The Wilderness Survival Campout will be held at Camp Acton (site of the November Cook-a-ree) on the night of Saturday, June 2 – Sunday June
3. The trip will leave from outside RFK Hall at St. Brigid’s at 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 2; plan to arrive around 2:30 to make final arrangements
for transportation and gear. We will return to St. Brigid’s at approximately 12:00 noon on Sunday June 3.

The adult coordinator for this trip is Mike Ames, who can be reached by e-mail atmrames@alum.mit.edu, or by phone (see Troop 160 directory).

Scouts will spend the night using only what they can carry in their pockets to set up “improvised natural shelters” and will start fires without
matches. Scouts who wish to attend the campout should have received training for these skills during recent and upcoming Troop meetings.

Adults who wish to attend the overnight (adults can sleep in tents) or provide transportation should contact Mike Ames. Drivers must have
their vehicle and insurance information on file with the Troop.

Scouts who wish to attend should submit a signed permission slip and $5 payment at the May 24 Troop meeting, or before May 26.

Here is the info and the permission slip.

Regards to all,
Mike Ames

Troop 160 Scouts and friends,

Sorry I didn’t get this out before the last Troop meeting, but here is the official notice and permission slip for the June 2 Wilderness Survival Campout.

The Wilderness Survival Campout will be held at Camp Acton (site of the November Cook-a-ree) on the night of Saturday, June 2 – Sunday June 3. The trip will leave from outside RFK Hall at St. Brigid’s at 3:00 PM on Saturday, June 2; plan to arrive around 2:30 to make final arrangements for transportation and gear. We will return to St. Brigid’s at approximately 12:00 noon on Sunday June 3.

The adult coordinator for this trip is Mike Ames, whose contact info is in the information sheet.

Scouts will spend the night using only what they can carry in their pockets to set up “improvised natural shelters” and will start fires without matches. Scouts who wish to attend the campout should have received training for these skills during recent and upcoming Troop meetings.

Adults who wish to attend the overnight (adults can sleep in tents) or provide transportation should contact Mike Ames. Drivers must have their vehicle and insurance information on file with the Troop.

Scouts who wish to attend should submit a signed permission slip and $5 payment at the May 24 Troop meeting, or before May 26.

Click here for the permission slip and trip info.

Regards to all,

Mike Ames

A contingent of 10 Scouts and 6 adults (maybe 7) attended the West Point Camporee at the US Military Academy on May 4-6. The weather was good — clear, with highs in the 60s, and a 5-minute rain shower just to keep up the statistics.

This year if Scouts wanted to get brass insignia from cadets, they had to undergo a challenge. One of our Scouts beat a cadet at keeping his legs off the ground; another won a knowledge challenge. Troop 160 Scouts participated in (at least) Knot Tying, Fire Starting, Canoe Race, Leadership Reaction Course, Camouflage, and Grenade Toss. This year we remembered the makeup remover for the camouflage.

The cadets conducted a number of demonstrations, including a landing by the parachute team and a number of equipment static displays.

The final parade was reviewed this year by the Commandant of Cadets (a very big deal for the cadets involved), a visiting Major General, and the Colonel advising the cadets who ran the Camporee. (The Colonel’s talk to visiting Scoutmasters was very like our Scoutmaster’s talk to parents — “We’re just here for health and safety — they run the show.”).

Click here for some pictures of Troop 160 Scouts by Meg Bonnell-Bradley. Click here for pictures of the whole Camporee by the official Historian.