Rock Climbing at Rock Mountain

After being delayed by the Rice Canyon Fire, the much anticipated Combined Young Men/Young Women Rock Climbing and Rapelling activity was held on November 3rd. The day was perfect; warm but not too hot with a nice seabreeze to cool us off.

The youth rapelled down a 60-70 foot cliff and then climbed/bouldered up a small slope. It was a challenging activity but fun for all.


Bryce and I are certified BSA Rock Climbing Instructors and took every safety precaution required by the scouts. All who participated did so with the consent of their parents, either signed or verbal if parents were present at the activity.








Our next activity is Christmas tree delivery!

San Gabriel Trip July 2007

Scouts from troop, team and crew 718 backpacked into the Sheep Mountain wilderness in July to pan for gold, fish and hike. The panning was fine, the fishing was great and the hiking was awesome. Here is the group of boy scouts and leaders. Below is Swan Rock located just inside the wilderness boundaries. Upon reaching the Bridge To Nowhere, we took a long break before heading to Iron Fork camp.

Scoutmaster John, assistant scoutmasters Dale and Bryce had a great time. We joined with venture leader Dave and his gang just past the Bridge to Nowhere. We did some swimming in Iron Fork, fished the East Fork of the San Gabriel and panned some gold out of both creeks.

We ran into two small herds of bighorn sheep by the river as it was very hot and I am sure they were watering. The smaller consisted of a male, two females and one yearling. The larger had a male with a very impressive set of horns, 8 females and two young,

We ran into a small rattler near the middle of the trail by Rattlesnake Canyon (imagine that). It was not very aggressive but we gave it a wide berth.

If you look closely, or click on the picture of the gold pan, you will see some nice color.

Summer Camp 2007

Here are some pictures of our awesome summer camp from 30 July to 4 August and Schoepe Scout Reservation at Lost Valley. The scouts earned 13 merit badges and participated in High Adventure activities such as rock climbing and rapelling, high COPE course and bouldering in the Water Caves. We made new friends and grew closer as a troop. Thanks to Chris, our troop committee chair for all your help in making this camp happen.