{"id":10351,"date":"2018-07-29T21:15:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-29T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/?p=10351"},"modified":"2018-08-17T22:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T21:29:45","slug":"daily_-_1316_scout_camp_day_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.toomik.net\/helen\/blog\/2018\/07\/29\/daily_-_1316_scout_camp_day_2\/","title":{"rendered":"Daily: 1316 – scout camp, day 2 – construction"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nToday was camp building day.<\/p>\n

After yesterday, we had only the bare minimum of a camp. All the tents went up of course: sleeping tents as well as tents for all the special functions such as kitchen, medical, supply etc. But that was it. The camp was liveable but bare.<\/p>\n

Today – between the rain showers – the scouts built all kinds of amenities and decorations. A flagpole, of course. Stands for the hand-washing basins and washing-up tubs. Clothes lines. Sheltered benches and tables for mealtimes. A portal for the camp as a whole, and for all the “villages” for the different groups.<\/p>\n

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The number one camp building material is birch poles.<\/p>\n

The number two camp building material is sisal twine.<\/p>\n

The camp uses enormous amounts of both. Literally hundreds of birch poles, and hundreds of metres of twine.<\/p>\n


\nThe number one construction element is the tripod. First-year scouts may not manage the advanced structures that the older ones build – strong enough to climb on – but they quickly learn to make tripods, and you can get far with those. Make a tripod, and you have a washbasin stand. Make two, and add a long horizontal pole on top, and you have a portal, or the skeleton of a shelter.
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\nThe reason I’m talking about building materials today, instead of kitchen utensils, is because I was kicked out of the kitchen. I caught some kind of stomach ailment and the medical team banned me from even being in the kitchen for the next 48 hours at least. So instead I am now assisting the supply manager, handing out tools and materials to whoever needs them, and sometimes even getting them back afterwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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