>>1688235>8 years old>been in the scout troop for 6 months, time my for first winter hike with a single night out in the woods, gets down to about minus 15 at night>take a bus out to the wood and start walking in on skis>far north and middle of winter so already dark when we're making camp>The adults see our squad get started and fuck off to somewhere else, periodically checking in as we make camp and try to get a fire going>13 year old squad leader tells me to cut down a tree and bring it back.>cut down a living tree with green branches because ignorant 8 year old, rest of the squad also not up to the task, we fail to get a fire started>I'll just eat some candy>exhausted and cold, take off my snow suit and toss it on the snow and crawl into the sleeping bag>wake up as the sun is about to rise and see that my snow suit predictably has frozen into a solid piece that can now stand on it's own>mfw>nothing to do but put it on and thaw it out while wearing it.>cry silently as my troop skis to the end point where our parents pick us uplessons were learned, I wound up staying in the scouts for 9 more years after that.
