Survivor Camp 2012

Survivor Camp was pretty good. The challenges were fun but my favourite was there was one caller and the rest were partnered. Blindfolded, and tied together. The caller had to get others to get puzzle pieces to make a puzzle. The idols were a lot of fun too. The only thing to change about them is that since most of idols were found easily, hide them a little harder. And if possible, give tree mail hints for as many as allowable by leaders.

The dinner was good but for the next one, try to use ingredients that aren’t related to each other. Olives, feta, and tomatoes are all Greek and easy to use. Maybe try something such as beef (ground), swiss and pesto, which aren’t related at all to increase imagination.

The fire starting / hot dog roasting challenge was also a good challenge and I know went over well with the other tribes. It combines previous knowledge (making fire, cooking hot dogs) with careful handiwork (axes, cooking hot dog). It also helped prepare the people that were going to Competition Camp, as one of the challenges, coincidentally, was fire starting.

These are some of my ideas to make the camp a little better. Overall, this camp turned out great. It was one of my favourite camping trips this year. Most people enjoyed it a lot (I know I did) and was also a good preparation for Comp Camp. This has been my recap of Survivor Camp 2012.

By Jared B, 1st Carlisle Tribe “B”



Competition Camp 2012

I believe this camp went very well. Although we didn’t win and there weren’t as many groups their as their were in recent years it was still an amazing camp. I believe we all really enjoyed how open it was for you to do what you wanted. At camp this year we weren’t assigned an order to go to each event so we were able to go with our fellow EB patrol. The new shelters also worked very well. The only problem was that only one person knew how to set them up. Fortunately even with only one person knowing how we were able to set it up extremely quickly and take it down just as fast. Another good thing about competition camp this year is that our entire group got along. Next time instead of buying uncooked chicken burgers we will have to buy precooked ones. Our plan was to do that but unfortunately when we were at the grocery store their were none so we either had to buy normal ones or remake the entire menu. Also our eggbert cracked early on when we tried to fit both our egg and the other EB patrol's egg in my container. Unfortunately ours happened to be on top and it broke. Later we decided that if we can't win we might as well help the other patrol. We let them use our unbroken chariot. Unfortunately neither us or them won. We might of not done the best in the rankings but we had tons of fun. Even people who were unhappy and homesick were having tons of fun by the end of the camp. Sure it would of been awesome if we won but in my mind having fun is the best part of camp.

by Daniel H - Troop Leader



Survivor Blue Springs 2012

Hi my name is Calum and I am in the 15th Strathcona group. When I went to the pre competition camp I had to go on Saturday afternoon because I had a Volleyball tournament so I had to get there during the afternoon. When I got there my tribe/ group had an idol but it was taken by someone and they had found the hidden gummies so they split them up between them and then we started making dinner. We had pasta and meat sauce. The sauce had meat, tomato sauce, peppers, olives, cheese, and onions. Then we had a camp fire with skits and songs. Then we went to bed.


When we woke up we had to clean the dishes better. Then we had breakfast. Then we packed up our stuff and did the tents and we packed our bags. Then Daniel and I went to look for an idol by the Adirondacks but there was nothing there. Then we went to the tribal area and we did one last activity, passing each other on benches, and after that we found out that we came first and we tied with another Carlisle group. Then we were waiting for our parents to pick us up to go home. And that was my experience at the pre competition camp.

by Calum A., "Tribe Daniel"

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Cooking Camp Report

I loved cooking camp it was at Mount Nemo on the week end. Some of the things I liked were making burning buddies, sleeping in anoronducts and the thing I loved the most was playing all the fun games. I it was so much fun on the first day we came to camp and got all set up.

Day two we ate breakfast than we split up into stations and than we learned about germs after that we made burning buddies And made grilled cheese and after that we got free time till dinner. For Dinner we made roast beef and mashed potatoes with gravy. The next meal was Mug Up we had hot chocolate and nachos.

The next morning we had all the leftovers in one big pot and in there was bacon, sausage, mashed potato’s and Cheese all in one pot it was soooo good. Than we went on a hike and played Capture the flag. It was fun and than we went to the lodge and bid on foods And we all had five rocks. We can bid on foods and the highest bidder won The food.

After that we packed up and we all went home. Cooking camp was the Best.

The thing I would change was a little more cooking and more time on the stations. The Adirondacks were fun but I wish I had more time hanging out at them. The things I liked were making burning buddies, sleeping in Adirondacks, and the hike we did I learned so much it was fun cutting down trees. I can’t wait till next year, till then see you soon.

By Noah - 1st Carlisle