On August 16 Tyler Rife delivered the following report in priesthood opening exercises of the Grandview Ninth Ward, which are held at 11 am each Sunday. Photos and videos for this camp are available by clicking the Troop 797 Photo Album link appearing under the title "Websites and Other Resources" at the upper right of this webpage.
WHEN: 5 am Monday, August 10 through 2 pm, Saturday, August 15
WHERE: Camp Bartlett, 200 miles from Provo in Southeastern, Idaho, elevation 6500 feet
WHO: Troop 797 - - Clint Flinders, Matt Housley, Morgan Hunter, Zac Jarman, Sam Jensen, Landon Ledingham, Tyler Rife, Creed Rollins; Varsity Scouts - - Stephan Dartiguenave, Nathan Hoopes; Adult Leadership - - Taylor Cline, Spencer Fowers, Greg Jones; Fathers who visited camp Erin Flinders, Shawn Hoopes
WHAT:
Rank advancement
* Many requirements for ranks up to first class
* 37 Merit Badges (Archery, Emergency Preparedness, Environmental Science, Rifle Shooting, Sculpture, Shotgun Shooting, Small Boat Sailing, Swimming, Wilderness Survival, Wood Carving)
* 21 partially completed merit badges (Astronomy, First Aid, Fish and Wildlife Management, Fly Fishing)
Honor Troop Award
*Attended 8 flag ceremonies (performed flag ceremony Tuesday, did a troop yell on Wednesday)
*100 % attendance at senior patrol leader meetings
*Went on the Honor Trail activity to learn more about the Scout Oath and Law
*Went on a 5 mile hike to Hope Rock
*Sored 53 out of 50 on a campsite inspection
*Took 2nd place in the John Colter relay race, all scouts participated – a highlight
*Did a troop service project (improved a stream running into the camp's lake)
Individual Accomplishments
*Landon Ledingham - - caught a 13 ½ inch trout, one of the week's largest fish
*Tyler Rife - - completed the 1-mile swim (only 7 scouts in the camp did it)
* 8 troop members - - spent a night away from camp in log shelters they created
Others Activities and Fun
* Hauling food to camp, preparing 14 meals, hauling trash to camp office
* Making fires
* Numerous visits to the camp trading post (chaco tacos!)
* Camp Olympics (tug of war, rope pull,caber toss, pirates of the caribbean, ninja, leg-wrestling, stick pulling)
*Fishing
*Troop canoe race
*Astronomy observations Monday through Thursday at 10 pm
*Shunning the camp staff after they scared the troop to death by telling the Judge Parker story at our campsite one night
*Troop rifle shoot and archery
* Preparing and performing a troop skit at the camp's closing campfire program
“Scoutmaster's minute,” spiritual thoughts, troop prayers
SPECIAL THANKS: Lon Olsen (physicals for many scouts), Spencer Fowers (volunteered to spend the whole week at camp), the ward troop committee, parents
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