The Lucas County Boy Scouts Troop #149 recently attended the Mid-Iowa Council Klondike at Hickory Hills Park on February 8th.
Sixteen boys and three leaders braved the cold weather to camp from Friday the 7th until the morning of Sunday the 9th. Only one other troop from the district stayed and camped with the Chariton boys.
The temperature for Friday night was -5° while the temperature for Saturday only reached a high of 23° and dropped to 11° for the evening. Despite the cold temperatures and fresh falling snow, the boys excelled in all the challenges the Klondike had to offer. By the end of the competition, Troop #149 ended up coming home with first place. The boys took top marks in the Log Long Haul, the Blindfolded Sled Race, the Scout Knowledge Questions and the Troop Klondike Sled Challenge. They had the fastest times with fire building, and the heated drink challenge, as well as with shelter building and First Aid.
Patrol Leader Nathan Kalsem also shined by providing great leadership for the troop and was awarded the Klondike Leadership Award by the Leaders running the event. This was not the first time for the boys to compete. The Troop has always done very well at these Klondike camp outs, with them bringing home first place for the past few years.
Boys and Leaders to attend included Gideon Plank, Zach Ho, Austin Metzger, Kyle Goben, Tristen Michael, Matthias Plank, Nathan Kalsem, Stephen Sundquist, Gabe Heim, Grant Goering, Jamison Owens, Logan Caudill, Luke Lahart, Ben Lahart, Joel Hibbs, Mark Richardson, Nick Penrod, Levi Humphreys, Nathan Ho and Nicolas Ho,.
No comments:
Post a Comment