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Now a Full Seven Sessions
in 2012!!
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 The
Adventure . . .
With the week spent exploring the vast acreage of
the Horseshoe Scout Reservation, the Mason-Dixon Adventure will
provide a challenging, unique, educational (not to mention just plain
fun) back-country camping experience for Venturers & Boy Scouts 13
years of age or older.
While developing proper back-country hiking and
camping practices, youth will work on team building and leadership
skills, working together during both activities & encampment.
Throughout a week
of living off camp in the ‘HSR Wilderness’, Venturers & Scouts will
learn about the history of Horseshoe Scout Reservation, Native
Americans, the Mason-Dixon, colonial & pioneer customs, 1800’s forge &
paper mills, Scouting in the early 1900’s, the unique eco-system of
the Serpentine Barrens as well as current high adventure activities.
Daily activities
might include conservation awareness, rock climbing, raft building,
orienteering, land navigation, spar pole climbing, tomahawk throwing,
black powder shooting, wilderness rescue and first aid, hiking,
kayaking, COPE, structure climbing and rappelling . . . to name just a
few.
Completion of the
Mason-Dixon Adventure will be maximum preparation for hiking, camping,
LNT and crew leadership; a great preparatory experience for Philmont,
Northern Tier or The Summit. The Mason Dixon Adventure is the perfect
preview to determine a youth’s or adult’s fitness level and zeal for
the more difficult & demanding high adventure treks.
Participants . . .
Participants may be provisional and be assigned to
a provisional Mason-Dixon Adventure crew or a crew could be made up of
participants from one unit. The Mason-Dixon Adventure may be used as a
Venturing Crew, Venture Patrol or Troop Leadership team building
opportunity.
The Mason-Dixon Adventure is open to all
13-year-old and older Boy Scout and Venturing youth. We will always
follow the BSA Guide to safe Scouting, including the guidelines
pertaining to gender.
The Location & Duration . . .
The Mason-Dixon Adventure will be based out of Camp
Horseshoe. Arriving on Sunday afternoon, participants will be assigned
to a Crew guided by two staff members throughout the week.
Day one (Sunday) will include check-in, medical and
swim checks,
After breakfast on Monday, the Crews begin the
adventure with a gear shakedown as well as the beginning of
instructional preparations. Crews will build a raft and depart
for the back country, not to return to the developed portions of Camp
Horseshoe until Friday afternoon.
 The
Mason-Dixon Adventure ends back at Camp Horseshoe on Friday
afternoon where Crews will return all equipment and supplies,
before having an opportunity to relax and clean up. And then the
celebrating begins!
A special Friday night gathering will commence to
mark the successful completion of a week in the wilderness. Happy
participants depart for home Saturday morning after breakfast.
The Rates . . .
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YOUTH |
before May 15 |
after May 15 |
| Standard
Fee |
$335 |
$375 |
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ADULT |
before May 15 |
after May 15 |
| Standard
Fee |
$170 |
$195 |
The Dates . . .
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Week 1 |
June 24
- July 1, 2012 |
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Week 2 |
July 1 - July 8,
2012 |
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Week 3 |
July 8 - July 15,
2012 |
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Week 4 |
July 15 - July
22, 2012 |
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Week 5 |
July 22 - July
29, 2012 |
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Week 6 |
July 29 - August
5, 2012 |
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Week 7 |
August 5 - August
12, 2012 |
The Registration Process . . .
All participants will complete an online registration, in which
important details such as age, Scout rank, completion of relevant
merit badges, experience in camping, LNT, backpacking/hiking,
backcountry will be collected. This information will be used in
the planning process of each trek. No specific experience level
is required to participate in the Mason Dixon Adventure.
Scouts or leaders attending with their troop will register online but
pay through their troop as they would normally do when attending
summer camp at Ware or Horseshoe. Simply click the option
'attending with troop' and no payment will be required at the end of
the registration process.
Scouts or Venturers attending provisionally will
pay independently at the time of registration.
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Information contained on the website is the property of
the
Horseshoe Scout Reservation,
Chester County Council, B.S.A.
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