Explorer expedition and backwoods camp:

When? 27-29 April Where? Hermanus Start? D/K scout hall, 15:00, 27 April. End? D/K scout hall, 15:00 29 April.

Breakdown of expedition:

We drove from our scout hall to Hermanus scout hall and slept over. We then hiked to the harbour the next morning and rowed across the lagoon to the campgrounds were we slept for my backwoods camp.

Activities breakdown of backwoods camp: Activity 1: You were in a small plane which crashed into the nearby water body. Only your patrol managed to escape the wreckage and avoid drowning. You have now swum to shore and you now have no idea where you are. The only survivors are you and your patrol. As a patrol construct ground to air signals for passing planes to see and collect for fires for smoke signals. Once you have done this take turns utilising whistle signals. Management notes: 2-3 groups taking turns to collect firewood and learn signals while Jonathan sets up the next activity. Explorer requirements: 8. Using an imaginative and adventurous scenario, plan, organise and lead a backwoodsman camp of not less than 24 hours, away from the Scout meeting place, in which younger Scouts are instructed in survival skills. Adventurer Requirements: 6. Demonstrate knowledge of methods of drawing attention to yourself in an emergency: a) Ground to air signals using body and panel methods; b) Whistle and smoke signals Activity 2[game]: One of your patrol members has spotted a few eggs in the surrounding area, collect the eggs for supper. Whoever collects the most eggs wins a chocolate. (These resources are scarce in a survival situation) Once this is done, make fishing lines to catch fish from the water body. There is a possibility that you may catch something worth eating. Activity 3: Your patrol is getting hungry and you the only food you have with you is raw. If only you had your bags with you you could probably find a way to cook them. Luckily, being scouts, you waterproofed your bags, and as a result they have floated to shore along with a garbage bag. Also, your clothing and bedding is dry. Using a pizza box from the garbage and tinfoil and cling wrap you found in your bags create a solar box oven. Using some wire you found in your bags and an old Ricoffy tin create a conservation stove. 3. Explain the importance of conserving wood resources and build two of the following: a) Hay box or wonder box b) Reflector oven c) Solar box d) Conservation wood stove. Activity 4: Plan A: (Sunshine) Use the solar box and conservation stove to cook your food. Place the eggs, vegetables and fish in the in the solar oven for supper Boil the eggs in the conservation stoves and cook your fish in the solar box. Plan B:(Overcast conditions) Pressure packs for supper. Adventurer Requirements: 3. Use them to cook hot meals for a Patrol using raw ingredients. Activity 5: It is slowly getting late and you are worried that help, if any, will not arrive before nightfall. Start making your shelter using the ground sheet provided Activity 6: Free time Activity 7: Now that you have eaten and have prepared your shelters your PL suggests that you have a campfire to lift your spirits. Explorer requirements: 11. Alone or with another Scout build, plan, co-ordinate and lead a campfire. Activity 8 Breakfast. Collect familiar fruit hanging in the surrounding trees and prepare a fruit salad. Hollow out the oranges and use the skin as a cup to make tea and oats. Activity 9 Your PL has become concerned that many of you may not be properly instructed on the vital first aid that may be required for you to survive. As a result of his concerns he has taken it upon himself to rectify the situation. Endure his lectures and first aid scenarios. Adventurer Requirements: 7. Explain and where appropriate demonstrate your knowledge of health hazards caused by extreme weather conditions, including the causes, symptoms, signs, prevention and treatment of the following: a) Hypothermia b) Hyperthermia c) Sunburn / sunstroke d) Dehydration 6. Create an incident in which an injured person may need to be carried, demonstrating to younger Scouts the following points: a) the dangers of fractures of the spine; b) the correct method of lifting a person on to a stretcher; c) firemens lift, walking assist, one-man carry, hand seats, and two-man carry. Activity 10 Having seen the smoke from your fires and heard your whistle signals a group of good Samaritans have rowed across the water body(Which they reveal to be a lagoon) to your assistance. Dismantle your structure and leave your surroundings as you found them. Leave in the canoes with your rescuers.