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Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park, December 4, 1999 |
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| On Dec. 4th, the Venture crew hiked at Old Rag Mountain in Shenandoah National Park. We invited non-Venture Scouts to join us and had two accept the offer. Again, we were blessed with beautiful and unusually warm weather. The bad side of that is that MANY other people also took advantage of the weather to take in the very popular Old Rag hike that day. We took frequent rests on the steep switchbacks that are prevalent for the first 2 miles. The rock climbing and scrambling for the last mile to the summit, though, made up for the hard work early on. Everyone had a great time on the hike that totalled 8.8 miles. Attendees included: Adam S., Chris C., Chris L., Jeffrey C., Ryan C., David K., Matt W., Mr. Schwartz, Mr. Wood, Mr. Cheok, Mr. Clark, Mr. Zaritsky, and Mrs. Krieger. | ||||
Maryland Appalachian Trail, November 6 & 7, 1999 |
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| On Nov. 6 & 7, the Venture crew hiked the Appalachian Trail in Maryland from the Interstate 70 crossing to the Pennsylvania state line. The hike covered 17.5 miles. Three Scouts (Adam S., Danny D., and Chris C.) and two adult leaders (Mr. Schwartz and Mr Davis) attended. The weather was outstanding! On Friday, we lunched at Annapolis Rock and watched the many climbers there. Friday night was spent at Hemlock Hill Shelter, which we finally found after realizing that the trail had been rerouted and no longer went by the shelter! Saturday's hike was long and challenging, especially the last 2.5 miles as we descended from High Rock into Pen Mar on a steep and very rocky trail. We made it back to the parking lot with just few minutes of daylight to spare. | ||||
Lenhok'sin Trail Notes, July 1999 |
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| Dan Davis, Jeff Davis (crew chief), Adam Kemp
(crew chief), Adam Schwartz, Chris Cheok, Ryan Clark, Matt Wood, Jay Wood, Forrest Clark, Al Schwartz |
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| July 4 (Sun) - Arrive at Camp Baird at 2:00 pm.. Check in and set up at Site 4. Round robin orientation sessions in the afternoon. Dinner is sloppy joes. Meeting of leaders and crew chiefs. Short campfire program by staff. | ||||
| July 5 (Mon) - Breakfast at Baird is scrambled eggs and bacon. Pack up and leave at 9:00. Anderson Trail across bridge, past Camp Ross, to Anderson Cutoff Trail, to the Inner Beltway, Anderson Trail to Cathedral Trail. Arrived at Wagon Train outpost at 11:45. Ate lunch (beef jerky) and entered Wagon Train at noon. Horseback riding and R&R in the afternoon. Demonstration of branding and lassoing in the evening. Outpost staff is Albert, Alice, and Adam Nicely and Heather. (4.5 miles hiked). | ||||
| July 6 (Tue) - Alice cooked pancakes for breakfast for the crew. Adam and Albert gave us a short wagon ride to an unmarked trail that leads to the Seay Trail. Set up camp for primitive day about 200 yds. in along the Seay Trail. Left gear in camp, Hiked to The Knob and back via the Burke Trail. Lunch at camp (PB&J on trailbread and pepperoni) Hiked Seay, Wagon Train Road, and Anderson Trail to Camp Olmsted. Showers and visit to Trading Post. Camp Director would not allow us to swim at the waterfront so we hiked the Anderson Tr. and Moore Tr. to Camp Bowman. Did swim checks and got buddy tags. Returned to primitive camp. Leaders cooked dinner (training) and we cleaned up at dark. (9 miles hiked). | ||||
| July 7 (Wed) - Breakfast was scrambled eggs, hash browns, and apple drink. Short hike to Mountain Biking outpost via the Inner Beltway. Arrived about 11:00. Crew goofs off a little while Jeff, Forrest, and Al hiked to Camp Ross to check on swimming. Quick stop at Ross trading post and back for lunch just outside Mountain Biking. Enter outpost at 1:00. Set up tents just before a strong thunderstorm starts. Bike ride to Olmsted via Inner Beltway and Anderson Tr. Stopped at Olmsted trading post. Spaghetti for dinner. Campfire with outpost director. Outpost staff is Dave and Paige. | ||||
| July 8 (Thu) - Breakfast is granola. Hiked to Native American outpost to do service project. Project is building dam for sweat lodge (2 hrs. work). Return to Caving outpost for lunch (beef jerky). Hike to cave was 3 mi. over the Knob Road. In cave for about 1 hr. Very cool! Back to outpost and leave quickly for Independence Day party at Camp Post. Catch a ride after a short walk. Have burgers & hot dogs for dinner. (10 miles hiked). | ||||
| July 9 (Fri) - Leave caving by 9:00 by skipping breakfast (Jeff and Chris cook for outpost staff). Hiked through Ross on Anderson Tr. to Baird waterfront. Ate breakfast (pancakes) and went swimming and canoeing. Hiked to Foxfire outpost via Anderson Tr. Arrived about 1:30 and started program at 2:00. Boys still working at 6:00. Al and Jeff started dinner (chicken and dumplings). Spilled the dessert but there was still enough food for all. (2.5 miles hiked). | ||||
| July 10 (Sat) - Left Foxfire at 9:00. Hiked to Baird. Left packs at Site 4, tanked up with water and began hike to Viewing Rock. Arrive at VR at noon. Ate lunch. At 12:45 some left for Baird via Camp PMI (Matt, Danny, Ryan, Forrest, and Jay) while the rest hike to Jump Rock (Jeff, Adam K., Chris, Adam S., and Al). JR group returned to Baird just after 4:00. Checked in, showers, trading post, dinner (chicken), leaders' meeting, campfire with skits by the crews. (10 miles JR / 6 miles VR hiked). | ||||
| July 11 (Sun) - Reveille at 5:30. Pack up and leave at 7:00. Stop for breakfast at Hardee's in Bridgewater. Arrived at Gaithersburg at 11:45. | ||||
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