🚀 go-pugleaf

macman@bernina.ethz.ch (Danny Schwendener) writes:
> kary@col.hp.com (Dan Kary) writes:
> 
> >[...] The BSA liability insurance does not cover den or pack
> >camping
> 
> So much for the BSA policy. But what is your personal opinion on it?
> Assuming that the leaders are skilled in camping, should they
> be able to set up a campout with their cubs?
> 

Camping is a fun activity for people of all ages, including cubs.  The
youngest cubs (7 and 8 year olds) are too young for a Boy Scout type
camp where there are perhaps 2 or 3 leaders and 1 or 2 dozen boys.
Boys this young should have an adult companion (parent, relative, etc.).
So yes, skilled leaders should be able to set up campouts with cubs and
should include parents for the youngest cubs.

> Abseiling for example. I'm doing abseiling with my webelos once a year,
>

What is abseiling?

> they will do it anyway, particularly when they're 9-12 years old.
>                                                   ^^^^

Our Webelos are 9 and 10 year olds, 11 and 12 year olds are Boy Scouts.
Maybe this is the difference between the Swiss and BSA camping policies.
Webelos dens are allowed to have their own campouts.

> A major aspect of the weekend was that we presented activities
> from both organizations. Cub scouting in the BSA is radically
> different from cub scouting in Switzerland, and so, we learned
> a lot from each other. Needless to say that we'll be repeating the
> experience this year.
> 
> -- Danny Schwendener         macman@bernina.ethz.ch
>    Wolfsmeute Nidau/Glockenhof, Sihlstr. 33, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland
>    m.h.c. Troop 14, San Francisco            

Sounds like a great activity.  One of the best things about this group
and the network in general is the opportunity to learn about how things
are done differently in other countries, even though I can't travel there
to find out myself.

WWW
Dan Kary
-- 
"And that, my leige, is how we know the earth to be banana shaped."