Hi Rangers,
I have just returned from our outpost's latest trip. It was great.
We (outposts #78-M�tzingen and #199-Nagold) met on thursday afternoon at our
church where we would stay for the first night. After a short welcome
'ceremony' we hada workshop on how to build a bivouac. The rangers had to
know that as we were going to have bivouacs the second night. They were
introduced to several methods of building a bivouac with their ponchos or a
strip of canvas.
After dinner we had an astronomy workshop where the rangers learned much
about space, planets, etc. They also learned how to find north by looking at
the stars.
The next morning we had an orienteering workshop where the rangers learned
how to use map an compass. They would have to know that for their
orienteering course in the afternoon.
Then we had the rangers collect wild growing plants to cook their lunch. We
had a salad of dandelion, Brennessel-Sp�tzle (Sp�tzle (a regional kind of
pasta) with stinging nettles), fricando (?) with wild herbs and a r�moulade
with wild herbs. It tasted really fine (recipies are available).
After lunch the rangers (in groups of three) were driven to a point they
didn't know (they closed their eyes while driving). Then they had to find
out where they were (with map and compass) and to walk the 20 kilometres
(12,5 miles) to the place where we would have our bivouacs within 4 hours
(as it is asked in the german 'silver lily' advancement).
Those working on their 'golden lily' were driven to another point. They were
only given the direction on their compass and a map of their aim and its
surroundings. Then they had to walk the 25 kilometres (16 miles) in 5 hours.
When they arrived they set up their bivouacs. One group (our trailranger
commander and two of his boys) set up a bivouac only with natural materials.
Today we had a course of 'trapper's signs' (sorry, I don't know what
'Waldl�uferzeichen' means in english) back to our church (about 10
kilometres/6 miles). After lunch we had a first aid workshop and the
possibility to work on which advancement ever. About 17:00 MET we closed
with prayer and the ranger pledge.
Allzeit bereit f�r Jesus,
Fani
Pioneer-Cmdr
OP #78 M�tzingen/Germany
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