Pioneering is all about using basic and advanced outdoor skills to get things done, to make life in the outdoors easier, and for just having plain ole-fashioned good times.
This kind of fun is timeless! To build a good pioneering structure requires rope, wood, good sense, and skill, and when completed, there’s a satisfying feeling of accomplishment and success.
But there are reasons for Pioneering other than the fact that, generally speaking, Scouts like doing it. Lord Baden-Powell wrote: “I am inclined to suggest to Scouters that in addition to the technical details of knotting, lashing, and anchorages, there is an educative value in Pioneering since it gives elementary training in stresses, mensuration, etc . Pioneering develops initiative and resourcefulness, and it gives practice in teamwork and discipline. In other words, Pioneering is practical and character building: the two essential ingredients of any programme material for Scouts.”
This conference provides the information and hands-on experiences to develop or improve an effective and successful pioneering program in your unit, district, or council. Conference participants will review the most straightforward approaches to presenting pioneering skills, and participate in fun-filled pioneering activities that invariably contribute to making Scout meetings fun with positive outcomes. Additionally, an array of useful camp gadgets and impressive pioneering projects will be built that can be enjoyed and appreciated by Scouts back home.
Monday a.m.
9:30-9:45 — Clove Hitch on a Bight Hitching Activity (Upright poles with cords)
9:45-10:00 — Introductions Pioneering Program Feature / Large Patrol Raft
10:00-10:30 — How to Tie a Clove Hitch / How to Tie Half Hitches to Finish Many Lashings / Horizontal Half Hitching Race Activity (Knot Tying Cords / Horizontal Hitching Rack)
10:30-11:00 — How to Tie a Round Lashing / Catch the Snapper Activity (Catch the Snapper Materials / Scout Staves / 6-foot Lashing Ropes)
11:00-11:20 — Lashing Activities / PDF
Monday p.m.
1:20-1:30 — How to Tie a Butterfly Knot (Knot tying cords)
1:30-1:35 — How to Tie a Rope Tackle
1:45-2:00 — Rope Tackle Tug of War Activity w/Rope Tackle guidance (1/2-inch bridge rope and strop)
2:00-2:10 — How to Tie Two Half Hitches (Scout staves and knot-tying cords)
2:10-2:40 — Dining Fly Demo / Dining Fly Callenge with Rope Tackles (4 Scout staves / 4 Lashing Ropes /Tarp / 6 Guy Lines / 6 Stakes / 2 Mallots)
2:40-2:55 — How to Tie a Rolling Hitch / Roundturn with Two Half Hitches Discussion (Scout staves / Knot tying cords
2:55-3:25 — Raising a Flagpole Demonstration / Flagpole Race Activity (2 flags/ 4 grommet cords / 8 Scout staves / 12 6-foot lashing ropes / 6 guy lines / 6 stakes / 2 mallots)
3:25-4:00 — Safe Pioneering / PDF / (Keynote Presentation)
4:00-4:20 — How to Tie a Mark II Square Lashing (Scout staves / 6-foot lashing ropes)
Tuesday a.m.
8:20-8:30 — Square Lashing Racing (Horizontal pole / Scout Staves / 6-foot Lashing Ropes)
8:30-9:00 — Stumbling Blocks / PDF / (Keynote Presentation)
9:00-9:30 — Ladder Building Activity (2 8-foot spars / 4 ladder rungs / 8 15-foot lashing ropes)
9:30-9:40 — How to Tie a Draw Hitch (Scout staves / Knot tying cords)
9:40-9:55 — Lashing Ropes and Pioneering Spars
9:55-10:10 — Half Knot (West Country) Whipping / Sailmakers Whipping (Scout Staves / Knot Tying cords / Whipping cord / Raw 6-foot manila)
10:10-10:30 — How to Tie a Tripod Lashing with Plain Turns (Scout staves / 10-foot lashing ropes)
10:30-10:35 — Camp Gadgets at the Jamboree
10:35- 10:55 — Tripod Hand Wash Station / PDF (Keynote Presentation) (4 Scout Staves / 4 4-foot sticks / 4 2-foot sticks / 12 6-foot lengths of twine / 2 10-foot lengths of twine)
10:55-11:20 — Everyone on the Tripod Activity (3 8-foot spars / 3 6-foot spars / 6 15-foot lashing ropes / 1 20-foot lashing rope)
Tuesday p.m.
1:20-1:35 — How to Tie a Double Floor Lashing (4 6-foot spars / 10 floor spars / 4 20-foot lashing ropes)
1:35-2:00 — Lift Seat Procession Activity (2 8-foot spars / 8 floor spars / 2 20-foot lashing ropes w/additional ropes available / 4 15-foot lashing ropes)
2:00-2:10 — How to Tie a Shear Lashing (10-foot lashing ropes / Scout staves)
2:10-2:30 — Snake Race Activity
2:30-3:10 — Scout Stave Table / (Keynote Presentation) (Scout staves / 2 2-foot sticks / Binder twine / 10 6-foot lashing ropes / 20-foot lashing rope / 2 stakes / mallet)
3:10-3:20 — Scaffold Hitch and Marlin Spike Hitch – Keynote Presentation
3:20-4:10 — Swing Planning and Building Challenge (8-foot spars / 6-foot spars / 15-foot lashing ropes / ladder rungs / 3/8-inch ropes / wooden seats)
4:10-4:20 — Chippewa Kitchen
Wednesday a.m.
9:00-9:45 — Chippewa Kitchen
9:45-10:00 — Apple Dumplings Prep. / PDF (Kitchen bag / foil / 2 Granny Smith Apples / 1/2 lb sugar / 2 tubes of crescent rolls / 2 sticks butter / vanilla / cinnamon / 12-oz can of Mountain Dew / Dutch Oven / Charcoal )
10:00-10:45 — Scout Stave Launchers (Launcher bag / 12 Scout staves / 12 6-foot lashing ropes / Tennis Balls)
10:45-11:00 — Eat and Disassemble
Thursday a.m.
8:20-8:30 — Prisoner’s Escape (“Handcuffs”)
8:30-8:40 — Anchors for Pioneering Projects
8:40-9:00 — Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge / (Keynote Presentation)
9:00-11:00 — Monkey Bridge (Foot and Hand Ropes / 12 Pioneering Stakes / Mallot / Stringer Ropes / Binder Twine / 14 15-foot lashing ropes / 6 10-foot lashing ropes / 2 rope grommets / 4 tie-back stakes / 2 saddles / 8 8-foot spars / 4 6-foot spars / 2 4-foot spars / tape measures)
11:00-11-15 — Takedown and disassemble
Thursday p.m.
1:20-1:35 — Walkway Bridges (Keynote Presentation) / PDF / AOL Video
1:35-1:45 — Trestle Keynote Presentation / Roman Chariot Race
1:35-2:30 — Trestle with Two Walkway Frames Construction (4 8-foot spars / 2 6-foot spars / all the floor spars / 8 3/8-inch ropes / 4 pioneering stakes / 9 15-foot lashing ropes / 3 10-foot lashing ropes / mallet)
2:30-3:00 — Discussion and disassemble
3:00-4:10 — Back Splice / Short Splice / Eye Splice and design project for hoisting challenge. (whipping cord / raw 3/8-inch ,manila)
Friday a.m.
8:20-8:45 — Crossing the Alligator Pit Activity (2 8-foot spars / 3 15-foot lashing ropes / 8 20-foot
8:45-10:45 — Camporee Activities Open Discussion: Compass Challenge Activity / Stretcher Relay / Bow Saw Relay / Dining Fly Race / Lifeline Relay / Supreme String Burning Race / Water Boiling Race / (Flint and Steel / Tinder bag / Scrap wood / Axes and knives)
10:45-11:20 — Hoisting Challenge (All the Scout Staves / Baler’s Twine / stakes / mallets / guy lines)
SCOUT PIONEERING 
