Hi All,
The compass course listed by Cmdr. Hamilton can be purchased from the Boy
Scouts in a nice and neat package. The rope does not come with it but you
can use a 100' tape measure as your east-west line.
Blessings,
Bob Triphahn
Sr. Cmdr. O/P 312
Victory Church
St. Clair, Mo.
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Subject: Re: [RR] Trailblazer help needed
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>
> There are a couple of ways this can be handled.
>
> There is a course that is available, I think from Silva. It consists of a
> 100 ft. rope, with each 5 ft. marked off with a brass marker with a number
> on it. One end has the number 1 going up to 20. They provide a number of
> course directions that will say something like this:
>
> Start @ number 5.
> go 56 degrees for 88 feet
> go 165 degrees for 75 feet
> go 320 degrees for 25 feet (not a real example, so this may not work)
>
> After following the directions you SHOULD wind back on the rope at some
> other marker (may be the same one). You then tell the course operator the
> number you started on, and he will tell you if that is the right one or
> not. When we ran this at pow-wow, you got 15 points if it was the right
> one, 10 points if you were one off to the left or right, 5 points if you
> were 2 off, etc.
>
>
> Another way we have done this in advancement outings is to set up a course
> before hand, where you will start at a designated point and go in a given
> direction for a given number of feet. Do this three times and find out
> where you end up. A marker will have been placed at the correct ending
> point. The participants should end up close to that marker if they have
> run the course right.
>
> Try not to make the ending marker something that can be easily
> distinguished. Make it something low to the ground, so they are not
> tempted to find it and walk toward it and say "I made it". You can also
> put markers at the other points along the way.
>
> You can also create the course with more than one 3-point course, using
> different colored markers for each course. This way if you have a few
> Trailblazers, you will have them running different courses, and they will
> not be tempted to follow each other.
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
>
>
> james baney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/26/2000 02:49:46 PM
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> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> cc: (bcc: Robert D Hamilton/Page Digital)
>
> Subject: [RR] Trailblazer help needed
>
>
>
>
> I was looking at the Trailblazer 2nd class
> requirements. Under Compass, it asks the Recruit to
> run a 3 point compass course. I cant find any
> information on that compass course in the TB Handbook,
> Adventures in Camping or the Leader HB. Can anyone
> help?
>
>
>
> =====
> James Baney
> OP 4 - Arizona District
>
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