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A limited number of these events will be staged, each Troop or Crew is expected to host an event
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TOWN EVENT |
Iditarod Theme Compatible |
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Bonus
Points (if sky clear) - identify constellations on
Saturday evening |
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Snowshoe
Relay - timed, possibly with backpacks, possibly use
aides to "dress" the runner, stomp out a race
oval before the 1st race |
Yes |
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Jumbo
Ski - 2x4 skis with foot-loops, four
"skiers" (cooperation test) - it’s a real
hoot, stomp out a track first, a one-way run is
sufficient |
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Sled
Race - timed around a circuit, include uphill and
downhill, with cargo |
Yes |
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Spear
Throw - at snowman or other target from moving sled |
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Ice
Rescue - throw rope to "victim" on inner
tube, pull to safety. Includes knot tieing since rope is
only in short lengths - variety of knots - including
square, sheetbend, bowline, figure-eight |
Troop 28 |
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"Rescue"
(Pioneering) - lash a stretcher , carry on snowshoes |
Yes |
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Turkey
Shoot (pie plate target?, slingshot plus small ice
cubes for ammo, or use snowballs) |
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Fire
Building (on fire pan), heat apple juice/cider to 100
degF, drink |
Troop 206 |
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Lost
Campsite - a navigation exercise
(orienteering) hard to do in snow as tracks make it
easy for subsequent patrols |
Yes |
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Tobacco
Spit (use licorice) for distance and accuracy |
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Catapult
- launch snowball at target with a wood framed
catapult lashed from wood poles |
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St.
Louis Arch - carve snow blocks and erect to form a
small St. Louis Arch, wooden props supplied to help, all
patrol members crawl/walk thru arch |
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Sled
Race - side-by-side on a flat course (flat if
possible) with cargo (FINAL EVENT) |
Yes |
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Deep
Freeze Rescue - 1st Aid relay and/or injured person
transport |
Yes |
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Can't
Get Frostbite - Knot tying |
Yes |
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Snowball
Toss, use coffee cans or plastic buckets as targets |
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Gold
Rush - retrieve bucket from a frozen lake –
teamwork exercise |
Yes |
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Valdez
Toxic Waste Transport – similar to Gold Rush |
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Moonball
– keeping a beach ball airborne for a long time |
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Sled
Assembly |
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First
Aid - check for possible frostbite and hypothermia,
know treatment |
Yes |
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Snowblind
- all but one patrol members are snowblinded
(blindfolded) and the sighted Scout is
"injured" - patrol must erect tent - test of
cooperation and leadership |
Yes |
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Catapult
- launch snowballs out on to the lake or field -
measure off using a pre-deployed marked tape on the lake
or field surface - judged on aerial distance plus sliding
distance if on a frozen lake |
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Snow
Snake – Traditional Native American game with
carved wooden snake in an iced chute |
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Lawn
Bowls - onto the frozen lake - from the beach
(Snowflower Campground only) |
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Hasty
Shelter Building - build a mini semi-trench shelter
(or other type) large enough for the smallest Scout in
the patrol (or maybe a large stuffed toy),
"branches" and tarps may be supplied as needed |
Yes |
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Whiteout
(Blind Sled Race) – a sighted Scout verbally
directs a sled with blindfolded Scout Musher and
“dogs” – can be used on a between-City leg |
Yes T101 |
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Slingshot
– use medical rubber tubing, funnel etc to
launch snowballs at a target |
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Tug-O-War
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Dead
Dogs and Broken Sled – your sled dogs have
died and the sled is broken, you unpack the sled and
carry it and the cargo from one town to another, better
plan ahead, no cargo is allowed to remain on the sled |
Yes |
No. |
OTHER EVENTS |
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Snow
Shelter – build a Quinzee or Igloo or
other snow-only shelter that can sleep at least 2 Scouts
and keep them warm |
Yes |
NOTE:
1. All events may score higher with evidence
of Patrol and Scout Spirit
2. Patrol sled must carry event-related
cargo over the entire competition course, from event (town) to
event