[pct-l] Scout Merit Badge Hikes

[scourtway at bpa-arch.com (Steve Courtway)]

I think there're (4) 10 mile hikes the scouts take before going on their
20...30 miles may be a bit much for the kids, but 20 ?   bah no
probs......piece o'cake.  This isn't girl scouts ya know heheh j/k.  Plus,
there are plenty other merit badges like astronomy and basket weaving for
the less hiking inclined scout.  Merit badges aren't supposed to be easy, it
seemed they take some work last time I tried to get one.

s.c.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joanne Lennox" <goforth@cnw.com>
To: "Karl Duff" <kduff@ix.netcom.com>; <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>;
"Logerwell, Russell M" <russ.logerwell@hp.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Scout Merit Badge Hikes


> >
> > I am working with Boy Scouts in Troop 3 in Corvallis, Oregon on their
> > Hiking Merit Badge.
> >
> > This will culminate with a 20-mile dayhike -- and of course the PCT came
> > to mind.
> >>
> >
>
> This sounds like an accident waiting to happen!!!!
>
> Most experienced hikers do not think about 20 miles in one day, let alone
> mountainous terrain, never mind a 12 year old.  Just how much hiking are
> these youngster going to do before they start on a 20 mile hike. How many
> youngsters have been turned off on the wilderness by oversized
expectations.
> It is important to start slowly and to make it enjoyable.
>
> I have a friend who regularily takes scouts on their fifty mile
> "adventurehike" and what he found out right away was the meaning of
> "tenderfoot" scout. Seems kids walk so little now adays that their feet
> could not stand up to much trail wear, and they also had very poor ideas
of
> shoe fit and suitability.
>
> Do the conditioning in the same terrain and with the same equipment as the
> 20 mile.
>
> Goforth
>
>
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