Monday, September 14, 2015

Camp Fire Mountain

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Every year the troop goes to one of the Boy Scout summer camps in the area. This year, we returned to Camp Fire Mountain from August 2nd to the 8th. Scouts got to attend merit badge classes, go swimming or boating in the lake, shoot rifles, and go on the ropes course. At the end of the week, there was a big relay race that our troop had a team in, and camp-wide games. Summer camp is probably the best part of scouting.

Luc Carbon
Troop Historian

Ape Caves

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On the 18th of July, 7 scouts and 5 adults went on an outing to Mount Saint Helens National Volcanic Monument. First, they went to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, then camped overnight. In the morning, they met with the survivors J of the Mount Saint Helens 50 miler to go hike through Ape Caves, a 2.47 mile long lava tube. This was a very fun outing, and it was very cool to hike in the caves.

Luc Carbon
Troop Historian

Saturday, September 5, 2015

Mt. St. Helens 50 Mile Hike

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From the 13th to thru the 19th of July, 11 scouts and 3 adults climbed and circumnavigated Mt. St. Helens. On the first day, the group summited and came back to their campsite at Climber's Bivouac. On day two, they broke camp and started the circumnavigation, and they returned to Climber's Bivouac on the 18th, one day early, in order to go into Cougar and have celebratory cheeseburgers. There they camped one more night to wait for the Ape Caves outing. It was tough, but a lot of fun and those cheeseburgers tasted so good.



Luc Carbon
Troop Historian