The Bubba Effect
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Avalanche danger is real up here. I have seen traffi
32 below with a bunch of kids? Your troop leader must have been one hard core dyed in the wool Scout.
Back in the mid 90's, I went camping with BSA troop 568 at Mississinewa for 3 days and 2 nights. The high temperature was below 0. The low was -32, with wind chill colder than -60.
We had some really young boys with us, so myself and one other person went out ahead of the troop to establish a base camp. We took several bales of straw so that the boys could put half a bale under the floor of each tent. Each person would also use multiple sleeping pads and two or three sleeping bags with additional blankets. We had a cargo trailer that we ran propane heaters in to be able to change clothes. We also set up a dining tent with walls and ran a generator so we could use a salamander heater in the dining tent. We had to do this to be able to cook, since everything would freeze outside of the dining tent.
I was wearing heavyweight polypropylene and winter weight BDUs underneath an N3B parka and F1B trousers, with gloves inside the heavy USAF mittens. I also had a helmet liner with a wool cap over that and of course, Mickey mouse boots. I stayed warm all weekend. I was also much younger then, I'm certain that it would not be as easy for me to stay warm now.
The only other troop that attempted to stay overnight at this winter Klondike decided to leave in the middle of the night, rolling up their tents with their gear inside and leaving their tent stakes in the ground.
We got our picture on the front page of the Kokomo Tribune.
32 below with a bunch of kids? Your troop leader must have been one hard core dyed in the wool Scout.