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Dec 7, 2016
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kccougar All-American

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kccougar

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Would you send your son on a winter campout with the cold snap this weekend?

jrifkin48

12/7/16 6:30am

We camped at -18 in Idaho in 10 feet of snow at elevation

OU Cougar

12/7/16 6:33am

...both ways.

ByuMba90

12/7/16 7:59am

If the kids aren't prepared, the answer is...

SJS

12/7/16 6:34am

If I was the scout master I wouldn't want to take a bunch of boys camping unless

dilbert

12/7/16 6:36am

Yes. Pansy all the way. The hard campouts are the ones that they end up

BYU-Ite

12/7/16 6:36am

You assume that remembering = looking back with fondness. Not the case. This is

scootsy

12/7/16 6:51am

Actually, an element of difficulty or "suffering" IS the primary component of

BYU-Ite

12/7/16 7:36am

I remember surviving the nights in my winter camp. I remember the summer camp

Bert609

12/7/16 8:28am

As a returnee from the mission (for medical problems)

yaxcoug

12/7/16 3:45pm

We'll have to agree to disagree, but I learned more about honor, integrity and

scootsy

12/7/16 9:22am

We aren't talking about honor, integrity and diligence. We are talking about

Bert609

12/7/16 9:50am

Exactly, there were plenty of missionaries in my mission who had tons of

Byron McNertney

12/7/16 9:57am

We aren't talking about the scouting program. I'm a scoutmaster right now,

scootsy

12/7/16 10:09am

Doing hard things is important.

Schultz is back

12/7/16 10:54am

I would be interested to hear what type of activities would not be considered

12/7/16 11:49am

I guess we will disagree. I don't think "watching" someone do things teaches as

BYU-Ite

12/7/16 11:12am

Call the parents and find out why gear they have?

conetah

12/7/16 6:40am

My first scout campout was in sub zero temps. My mom didn't sleep a wink that

Byron McNertney

12/7/16 6:40am

If you want him to serve a mission you have to send him

BYUheaven

12/7/16 7:05am

Going to get down to 71 this weekend

2FarGone

12/7/16 7:29am

Absolutely.

kccougar

12/7/16 7:34am

Be prepared...he probably won't spend his entire life in Florida, and life was

Fdnman

12/7/16 7:52am

We got a silver bead if it got below freezing, and a gold bead for below zero

Schultz is back

12/7/16 8:02am

Where in Florida? Clearly not Orlando. Lowest it gets in the next week is 48

supertux

12/7/16 8:12am

A quick tip: have each boy take TWO sleeping bags

jdub

12/7/16 8:45am

Also, Tylenol P.M. makes colds nights more tolerable.

HenderCoug

12/7/16 10:09am

Yup. Nothing like drifting off into hypothermia in a medicated state.

Big Daddy D

12/7/16 12:12pm

Winter camping is awesome. Pack some wool blankets and firewood.

12/7/16 9:09am

Depends

HowardH

12/7/16 11:45am

if they are wearing DEPENDS, they won't have to get out of the tent all night

rotorhead

12/7/16 2:50pm

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