Centennial Camporee

Fire-starting the way Scouts did it a century ago. Patrols learn historical ignition methods, then race to be the first to bring water to a rolling boil.

What Scouts do

1. Watch instructors demonstrate three fire-starting methods: char cloth, flint and steel, and matches.
2. As a patrol, choose your preferred technique.
3. Build and light a fire using the provided wood and tinder.
4. Balance a soup can on three rocks and boil water over the flames.
5. Beat the clock — the fastest patrol to a rolling boil takes the station.

What’s provided

• Cotton cloth and Altoid-size tins for making char cloth
• Matches and flint-and-steel sets
• Feed-pan fire pits, assorted firewood, and tinder
• Water, soup cans, and three support rocks per patrol

Two camp classics cooked right in the coals — eggs in an orange and muffins in an orange. Scouts taste, learn the steps, then cook their own to share.

What Scouts do

1. Sample both trail meals, prepared fresh before the rotation.
2. Watch a step-by-step demo of eggs in an orange and muffins in an orange.
3. Split into patrols.
4. Prepare both meals over the fire pit using the supplies provided.
5. Share the finished meals with the group.

What’s provided

• Oranges, eggs, and muffin mix
• Salt, pepper, and water
• Tin foil, utensils, and tableware
• Fire pit, charcoal, and a shovel

Real pioneering with a payoff: patrols learn four essential knots and lashings, build an A-frame “walker,” and ferry a teammate across the pit. Teamwork, communication, and problem-solving under pressure.

Skills covered

Shear lashing, square lashing, clove hitch, and two half-hitches.

What Scouts do

1. Watch a demo of all four knots and lashings on a reference A-frame.
2. Build an A-frame “walker”: secure the top with a shear lashing and attach the crossbar with two square lashings.
3. Tie guylines to the frame with two half-hitches on each side.
4. One Scout stands on the crossbar while the patrol walks the frame across the pit using the guylines.
5. Work together to carry your teammate safely to the far side.

What’s provided

• Pioneering poles — three 6-ft poles per A-frame (one demo set plus a set for each patrol)
• Half-inch hemp rope for five sets of lashings
• Course markers and troop-leader lashing reference materials

Scouts put their rank first-aid skills to work in the field. Drawing on the Tenderfoot, Second Class, and First Class requirements, patrols locate “injured” victims in a marked area, assess injuries, provide first aid, and report their findings using proper emergency procedures.

Full run-of-show and supply list are being finalized by the program team.

A century of camp craft in one station. Scouts pitch heavy historical canvas wall tents using the same methods Troop 1 used in 1926 — an exercise in patience, teamwork, and old-school know-how.

Full run-of-show and supply list are being finalized by the program team.

Aerospace engineering, Scout style. This STEM station explores flight and aerodynamics with hands-on builds — and feeds directly into Sunday morning’s camp-wide rocket launch.

Full run-of-show and supply list are being finalized by the program team.