Andrew and Ethan's Boy Scout troop decided to start going on harder camping trips this year. They are going on real backpacking trips where they walk for a few miles, carrying everything they need for the weekend on their backs. They haul their food, camping stoves and fuel, sleeping bags, pads, tents and water to name a few items. It's hard work especially for those first year Boy Scouts like Ethan.
I had intended to train them for these trips at the YMCA every week but only got in one true treadmill walk with a backpack and 20 pound weight inside. Swim team and scouts has sucked up my summer time so far. Hopefully the boys are surviving especially after seeing and hearing the afternoon storms that are going through today as they are hiking. Here's a radar screen shot that I took a while ago when the storm was hitting the troop and us in Knoxville.
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