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Boy Scouts launch 65 mile high-adventure kayak trek through Atchafalaya Basin
Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:44 pm
About 150 Boy Scouts from across the country will make the 65 mile "Swamp Trek" trip this summer as part of a new high-adventure program. Scouting officials hope the program will instill Louisiana pride in local Scouts and introduce the Atchafalaya Basin to new adventurers.
"It's a pretty amazing trip," said Brice Nepveux, 17, a junior at Crowley High School.
The Evangeline Area Council, which represents Boy Scouts in Acadiana's eight parishes, is now working to raise $21 million to make the "Atchafalaya Swamp Base" both a jewel of Scouting and a state treasure.
Read more via The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette) here:
Local Boy Scouts raising funds for Atchafalaya Basin 'Swamp Base'
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a reporter for The Daily Advertiser and wrote this article. I am also a regular poster on TD, so I wanted to share this news with the Outdoor Board.
"It's a pretty amazing trip," said Brice Nepveux, 17, a junior at Crowley High School.
The Evangeline Area Council, which represents Boy Scouts in Acadiana's eight parishes, is now working to raise $21 million to make the "Atchafalaya Swamp Base" both a jewel of Scouting and a state treasure.
Read more via The Daily Advertiser (Lafayette) here:
Local Boy Scouts raising funds for Atchafalaya Basin 'Swamp Base'
In the interest of full disclosure, I am a reporter for The Daily Advertiser and wrote this article. I am also a regular poster on TD, so I wanted to share this news with the Outdoor Board.
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Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:46 pm to npersa1
Sounds like the makings of a horror movie, 150 Boy Scouts enter, only 3 make it out alive...
Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:46 pm to npersa1
planting trees, picking up trash.... its like prison work.
Posted on 3/6/13 at 12:46 pm to npersa1
So they just yack everywhere? They would get a much better idea if what the basin is about on foot. Most of it can be easily walked
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:11 pm to Hammertime
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So they just yack everywhere? They would get a much better idea if what the basin is about on foot. Most of it can be easily walked
The "Swamp Trek" option offered through the "Swamp Base" is a 65 mile kayak trip with some side outings when they scouts stop for the night / day. They'll hike a little bit, but it's not backpacking like at Philmont. Part of the reason they wanted to offer kayaking is because there's apparently fewer options for scouts to do this type of high adventure.
It's all also part of a 100 year commitment to use and improve the Atchafalaya Basin, so they intend to expand the program and offer more options in the future. This year is just the first real run (last year was a pilot trek).
As for a horror movie, wickowick, I can tell you that one of the scouting leaders I talked with wants to incorporate some good folklore, ghost type stories into the trek. Local community members, like folklorists from UL, will assist with those non-paddling parts of the trek.
And, Chad504boy, while planting trees and picking up trash may not be your ideal job, the scouts I've talked with have had a blast doing it -- they get to get muddy, be outside with friends, learn some cool stuff, etc. Personally, I'd be happy to take a job doing that stuff if it was comparable pay to my current gig, haha
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:16 pm to npersa1
i work with an eagle scout that works with the high adventure group and I know he was saying the group of boys he works with out of Houston was looking at doing this trek this summer.
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:25 pm to TexasTiger
Why they so high? Did they have to drug them?
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:26 pm to TexasTiger
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the group of boys he works with out of Houston was looking at doing this trek this summer.
Well, there are definitely some Houston scouts taking the trip this summer!
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This summer, about 150 Boy Scouts from Acadiana, Baton Rouge, Houston, Dallas, Austin and even Minneapolis and Chicago will brave the 65-mile kayak trip through the Atchafalaya Basin,
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:32 pm to CamdenTiger
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Why they so high? Did they have to drug them?
Yes its the new scouts...and now with them fixing to accept openly gay boys its going to be one big freaking party..
Posted on 3/6/13 at 1:46 pm to CamdenTiger
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