What was the 2011 District Fall Camporee ??

On October 21-23, 2011, hundreds of  Scouts and their leaders set up camp at the Fall Camporee, located at Camp Norse in Kingston, MA.  This event brought scouts together from the entirety of the Seven Rivers District of the Old Colony Council.  It was similar in concept to the Klondike Derby weekend that Troop 10 has participated in each Winter.  However this was a pure Boy Scout activity (no Cub Scouts) and all activities were oriented to Boy Scout skill levels and beyond.

The theme for this Camporee was "Survivor Scouts vs The Wild", inspired in part by the popular "Survivor" television series.  Patrols from all the troops competed against each other for points, as they tested their physical fitness and demonstrated their Scouting skills in camping, pioneering, map skills, knots, first aid, archery, obstacle course and others.   They participated in the traditional skill events such as first aid and fire building.  The featured events are shown below.  Troops were judged on the organization, safety, kitchen sanitation and cleanliness of their site, and on their troop Gateway.   On Saturday night there was a "Tribal Council" campfire attended by all the troops.

Scheduled Patrol Competitive Activities
"Facing the Elements"                               (Shelter Building)
"Warmth, Warmth, Warmth"                   (Fire Building)
"Water, Water Everywhere..."                  (Solar Water Still)
"It's Easier When You Have Tools"        (Survival Kit Demonstration)
"Ouch!  What Do I Do Now?"                  (First Aid Relay)
"Robin Hood, BSA"                                   (Archery Contest)
"Quicksand Rescue"                                 (Knots & Teamwork)
"Where's Waldo"                                       (Search & Rescue - Problem Solving)
"Mmmmm, Can I Eat That?"                    (Plant Identification)
"Holy Cow, Where Are We?"                  (GPS Geo-Caching Course)
"Up, Over, Around and Through"         (Obstacle Course)
"Do We Need That"                                  (Scavenger Hunt)
"Sling Shot Catch"                                     (??????)

Here are a few pictures taken by Mr Glazebrook and Mr Weglinski.

Danny's cook table	Will & Paul's cook table	Stump in our troop campfire	Our campsite, leftside	Our campsite, rightside
Heading out for adventure	Solar activity station at lake	Patrol at solar water activity	Survival gear station	What everyone needs to survive
First Aid rescue	Carrying victim to safety	Now where do we go Will?	Archery	Robin Hood?
Allen-A-Dale?	Little John?	Will Scarlett?	Two-man soccer	Fire Building at Tribal Council
Do we have a winner?	Almost packed & ready to leave	Valiant leaders we all