>>2556960Second best time of my life was scout outings. Rafting trips had us forming boarding parties, and attempting to throw the crews of other rafts into the river while shouting pirate slogans. Tackling a nigga off the other raft worked until I tried it on an older scout, and he caught me midair, and threw me overboard. We sang shanties too.
Canoe trips saw us getting lost, turning down the wrong section of river, having to hop out and run carrying a canoe over a quarter mile of woodland not to get left behind. Felt like special forces work.
Hiking trips saw us learning navigation, basic herbalism, fishing, trapping, knot tying, the works. Any basic skill for /out/ing was either taught by an older scout, or learned by experiance.
Retard forgot the frying pan? No problem. Go to the riverbed and find a large, flat rock.
Hail shredded the tents? No problem. The adults brought sewing kits. Get crackin, boys.
Guy suddenly gets apendicidas mid 30 mile hike and cant walk? Welp, looks like we're rotating hand made stretcher duty, and who carries his stuff.
Bored in camp? Organize patrols into factions, give them sticks, and have them larp as midieval kingdoms, waring with eachother, learning how battles work.
Two kids get mad at eachother? Wait till the adults are gone and settle it in a scuffle.
Good times. Great people. I do have to say though, pretty much everything I described cant happen anymore. Complete policy overhauls, from what I understand. When my older brothers did it, they would hunt, and cook what they caught, whether it was legal or not (heavy emphasis was placed on respect for wildlife). When I was in, we did the shot above, and more. I just talked to one of the older guys in the troop I was from a week or so ago. He was just joining when I was leaving. Appearantly, they dont camp anywhere without power and running water now, and God help you if you get in a fight.
