Good Report Commander. I enjoyed reading it. Those young men will have
memories for a life time!
Mark Jones
On Sat, 26 Aug 2000 21:11:18 -0400 "rarice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I just got back this afternoon after taking three boys out to earn
> their wilderness survival merit.
>
> They where told that they could take a few matches in for their fire
> but they choose to take flint and steel in. I had been working with
> them on use of this method and their ability to even choose the
> proper tinder. After we dropped them of in the woods beside a small
> creek with plenty of edible plants and such nearby , they where
> instructed to build a shelter and to prepare for the night. They had
> almost three hours of light before dark. About a half hour before
> dark we walked in to check on them and they where sitting by a nice
> fire with a small lean to built.
>
> After a couple of other instructions I told them good night and to
> keep the fire burning for there are coyote and raccoons aplenty in
> this woods.
>
> Not knowing to them close to midnight we walked back in to check on
> them again, and after about a half hour of watching them without
> them knowing we where there we made our presence known to them. They
> already had stories to tell about a coyote howling and raccoons
> fighting in the dark.
>
> The night go rather cool 50% and they realized the need for a more
> adequate shelter but they learned the benefits of body heat.
>
> For breakfast they found a meal of hickory nuts, crabapples, and
> green Paw-Paws.
>
> Russ Rice
> Anchor of Hope Ministries
> Lebanon Ohio
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