TheBroadGuy

Thank you all for your feedback. This is what I hoped for. G2SS and the Resident Camp Standards were all I could find, too. Understanding National would want to comment on a specific request, and rightly remind the council they bear the liability anyway, I was looking for what other councils actually do. I confess I am a NCS COPE director and NCS Climb/Rappel director and a regional COPE/Climbing inspector. Because of construction methods, I'll virtually guarantee no pioneering structure is going to pass a COPE inspection. At least not until we use class 1 utility poles and through

A scouter in our council is really into Pioneering. Building towers is a favorite. What are other councils doing with regard to building big pioneering projects while conforming to resident camp standard M-64 (pioneering towers meet safety stds comparable to COPE. ...activities over 6ft off the ground must have a reliable protection system and backup system. (http://www.bsa-gwrc.org/2008_Standards.pdf). What about a district events or unit campouts? We want to make it fun. We have to keep it safe (understanding boys must be boys). Please don't send me up the chain in my council for a