Peschke Field featured a wide range of interactive pioneering structures and projects. In addition to bridges, towers, catapults and the camp gadget/skills area, Scouts and Venturers could experience the following Pioneering Games and Activity Stations:
CHALLENGING FUN
Like all good team building challenges, the “Atomic Pile” requires concentration, cooperation, and strict attention to the Scout in the position to call the signals. The activity is great for developing effective leadership skills. Click HERE
Cabin Building Station: Derricks at the Jamboree
Trying their hands at using a swing derrick, boom derrick, and gin pole, like the old time pioneers, Scouts and Venturers could get a feel for lifting and positioning logs to assemble a log structure. Click HERE
How fast can you lift a log off the ground by coiling a rope and tossing it over a crossbar, tying a timber hitch around a log on the other side, tying a clove hitch around a stake in the ground, and finally lifting the log by tying a sheepshank? Click HERE
The Rope Climbing Area in Peschke Field featured three varied climbing challenges for Garden Ground Mountain visitors. Scouts and Venturers could learn how to adjust a prusik knot, use wooden discs, or climb a high rope ladder. Click HERE
Mallet making, where Scouts and Venturers could make a mallet, perfectly-sized for driving in large tent and dining fly stakes, was by far the most crowded and popular of all the pioneering area stations at the 2013 jamboree. Click HERE
JUST PLAIN FUN
Just like the game where X’s and O’s are drawn on a piece of paper, this game is played by tossing large, weighted monkey fists through 2′ x 2′ areas formed in a vertical Tic-Tac-Toe board built by lashing together four 6′ spars. Click HERE
A lot of pushing and pulling was required in the Battering Ram Station, but once in position, the crews were able to swing the big fist into the obstruction and, without fail, delightfully crash through! Click HERE
The carousel has been a mainstay for the past several jamborees. Because it was so much fun to ride, there was often a line of Scouts and Venturers waiting their turn to get on board. Click HERE
The pull rope on each side allowed the riders to raise themselves up and back as high as they wanted, and by rhythmically pulling on and releasing the rope, they could control their speed, back and forth. Click HERE
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