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One question,
Where was the adult supervision while this was
going on?
I understand the philosophy of boy lead patrols in
Boy Scouts - but a patrol or 11-13 year olds on their first???
campout.
Kinda reminds me of a early Boy Scout campout from
my youth. We were throwing sticks with burning embers in the dark and watching
them flip. Boy, when we got caught we were in trouble. Funny though, I don't
remember what the punishment was.
Sounds like a great teachable moment....point by
point :-)
I believe in letting boys make their mistakes to a
point. That point is where they jeopardize the safety of themselves and
their fellow Scouts. Sounds like these boys did not have the technical
background to get the job accomplished. I'm I wrong in assuming
this?
Of course this is just my opinion :-)
Bob Triphahn
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, February 11, 2002 11:30
AM
Subject: [RR] Cobra Patrol.. what would
YOU do?
Cobra patrol is made up of 6 boys who have been
part of
the troop for a year or so.. They are ages
11-13 and have several unique
personalities<G>
On the camp-out Sat. night, in a State park's
primitive
site where fires are permitted.. The cobra patrol buit
a small
fire and had trouble getting it to go...
(It was cold/damp about
38F)
*Investgation is on-going, but it appears that they
tried to
heat candles on the propane stove to dump
hot wax on the fire, as it is
evident that the stove
is covered in spilt wax of some sort..
Next..
"someone" in the patrol had a "IDEA" and began to try
to untwist the
fitting off the regulator to the stove that
feeds gas from a bottle of
Coleman fuel.. They discovered
that there was a safety device on the
hose and also that they
had worked so hard with a Leatherman tool that the
fitting
was ruined.. so "someone" decided to just cut the hose
off.
Suddenly- they had a open gas line.. and stuck it in the fire
pit.. and built a BLOWTORCH!
This had them excited.. and
they started to yell loud enough
to attract attention..
Just as a
Adult leader looked into their camp, "someone" in
the Patrol picked up the
burning bomb and started to wave it,
or chase others around with
it...arrrrrrr
This shook up the bottle and it flared up and came back
up
the hose with fire!
(overheard) "turn it off! I SAID TURN IT
OFF!!"
*Further evidence is that "someones" coat caught fire..
or
was use to try to put out the
flames..
Shortly-----*!
--------------
Senior Patrol Leader
(Sr.Guide) and his staff and Adults
converged on the Cobra patrol in the
dark.. and asked what
had happened..
*No one in the Cobray patrol
knew!
==================================
*In addition, the Patrols
food.. bought by the Patrol was
dumped on the ground and 2 dozen eggs were
thrown around the
campsite. Open knives and a saw were found beside
a living
tree that was about to be cut down.
What would YOU
do?
Doc-
<real true event currently being ajudicated tonight
2-11-'o2>
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of the follower in the Leader,
of each in themself,
and both in the
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