2013 KONZA DISTRICT Pioneering Klondike Derby February 1-3, 2013 Camp Brown
KLONDIKE DERBY 2013 This year s Klondike Derby will focus on the Pioneering Merit Badge requirements, basic Scout skills, and team building events. Each patrol or mushing team will follow a course in numerical order as outlined on a map given to the head musher. The map will guide you around to the various towns. As the teams arrive at each town, the teams should demonstrate their Scout spirit by giving a patrol yell and displaying a Patrol Flag. Points will be deducted from the scores if they don t show their Scout spirit. All towns must be visited and visited in the correct order to gain the most points. Scouts should also be prepared to answer Scout knowledge questions to earn nuggets for the Gold Nugget Rush. Scouts shall be prepared for cold weather and general first aid, knots, lashings and team work. Each patrol will need to have a dog sled (sled building Saturday morning counts as MB patrol project, materials provided) to carry their equipment from town to town. All patrol gear equipment required for the events must be securely placed on the dog sled. Any scout who is deemed to not be properly dressed for the weather will not be allowed to participate. Who can attend the Klondike Derby? Reference to the Guide to Safe Scouting all scouts and leaders registered in Boy Scout troops may participate in the Klondike Derby (camporee). Webelos Scouts may participate during the day Saturday in the Konza Klondike Derby if attached to a Boy Scout troop, but not camp overnight. All troops must present a local tour permit to participate. Meals Troops will be required to provide Saturday and Sunday breakfast and Saturday night meal. Saturday lunch will be provided by the Klondike staff (chili dogs). Hot drinks will be provided at cracker barrel and lunch, but each scout and leader must supply their own cup. Cracker Barrel There will be a Friday night cracker barrel for all, just remember it is not a meal. Registration We will need an approximate number of scouts, webelos, and leaders as soon as possible. Cost for troops will be $10.00 per registered person. Andy Duggan Francis Bacani 785-317-4537 785-761-7787 apduggan19@gmail.com fbacani@embarqmail.com
2013 SLED EQUIPMENT LIST (Per Sled, 6-8 Members) Scouts should be prepared. Give consideration to the essential 10 items needed for the type of outing. The following is not an exhaustive list. Scouts will be allowed to make use of sled items which may make some tasks simpler. Sled Harness Sleds will be built as the patrol pioneering project. Patrol roster (Mushing Team) Boy Scout Handbook Pioneering MB Workbook (each scout and filled out), Pencil Patrol Flag Individual water bottles (full at start) Drinking cup (hot liquids) Watch Knife (Totin Chip) Flashlight Rain Gear for each member Compass Blanket First Aid Kit and neckerchief for each member 6 of rope for each member for knots Two 6 poles Tarp Fire Building Material (tinder, 9 volt battery/steel wool or flint/steel or friction method) Bundle of kindling Gold Bag
KLONDIKE DERBY 2013 SCEDULE Friday 6:00-8:00pm Registration 8:30pm Leaders Meeting 9:00pm Cracker Barrel 10:00pm Lights out Saturday 8:30 am Opening Flag (2010 Klondike Champions) 9:00 am Events begin 12:00-1 pm Lunch (bring you own drink cup) 1:00-4:45 Events continue 5:00 pm Sled Race 5:15 pm Closing Flag (volunteer) 5:15-7pm Dinner 7:30pm Cobbler, awards, and campfire 10:00pm Lights out Sunday 9:00am Scout Worship Service 9:30am Checkout
Event Description Skagway Workstation (9:00-10:30) Sled Building (Patrol Project) and any extra time can be used to work on knots and lashings. Dead Horse Canyon Monkey Bridge Build a scale model. Discuss when you should and should not use lashings Demonstrate tying the timber hitch and clove hitch and their use in square, diagonal, and shear lashings by tying poles together Demonstrate Tripod and Round lashings White Pass Goal Post This station will provide each Patrol the following: 50 foot rope with a 3 inch diameter loop 22 feet from each end One 3-2-1 anchor in place, ready to use Football Instructions: 1. Secure one end of the large rope to the anchor provided at the station using a taught line hitch. 2. Slip rope loop over pole and stake out pole using 2 lines with two half hitches on top and a taught line hitch on bottom of each line. 3. Lay out rope and erect 2 nd pole same as first but build your own 3-2-1 (p. 57) anchor using a Rope and Tackle (p. 63). 4. Kick field goals through the goal post to earn nuggets. Log Cabin, British Columbia First Aid/Safety-Quiz, Clothes and Supply Inspection Lake Bennett Rope Throw/Rescue Throw a 40 foot line to a scout stranded on thin ice. Scout ties a bowline around waist and is pulled to safety. Dawson City Rope Making/Types of Ropes and Uses Make a 6 foot rope Demonstrate how to fuse and whip the ends of rope Tie the following: Square knot, Bowline, Sheepshank, Sheet Bend, and Roundturn with two half hitches
Opportunities to Strike Gold Opportunity Nuggets Workbook Completion by Check-In 50 (a per scout fine may be assessed) (Every Scout needs a completed workbook) Campsite Inspection 10 Claim Jumpers 10 Sled Building 10 Town 1 10 Town 2 10 Town 3 10 Town 4 10 Town 5 10 Sled Race 1 st 10 Sled Race 2 nd 9 Sled Race 3 rd 8
Klondike General Information The Klondike Derby is an opportunity for scouts to demonstrate/ show off their winter camping skills. Each scout should bring their own Merit Badge Blue Card. Each scout should go to meritbadge.org and print the Pioneering Merit Badge Workbook. Having all discussion/explain sections of the workbook filled out will be very beneficial. Each station will have an alternative activity/game that can be done for sled teams that have already completed that station s merit badge requirements. Sled teams that complete the given task early and utilize any extra time they have to complete other merit badge requirements will have more opportunities to do the alternative activities later in the day. Claim Jumpers. Sled teams may encounter a HOLD UP in which they are asked questions: they may be awarded gold for correct answers and have gold STOLEN for incorrect answers. Campsites should be clean/orderly. Clearly defined by rope or other means. Have a gateway or other obvious entrance. Appropriate information posted. Make use of Pioneering skills (knots and lashings). The gold fields are in BEAR country, a plan for dealing with bears will keep the BEARS (camp inspectors) on friendlier terms. Scout spirit. Each patrol should fly their patrol flag from their sled. Each patrol should also give their patrol yell as they arrive at each station. Sled Gear o A general list was given earlier. (Teams should give thought to the essential 10 items they would need if they were not returning to base camp for two days.) All gear must be securely stowed on the sled. A light weight container such as a Rubbermaid Tote would be an acceptable accessory but creativity and time period correct alternative may get awarded extra gold.