February 5, 2003
Derby tests skills of area scouts
Herald photos by Garret Leiva
Bison Patrol from Reed City Troop 74 carefully stacks coffee cans representing dynamite using only ropes and teamwork. The Webelos were taking part in their first Klondike Derby.
Scenic Trails Klondike Derby features
fire building, first aid and winter survival stations
Gator Patrol from Traverse City Troop 27 treats a victim of a slow blower accident by bandaging his hand and applying pleasure to control bleeding. The Klondike Derby station featured five different accident scenarios that required scouts
to use a variety of first aid skills.
Cobra Patrol from Interlochen Troop 20 takes first place in their sled race Saturday at the Scenic Trails Council South District Klondike Derby held at the Lake Ann Baptist Camp. The outdoor scouting adventure featured eight event stations including fire building, first aid and wilderness survival.
Several Klondike Derby stations required scouts to identify, tie and tell the uses of knots and lashings.
Michael Roskalley, a member of Troop 229, takes aim at a cardboard turkey with a sling shot at the Polar Cove station.
Huffing and puffing, these scouts hope that where there is smoke, there will be fire from steel wool and flint. Patrols had to start a blaze that would boil water in a tin cup at the fire building station.