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Longhorn Council Ranger Campout
LONGHORN COUNCIL VENTURING DISTRICT
WILDERNESS SURVIVAL CAMPOUT
AT WORTH RANCH SCOUT RESERVATION
APRIL 28 30, 2006
OPEN TO ALL VENTURE CREWS, PATROLS, & ADVISORS
TRAINING WILL INCLUDE:
HIGH ADVENTURE TRIP PLANNING
SURVIVAL SKILLS
WILDERNESS FIRST AID
PIONEERING CAMPCRAFT
LOCAL EDIBLE PLANTS
NAVIGATION TRAINING
BUILDING SURVIVAL SHELTERS
IF PREREQUIST CORE REQUIREMENTS ARE SIGNED OFF BEFORE ATTENDING, THE SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF THIS CAMPOUT AND TRAINING WILL SATISFY THE WILDERNESS SURVIVAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VENTURING RANGER AWARD!
To register, contact the Longhorn Council Camping registrar at: 817-231-8537, or on the Longhorn Council Web site @ Longhorncouncil.org
Venturers may attend as crews or as individuals. All attendees must provide their own camping gear (for Friday night), foil emergency blanket, & food for Saturday meals. Cost is $ 13.00 per person. (Late registration after 21 April, 2006, Cost = $26.00)
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
Dan Griffith, Venturing District Activities Chairman, 817-498-7441
Proposed Schedule for Wilderness Survival Campout
27 30 April 2006
27 April:
Staff set up at Roeser Hall, Camp Todd, and Kyle Mountain
28 April:
1500 2200: Registration, Camp set up at Todd
2000 : Movie Castaway (RH)
2200 - 2300: Cracker Barrel (RH)
29 April:
0700 0750: Breakfast on your own (Todd)
0800 0850: Introduction, Risk Management, Survival
Priorities, and Weather Awareness (RH)
0900 0950: Wilderness First Aid, Survival Kit (RH)
1000 1050: Pioneering Skills, Knots (RH)
1100 1150: Wilderness Foods (RH)
1200 1250: Lunch on your own (Todd)
1300 - 1600: Instruction/Demonstration of Fire Lays, Survival
Shelters, Knots & Lashings (Todd)
1600 1700: Hike to Kyle Mountain
1700 1900: Wilderness Camp set up, Survival Rations
1930 - ?: Sunset & Ghost Stories at Hugos crack
Last Light: In Camp, Overnight in Survival Shelters (Kyle)
30 April:
Sunrise : Rescue! Return to Civilization
0800 0830: Chapel Service/Venture Ethics Forum
0900 1100: Course Completion, clean up (RH)
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