.

If you can help, or have an emergency need for a copy, please contact me via
private e-mail at rmyers@one.net. Thanks.

YiS,

Bob Myers, Committee Member, Troop 3, Cincinnati, Ohio
rmyers@one.net

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Return-Path: rmyers@one.net
Date: Thu, 21 Mar 1996 12:26:59 -0500
From: rmyers@one.net
Subject: Re: Patrol Competition & Patrol Spirit
To: SCOUTS-L - Youth Groups Discussion List <SCOUTS-L@TCUBVM.IS.TCU.EDU>

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"Second, we had our best campout ever last month in terms of patrol spirit.
The primary event took place Friday night from 10pm-1am. It consisted of a
2 mile night hike in a small, 200 acre county park. There were 11 activity
stations and the theme was Baden-Powells defense of Mafeking (1899-1900).

Each patrol had to navigate the course quietly using map and compass. The
patrols were spaced 15 minutes apart and 6-7 adults were used as "advanced
scouts" to run the events. Most adults covered 2 stations.

Events included:
- team building: the patrol had to cross a 100 foot mud puddle (minefield)
carrying all their required gear by using two sets of 8 foot 2x4s with ropes
- trust event: the patrol split into pairs to tie bowlines around their
waist with 6 foot ropes, the their rope to their partner's, and lean back to
test the knots
- ladder building (see Scouting magazine from several months ago): using
their Scout staves and rope they brought with them to build a ladder to get
the entire patrol out of an actual 5 foot deep ravine
- silent observation: scout a circa 1820 pioneer village
- mapping: map the village based on the memories of the patrol
- observation: Kim's game
- first aid: treat two gunshot wound, build a stretcher (blanket was part of
required equipment), carry patient over rough terrain with and egg under his
head
- measurement: measure height, width, depth of wooden stage (old fort)
- silent march: although the entire event was to be done quietly, this part
of the trail was monitored for noise
- fire building: burn the string
- orienteering: small 12 point course and build north arrow without compass
using staves (stars were out)

Each event took no more than 15 minutes and the patrols were monitored
virtually the entire way by a silent "spy" that snuck (or was that sneaked?)
around and hung out in trees; observing all along the trail to assure
everyone's safety. We had hot soup and hot chocolate ready for
them when they got back to the cabin a little after 1:00am. They were cold
and tired, but were so pumped that no one went to sleep for more than an
hour. The next day they slept till 10am, had brunch, worked on advancement,
and prepared a huge banquet for Saturday supper.

Our "spy" , ASM Terry Eby, did a tremendous amount of creative preparation
for the Mafeking event, but it took very little preparation work by the
other adults. Terry prepared specific binders for each adult with all the
information for their event(s). Each patrol was given an orienteering based
course description, but were given their "field orders" for each station
only when they arrived. These orders were given only to the patrol leader
who was then required to communicate
them to his patrol.

For me, standing out in the woods for more than an hour at night in absolute
darkness with 50 degree (F) temperatures and 30 MPH howling winds was quite
an experience. All the adults had just as much fun as the Scouts. It was a
great success and patrol spirit has never been
higher.

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