Fani. Wow I am inpressed by this report. You all are actually teaching
and doing. What a test. Was it done out in the country? 5 miles...
where did you take they guys where they could roam for such a distance?
Each group had a leader? Do you have any info on the bivacs that you
could share with the rest of us?
Mark Jones
On Sat, 22 Apr 2000 23:17:44 +0200 "Stefan Fischer"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 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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