Looking through our "buddy box" with left over snacks
cooking breakfast
This is the day of our hike to the summit of the summit and we need to get ready to leave as early as possible
This is our OA guide for the day, Ren
Bernard putting away his things at our rack of hanging messkits
Army medics, only the best for Jambo
Fog over the lake early in the morning
the massive suspension bridge
the bridge connects the trailhead, the ziplines, and camps A and B to the rest of the camp, it is about a mile away from our camp
Nick!
The green tents of camp A with the fog in the hills
Beginning our walk to the summit of the summit
illustrating how far away our camp is. Camp D is around the 4 marking "The Ridge"
Garden ground Mountain: the summit of the summit
A Scotsman teaches us the history about the traditional "hammer throw" competition
Conner and a Scotsman
A group posing with the apparatuses used for throwing weight for distance. All of the ones we used were 12 lbs. except for Mr. Bertain's which is 16. the lightest weights used in this competition professionally are at least 45 lbs.
Conner swinging the hammer. this hammer is 10 lbs.
You first whirl it about your head twice and then release it over your shoulder
The Scotsmen told us "this competition is all about looking good for the lassies."
Coleton watches his throw
Boys of d224 prepare for a tug-of-war. Prior to this match, five boys had been part of a team that overcame the reigning victors whose tam included four people who looked to be over 250 lbs
Unfortunately, we lost this match in a stunner. You can see David fighting to the bitter, muddy end on the left
displaying the mud
Throughout the day, there were several lightning warnings, prompting the majority of the troop to retreat down the mountain early
These are the boys who stayed the whole day
Calvin displaying his glasses tan
boys posing at the top of the mountain
Coleton and David singing karaoke
They sang "Grenade" by Bruno Mars
patch trading at the top of the mountain
Dinner in the evening
meatball sandwhiches and tortellini
Scott preparing to serve "dinner"
sunset from our camp
patch trading in the afternoon
boys on their way to do white water rafting
patch trading near our camp
the water obstacle course
two national officers pose with "flat tiki"
"flat tiki" at the summit
part of the 12 point flagpole area
characters in the buckskin camp at Garden Mountain
statue of Mr. Becktel, now erected adjacent to the Arena
The bridge
back at camp, boys frantically pack up anything that might be damaged during a lighting storm
We constantly receive emergency warning telling us that lightning storms are near, but it is uncommon for them to actually rain on us. If they do, once it starts drizzling, we have about 45 seconds before a monsoon starts
view from the tents as everyone has taken cover
Shaun sprints through the rain
Key four refuses to take cover...
... and instead plays Frisbee
sunset from our camp
and on the other side of camp
posing on the bridge
Ren teaching us about the history of the Summit area
Posing at the top of the mountain
Sign showing all of the activities at the top of the summit
sowing activities at the buckskin village
key four + Shaun and Kevin
in line to fire blackpowder
firing black powder rifles
a blacksmith
at the Boy's Life exhibit
Pedro, the world famous former Philmont burro!
the tower marking the head quarters of cam D, (our camp). The tower is also a cell tower
sunset of camp D
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