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What Shall We Do With a Whiney Boy Scout (Florida High Adventure Version)

What shall we do with a whiney boy scout?
What shall we do with a whiney boy scout?
What shall we do with a whiney boy scout?
Early in the morning!

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Way hay and up he rises,
Way hay and up he rises,
Way hay and up he rises,
Early in the morning!

Stick him in the shower with the roaches,
Stick him in the shower with the roaches,
Stick him in the shower with the roaches,
Early in the morning!

 

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Send him for a swim with the chum bag,
Send him for a swim with the chum bag,
Send him for a swim with the chum bag,
Early in the morning!

 

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Drop him in the shark hole without a motor,
Drop him in the shark hole without a motor,
Drop him in the shark hole without a motor,
Early in the morning!

 

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Make him paddle upwind against the current,
Make him paddle upwind against the current,
Make him paddle upwind against the current,
Early in the morning!

 

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Toss his Dramamine in the deep sea,
Toss his Dramamine in the deep sea,
Toss his Dramamine in the deep sea,
Early in the morning!

 

[CHORUS]

Take away his Gold Bond Powder,
Take away his Gold Bond Powder,
Take away his Gold Bond Powder,
Early in the morning!

 

 

That’s what we do with a whiney boy scout,
That’s what we do with a whiney boy scout,
That’s what we do with a whiney boy scout,
Early in the morning!

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Boxwell Sailings

Over the weekend, we went to Boxwell for some pre-high adventure sailing preperation. The first night, we didn’t do any sailing but we did learn important sailing knowledge and techniques. The next morning was spoiled by a large rainstorm, but we eventually got out for some sailing. That day, there wasn’t  much wind. There were several other mishaps such as a serious fight over a fish in which a scout was injured. Also, there were several capsize attacks on the smaller boats. After the sailing was over, we came back for some dinner and a quite interesting fire ceremony with songs and skits. Today’s  morning wasn’t ruined by storm, but we did arrive there a little off schedule. There was better wind, and there were no capsize ambushes or injuries. We then took apart the boats and headed back to camp to eat lunch, pack up, and leave.

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Otters Patrol Trip photos

The photos from the Otters MB camp out are on line.

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Paoli Peaks Ski Trip

The ski trip to Paoli Peaks, IN was a huge success. Of course we had our little problems, but overall, everyone had a good time. The photos have been posted to the 2012-01 Skiing at Paoli Peaks page.

Some videos of live action were taken including Jordan snowboarding and Steven’s wipeout. Some of the younger guys who were doing snowsports for the first time diligently overcame setbacks, including Joseph overcoming a fall.

Antonin, Johan, Libor and I had a brilliant run down Graber’s express, one of the two black diamonds.

 

 

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Paoli Peaks trip

This weekend, we went to Paoli Peaks im Indiana. Unfortunately, A GPS malfunction and some big patches of ice slowed us down and we arrived at our cabin late, making us have little sleep. Later that morning, the wait was over and we finally arrived at our destination, Paoli Peaks. The day was great. Our lessons went smoothly and the snow was well packed, getting us some good speed. Later that night, we had fun playing some board games before hitting the hay. The next day, we packed our things up and headed for the slopes. After our lesson, we had a couple good hours of free ski before coming home.

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Wave Pool Report

We rode our bikes to the wave pool on August 20th. We left from the church in the morning and rode through Shelby Bottoms and over the bridge. Those of us that did the ten mile ride stayed at the pool. The others rode an extra fifteen miles and met us later. We had a lot of fun riding slides and swimming. We cooked hot dogs for lunch, and some of us had snacks at the snack bar. After we were done swimming we left in the afternoon and rode back to the church. Everyone had a great time.

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Nick’s HAT report

High Adventure was really fun but was also very challenging at the same time. It was a trip to learn a lot of things about camping and to really get you into shape. I personally learned a lot about being prepared and not leaving things in cars. Pretty much the whole backpacking part of the trip I was unprepared because I left a bunch of things that I needed in Reuben‘s car. This trip also got a big break off of technology which I think a bunch of people are addicted too. This trip also had activities such as white water rafting and climbing and rappelling. We all learned some valuable things on this trip. This was one of the hardest but one of the most fun trips I have been on.

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Libor’s HAT report

In my opinion, the 2011 High Adventure Trip was great. Splitting the troop into patrols for the backpacking portion proved to be an excellent idea which enabled all boys to challenge themselves without leaving anyone behind. I am definitely going to Cohutta Wilderness again. It is quite a backpacking gem. Climbing & rappelling at Lost Wall was fun. Things could go little bit faster but we probably could have set up another climbing top rope or shorter rappel. Rafting Nantahala river was the cherry on top of a well planned trip where everyone had a blast. It just takes closing my eyes for a few seconds in these days to re-live the rapids, the storm, the shiver, and the laughter of everyone on this trip. Just wait until someone calls your name and with a big smile says ‘HI’ upon getting your attention.

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Chris’s HAT report

I think High Adventure was a little easy. I think we should do do every thing the same but with more water. The food was great, the water was cold and the mosquitoes were annoying. my favorite thing on the trip was white water rafting in a thunder storm that made me scared at first then it was a lot of fun. I got scared when David fell out of the raft but Libor and everyone in his raft saved him. The one thing that attacked me was a crawdad. I hate that crawdad, but I brought it upon my self I moved a rock and it attacked me. High Adventure was awesome.

your friend, Chris

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Collin’s trip report

I enjoyed all of the activities that we did, especially the white water rafting. It was fun because it started storming about half way through. I would like to do all of the activities again. I don’t think there is anything I would do differently other than try to climb higher on the rock climbing.