question about camping merit badge

[cad-guy]

Camp a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights. Sleep each night under the sky or in a tent you have pitched. The 20 days and 20 nights must be at a designated Scouting activity or event. You may use a week of long-term camp toward this requirement. If the camp provides a tent that has already been pitched, you need not pitch your own tent. "

 

The above states you can use a week of long term camping towards the requirement. If a scout goes to camp 3 different years can he count a week each year, or do you only count it once? THanks for any help you can give.

 

 

[GernBlansten]

Our unit interpets that as one week of summer camp may be used, all other nights must be met by pitching a tent or sleeping under the stars.

[Gonzo1]

You may use A week, not three weeks.

[Stosh]

Some camps provide small cabins and that week of camp could not be used towards camping unless the boys didn't use the cabins and brought their own tentage.

 

Stosh

[scottteng]

I do not understand why the nights could be an issue. An active on every outing and to summer camp each year scout will get 20 nights per year even allowing for the occasional cabin sleeping or missed trip. The ones who don't want to camp are in the wrong organization! That's where most if not all of the fun occurs. Even the best scout meetings are rather dull and boring mostly planning for the fun to be had on the outings.

[insanescouter]

We take it to mean 1 week long camp out counts, too...

 

 

Scott Robertson

http://insanescouter.org

[Gold Winger]

What they said!

[evmori]

Ditto to the above.

[Beavah]

Yah, I've got to second scotteng here, eh?

 

Beavah's rule number 29: If a unit is spendin' any time worrying about counting camping nights for 2nd class/1st class or Camping MB, then they've got a serious problem with their use of da Outdoor Method (or their understandin' of advancement). Rather than spend their time on accounting tricks for days and nights, they should be spendin' their time havin' fun outdoors with kids.

 

You know...ScOUTING!

 

B

 

[Gonzo1]

I think some of it has to do with troops that only camp on Saturday night or LDS troops that only camp on Friday night. Then there's a lock-in, cabin, etc.

[packsaddle]

Yeah, I agree with Beavah and the others. A good program will provide plenty of days and nights. This unit does around 30 or so nights per year, not counting the 'special' outings where only a few go. However, if a patrol decides to go on a camping trip, does that count? I'm not sure it is a 'designated' scouting activity, or am I looking at this the wrong way?

[SR540Beaver]

Pack,

 

If the "patrol" is camping, it is a scouting activity in my book.

[Stosh]

I can't imagine an argument that would justify any patrol outing, including camping, that wouldn't be considered a scout activity. I think I could even accept the argument that an adult-led troop activity is less scouting than a boy-led patrol activity.

 

Stosh

 

 

[GernBlansten]

In the five years I've been in our unit, I've lost count on the number of nights camping, but well over 100.

The only time nights camping is an issue with our scouts is the "parlor" scouts. Those who only attend summer camp, always find an excuse not to go on a weekend campout, and only attend meetings when there is nothing else to do that night. Luckly, most of boys don't fit that description.

[Gonzo1]

Packsaddle,

C'mon! The patrol is the fundamental unit in scouting, just ask Kudu!

 

The more patrol camping the better, in my opinion.

 

G