There must be a cover page. Log your hike using traditional compass logging techniques. There should be no more than 15 compass points logged and no less than 10. Your log should include in a grid format: the compass direction you are travelling in; The distance you have travelled (rounded to the nearest 100m); comments …
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Please look here before you commence planning Your hike plan must be submitted to the TS at least 5 days before your hike. It must include: Cover page A description of your route. A map of your route, with the route clearly marked (Google Maps is NOT sufficient). Weather forecast. Which scouts will be attending. …
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Apr 08 2020
When I started planning by Springbok hike, I selected a nice route across the front of Sneeuberg. After the planning was mostly complete I had to scrap my first hike route. I was unable to get a permit because the area of the Cederberg I was planning to hike in was full. This all meant …
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Apr 08 2020
On the 31 January 2020, excited scouts met up at the hall. We were going on Natasha’s Springbok Camp. Jack, Kristen, Alex, Aziz, Aidan, Jason, Sebastian and me (Ethan) were on camp. All of us were wanting to find what was in store for the weekend. I spied hot chocolate being packed in, at least …
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May 22 2019
On the 1st of June 2019, a team of scouts is building a bridge in Keurboom Park. This will be a day of training and achievement, as the scouts learn to tie lashings to the standard that large projects demand. The project to be constructed is the Thriftwood Unilock Bridge, more commonly known as the …
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May 22 2019
On Saturday actually the 13th of April to be precise the troop took part in a construction project run be me. This must not be mistaken for the pioneering project that took place the next day on the Sunday. We set out to build a mini tower and once we had taken out all the …
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Mar 20 2019
Sea Scout courses are very much foreign to most land scouts as we generally don’t stray to that side of things. However, this year I attended a senior Sea Scout course called Boatswain. This course has two parts; to teach you how to repair any damages done to a boat and the other part of this course …
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Mar 20 2019
In the December holidays of 2018 the seniors of the troop were privileged enough to hike in the Outeniqua forest. As part of the trail was burnt due to the recent Knysna fires we were to meet up with the trail on its fourth day. As we thought that the right path that was joining …
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