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Scouting News for the DC Metro Area

Camp

Camp, climb, hike, and have fun at the Climboree!

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The NCAC Climbing and High Adventure Committees will host a weekend of family camping fun and adventure at Camp Rock Enon on September 16-18, 2022. Open to all ages. Enjoy the best climbing on natural rock on a Scout camp close to DC. Hike to scenic Pinnacle Rock on the Tuscarora Trail. Join Cub games. Relax at a wooded campsite with nearby restrooms and showers.

Youth 11 and older can climb and rappel on Camp Rock Enon’s massive sandstone climbing wall. Scouts BSA can complete on-rope Climbing and Camping merit badge requirements. Webelos can rappel. Cubs and Webelos can climb on Camp Rock Enon’s mobile climbing tower, boulder, walk a slackline, join a photo scavenger hunt, geocache, hike, launch water or air-propelled rockets, and more.

See our flyer and Climboree Guide for details. Contact NCAC.Climboree@gmail.com with questions. Registration closes on Friday, September 2. Register today at https://scoutingevent.com/082-Climboree!

 

If you’re interested in Climbing… are you interested in Climb Instructor Training? 

Check out these two October events held by the NCAC Climbing Committee:

https://scoutingevent.com/082-Level_I_ClimbingInstructorTraining

Ashburn Troop 997 Holds Mini-Camp

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Like many, Ashburn Troop 997’s summer camp plans were put on hold due to COVID closures. But that didn’t stop the Troop from providing a high-quality summer experience for their Scouts while following all BSA, CBC and state rules and guidance. The Troop set up a campsite at the Hidden Meadow group campsite maintained by the Willowsford Conservancy.

Led by Scoutmaster Terry Kolb and his adult team of volunteers, ASMs and Merit Badge Counselors, the Troop put together a mini-camp (five days of ‘day camp’ plus one night camping out) allowing the Scouts to earn a number of outdoor-oriented merit badges, including Pioneering, Soil & Water Conservation, Golf, Fishing, Astronomy and Search & Rescue. The Troop’s new Scouts also had the opportunity to work on early rank requirements. Highlights of the week included bridge-building, a search dog rescue demonstration, model-rocket launching, hiking at Manassas and biking around the Willowsford Farm community. Mid-week, the Troop gathered for an evening event, including the infamous Scoutmaster Campfire Extravaganza, an outdoor movie and an astronomy star party.

As the camp closed, the Scouts headed offsite to do trail maintenance for the Conservancy. In their newsletter, the Willowsford Conservancy complemented the Troop and the Leave No Trace principles of Scouting:

Last week, a troop of young scouts chose the Hidden Meadow Event Field as the site for their week-long scout mini-camp. We were excited to offer residents the ability to host camp at Willowsford, and delighted by the feedback from other residents about the care the scouts displayed toward nature and toward our community’s resources; true to the Scouts’ principles of “Leave no Trace.” They can be applied anywhere, at any time.