Kandersteg Day 2

18 Jul 2009

Crate Stacking & Fun with the Swiss and Italian Scouts at "Uncle Sam's"

We woke up to rain on our first full day at KISC but it didn't slow us down.  The first activity was crate stacking where you try to stack milk crates on top of each other and climb up the pile as you build it.  The maximum height is 24 and several of our guys made it that far.  After dinner we built a fire at "Uncle Sam's", a pavilion built many years ago by the Transatlantic Council of the BSA.  We enjoyed a sing along with Scouts from Switzerland and were later joined by an Italian troop.

Plenty of rain and plenty of mud at the campsite                                             Discussing the plan for the day

Getting our crate stacking instructions                                                          The all important belay rope

Brian starts to build his stack . . .

. . . which continues to grow . . .

. . . until the fall                                             Mr. White stacks his crates

                                                                    Oops

That puddle keeps getting bigger                                                                      More crate stacking after lunch

The Scoutmaster stacks 'em up               But suffers the usual fate in the end

Tami from Argentina gives Jimmy a little help

Yep, that's fresh snow on the mountains

Singing with the Scouts from Seeland in Switzerland at "Uncle Sam's"

Games with the Italians