LUMBERJACK GAMES
2016 SPRING CAMPOREE
GREAT ALASKA COUNCIL
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
When: May 13-15, 2016
Location: Camp Gorsuch. (2/24/16 version)
Dear Scoutmasters:
First of all, let us welcome you to the 2016 Spring Camporee for the Great Alaska Council. We hope that you and your Scouts will enjoy the festivities and the fellowship. Enclosed you will find a schedule and event descriptions for the Camporee. Please read the event descriptions in order to prepare your Unit for the events. While certain events call for team participation, please try to include all scouts in as many events as possible. Please learn the songs in this guide.
Remember, besides having fun, the key to a successful event is for the Scouts to learn new skills, make new friends, and experience new adventures. If you have any questions concerning the Camporee, please feel free to call at 907-952-0117 or at or Ray Untiet at or Sully Dieffenderfer at . If you have tools that we might use during the events please let us know. (2/24/16 version)
We will be using a lot of sharp tools this weekend so SAFETY, SAFETY, SAFETY. Please make sure that your Scouts have their TOTiN Chips. We will randomly spot check Scouts. We are also seeking adults who have the tools that we will need for the events listed in this guide.
Register at ScoutingAlaska .org. Fee is $12 per Scout. No fee for adults. The fee is higher than normal, however, we are providing Saturday breakfast and are buying some neat tools to work with. We want to make sure that we have ordered enough equipment for this event so Scouts registering after May 5, will be charged $15.
SCHEDULE
Friday May 13
6:00 - 9:00 Registration, and camp set-up
9:00 – 9:30 Scoutmaster and SPL meeting at Dining Hall
9:30 Pot Luck Cracker Barrel. Everyone bring something.
Saturday, May 14
7:00 Reveille
7:15 – 9:00 Pancake Breakfast, Songs and Costume Contest
9:00 - 9:15 Flag ceremony / morning assembly
9:30 - Noon Morning competitions
Noon - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 5:00 Afternoon competitions
5:00 - 6:15 Cast Iron Chef Competition
5:30 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 9:00 Campfire at Campfire Circle
10:30 Taps / lights out
Sunday, May 15
7:00 Reveille
7:00 - 9:00 Breakfast
9:15 - 10:00 Morning Service
10:00 Clean-up checkout, and depart for home.
SATURDAY EVENTS (2/24/16 version)
SATURDAY MORNING PANCAKE BREAKFAST: Saturday we will start the day with a pancake breakfast in the dining hall. During the breakfast, we will sing lumberjack songs, tell lumberjack jokes and judge the lumberjack costumes. Three songs are included in this guide along with Youtube references that include the tune. So practice the songs a couple of times so that we can sing LOUD. If you can suggest other songs please let us know. Volunteers to help cook (and clean up) would be appreciated
COMPETITIONS: (Although we will attempt to make the events injury free, a Scout should Be Prepared. We expect every patrol to carry a small first aid kit with them throughout the day.) We will do random checks and patrols with first aid kits will receive extra points on their final score.
#1CABER TOSS: The caber toss is a traditional Scottish athletic event involving the tossing of a large wooden pole called a caber. The object is not the sheer distance of the throw, but rather to have the caber fall directly away from the thrower after landing. A perfect throw ends with the 'top' end nearest to the thrower and the 'bottom' end pointing exactly away. If the throw is not perfect, it is scored by viewing the caber as though it were the hour hand on a clock. A perfect toss is 12:00. Each Scout should toss once and your patrol will be scored on its three best tosses. Check
#2PULP TOSS: The object of this event is for patrol members to toss pulpwood back and forth between two sets of stakes as quickly as possible. Only wood that lands between the stakes is scored. Your patrol will receive points for each accurate throw within the time limit.
#3TIMBER HITCH DRAG: This is a six Scout relay. Using only a timber hitch to hold the log, drag the log over a course. Return to the starting point and untie the hitch so that the next Scout in your patrol can complete this challenge. This is a timed contest.
#4AX THROWING: Your patrol will be allowed 16 throws of the ax. All Scouts in your patrol are expected to throw at least once. Throw your ax into the target. We will provide axes or you may bring your own axes. Single bit axes only. Targets will be marked with point values.
#5SPLIT THE MATCH: Wedge a wooden match in a stump. With a full swing of the ax, split the match. Your patrol will be allowed ten swings and will be scored based upon the number of times Scouts split the match. All Scouts in your patrol are expected to attempt at least once.
#6WOODCHOPPING: How many swings of the ax does it take to cut through the log? All Scouts in your patrol should participate. After two swings of the axe, each Scout will pass the axe to the next Scout. (This is a test of your technique, it is not a race) Bring your own axe. The fewer the swings the better your score.
#7LOG LEAPFROG: Each Scout will be given a piece of firewood. The first Scout will toss his piece. The second Scout will throw his piece from where the first piece landed. The third Scout will throw his piece from where the second piece landed. Continue until the course is covered. This is a timed event.
#8SHEAF TOSS: A bundle of straw or mulch (the sheaf) is wrapped in a burlap bag. The pitch fork is then used to throw the bundle in a forward motion. Five tosses for each patrol.
#9 BULL WHIP COMPETITION: Balloons will be attached to a post. Each patrol will have 20 attempts to pop a balloon. All Scouts in your patrol are expected to attempt at least once. Your patrol will be scored on the number of balloons popped. Use our whips or bring your own.
#10 NAIL DRIVING: This is a relay contest. The first Scout will drive a nail into a log. He will then hand the hammer to a second Scout and the patrol will continue for five minutes. Your patrol will be scored on the number of nails driven completely in.
#11 ARRANGE THE LOG CORRECTLY: A log will be cut into numerous sections. Your task will be to arrange the cut sections in the correct order. This is a timed event.
#12 PANCAKE EATING CONTEST: Select your four best eaters. The first Scout will be given a plate with one pancake on it. Without using his hands, he must eat it as quickly as possible. After he finishes the second Scout will eat a pancake; then the third Scout followed by the fourth. This a timed event.
#13 PEAVEY LOG ROLLING RACE: This is a four Scout relay. Two Scouts will roll the log to its destination and two other Scouts will roll the log back to the start. This is a timed event.
#14 KNIFE THROWING EVENT: Each patrol will have 16 throws of the knife. All Scouts in your patrol are expected to attempt at least once. (We will provide knives or you may bring your own knives but no throwing stars or multiple blade knives.)
#15TWO MAN LOGGING SAW: To assist with cutting the timber into pieces small enough to handle, a crosscut saw has been provided. After safety instruction has been provided, two members of the patrol will start sawing through the log. The patrol leader must rotate each of the members, including himself, to one of the saw handles at least once while the log is being sawed. For safety reasons, this event will not be timed or scored.
#16 LUMBERJACK COSTUME CONTEST: At the Saturday breakfast, Scouts will vote on the best lumberjack costume.
Scoring
CABER TOSS: A twelve oclock toss will be worth thirty points. Between 11 and 12 or between 12 and one is 20 points. Between 10 and 11 or 1 and 2 is 10 points. Between 9 and 10 or 2 and 3 is five points.
PULP TOSS: Five points for each accurate toss.
TIMBER HITCH DRAG: 50 points for the fastest time. 45 for the second best and continuing down five points per place for the ten fastest patrols.
AX THROWING: Each log will be marked with a point value. If your ax sticks in two logs, the higher score applies.
SPLIT THE MATCH: Ten points for each match split. Twenty points if your ax lights the match.
WOOD CHOPPING: Start with sixty points. Each swing of the ax costs two points.
LOG LEAPFROG: 50 points for the fastest time. 45 for the second best and continuing down five points per place for the ten fastest patrols.
SHEAF TOSS: 20 points for each successful toss over the barrier.
BULL WHIP COMPETITION: Ten points for each balloon popped.
NAIL DRIVING: Five points for each nail completely driven in. Bent nails do not count.
ARRANGE THE LOG: 50 points for the fastest time. 45 for the second best and continuing down five points per place for the ten fastest patrols.
PANCAKE EATING: 50 points for the fastest time. 45 for the second best and continuing down five points per place for the ten fastest patrols.
PEAVEY LOG ROLLING: 50 points for the fastest time. 45 for the second best and continuing down five points per place for the ten fastest patrols.
KNIFE THROWING: The targets will be marked with point values
The team with the most points will win. Bonus points may be earned with:
Producing your TOTN chips upon request. 5 points per Scout.
Producing a first aid kit upon request. 30 points
Tour Permit: 30 points.
Medical Forms: 30 seconds
Preregistration by April 30, 2016: 30 points.
Camping: 30 points per night.
Provide a Judge or Breakfast helpers: 30 point bonus per judge (maximum two judges)
Cast Iron Chef Competition: Contestants compete in a 75 minute cooking competition based on a secret ingredient or ingredients in combination with other ingredients at their campsite.
REGISTRATION
Register at Scouting Alaska .org. Fee is $12 per Scout. No fee for adults. $15 after May 5.
PAUL BUNYAN SONGWith my double-blade axe
And my hobnail boots
I go where the timber is tall
When there's work to be done
don't mess around
Just sing right out for Paul
CHORUS: Hey Paul, Hey Paul
Paul Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
He's 63 axe handles high
With his feet on the ground
And his head in the sky
Hey Paul, Hey Paul
Paul Bunyan, Paul Bunyan
Well, he picked up his axe and he chopped a tree
Clean down with his forward swing
Got him another
When his axe swung back
That timber-cuttin' king
He kept on a-chopping the live-long day
And then when it was night
He walked back over the stumps he'd cut
And stomped 'em out of sight
CHORUS:
The boys would head for the swimmin' hole
Just as soon as their studies had ceased
And though young Paul was sometimes last
He surely never was least
Hey Paul, Hey Paul
Here comes Paul Bunyan
Though he loved to swim
What a time he had
What a problem, me oh my
When his front was in the water
Oh, his back was high and dry
CHORUS
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LUMBER JACK SONG BY JOHNNY CASH
I lived on a farm out in Iowa
I pulled the corn and I worked in the hay
Got trapped by a girl but I wiggled free
Heard the Oregon timber callin' me
Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know
Well, I learned this fact from a logger named Ray
You don't cut timber on a windy day
Stay out of the woods when the moisture's low
Or you ain't gonna live to collect your dough
Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know
Well you work in the woods from morning to night
You laugh and sing and you cuss and fight
On Saturday night you go to Eugene
And on a Sunday morning your pockets are clean
Will you tell me somethin', Mr lumberjack?
Is it one for forward and three for back?
Is it two for stop or four for go?
Boy, ask a whistle punk I don't know
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THE FROZEN LOGGER
As I sat down one morning, was in a small café
A forty year old waitress to me these words did say
I see you that you are a logger and not just a common bum
'Cause nobody but a logger stirs his coffee with his thumb
My lover was a logger, there's none like him today
If you'd pour whiskey on it well he'd eat a bale of hay
My lover came to see me was on a freezing day
He threw his arms around me and broke three vertebraes
I saw my lover leaving trudging through the snow
Well going grimly homeward at forty eight below
Well the weather tried to freeze him it tried its level best
At a thousand degrees below zero he buttoned up his vest
It froze clean through to China and it froze to the stars above
at a million degrees below zero it froze my logger love
And so I lost my lover and to this café I come
And here I wait till someone stirs his coffee with his thumb
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