A boyscout I know was telling me about this. They call it the golden axe challenge, and I figured you guys would get a kick out of giving it a shot. Unfortunately, I don't have any prizes, but I figured it would be cool none-the-less.
From the email I got:
This yearly contest is held at the spring camporee, and our troop is gearing up for a win. The rules are simple: Each troop is issued a log of similar size and length (approx 24" judging from the photo).
The log must be sawn into short lengths (looks like 6"-8" in the pictures).
Then cut into tinder (you know what tinder looks like, right?
).
...and finally a fire laid to burn through 2 strings at 18 and 24 inches above grade (two posts are in the ground about 36"-48" apart, with the strings tied on them so they stretch across the fire pit at the prescribed heights).
Once the guys accomplish all of this, in a relay fashion, they get to cook a pancake. The first troop to cook and eat a pancake wins!
There were pictures of the kids practicing this and demoing each step, but since they weren't my pictures OR my kids I didn't post them here. I hope that just the description would be enough. If you guys need photos, let me know and I'll see what I can do about it...
Anywho, if you give this a shot let me know, I'm curious to see how you guys do. I'll try to find out the troop's time so you can compare yourselves if you like. They do it relay style, but for our purposes I bet doing it alone would be more realistic/fun.
From the email I got:
This yearly contest is held at the spring camporee, and our troop is gearing up for a win. The rules are simple: Each troop is issued a log of similar size and length (approx 24" judging from the photo).
The log must be sawn into short lengths (looks like 6"-8" in the pictures).
Then cut into tinder (you know what tinder looks like, right?
)....and finally a fire laid to burn through 2 strings at 18 and 24 inches above grade (two posts are in the ground about 36"-48" apart, with the strings tied on them so they stretch across the fire pit at the prescribed heights).
Once the guys accomplish all of this, in a relay fashion, they get to cook a pancake. The first troop to cook and eat a pancake wins!
There were pictures of the kids practicing this and demoing each step, but since they weren't my pictures OR my kids I didn't post them here. I hope that just the description would be enough. If you guys need photos, let me know and I'll see what I can do about it...
Anywho, if you give this a shot let me know, I'm curious to see how you guys do. I'll try to find out the troop's time so you can compare yourselves if you like. They do it relay style, but for our purposes I bet doing it alone would be more realistic/fun.
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