The Bloggers
Showing 401–420 of 420 · page 9 of 9. Each title opens the post in a new tab.
We asked all of you to help Shape the Summit , and you most definitely did. Over 1,000 survey responses and Facebook comments were received from Scouts, Venturers, Scouters, volunteers, and many more. Your input was used to help design the Summit with the best possible campsites and facilities.
The Summit Bechtel Family Reserve is big — more than 10,000 acres big. It’s hard to fathom just how huge 10,000 acres really is. Most of us can understand the number 10,000, but you also have to add in the size of an acre to the equation, which most of us, excluding farmers and ranchers, can’t.
Across the country, Scout camp dining halls are full of staffers leading campers in songs and cheers to thank the kitchen staff for their daily meals. But at the Cedarlands Scout Reservation (CSR) , a camp nestled deep in the Adirondack Park in Long Lake, New York, Scouts are at work in a different way.
Just up the road from the Summit, citizens of Fayetteville, West Virginia, one of America’s Coolest Small Towns, have noticed Scouts hanging around town. It’s hard not to notice. Scouts are in the stores, the restaurants, the trails, and even the river.
Since the introduction of the new Robotics merit badge , Scouts from across the country have built some pretty cool robots. Some have created unique tasks for their robots to perform while others, like Nathan, are completing events in pre-existing robotics competitions.
Mountain bike trail crews work harder than me or you. Sorry, but it’s true. How do I know? SummitCorps Trail Crew 2 leader Brent knows the low down when it comes to the finer points of cranking out new trails.
How did the Scout get from one side of the camp to the other? By boat? By bus? By trail? Nope. By the Summit’s one-of-a-kind pedestrian bridge. There will be very few vehicles at the Summit, and that means there is a need for a simple way to cross the deep ravines on property.
In the closing ceremony for week 4 of SummitCorps Friday, New River Gorge National River Superintendent Don Striker announced the name of the trail completed by the Order of the Arrow youth volunteers — the Arrowhead Hike and Bike Trail . In praising the Scouts’ work, Striker called the project “transformative,” noting that the massive effort had…
Premium upgrades turn off-the-shelf 22's into accurate "tack drivers." (Photo by John Trainor/Flickr Creative Commons) When the Summit opens in 2013, thousands and thousands of Scouts will get their shooting and archery merit badges here. We think that’s pretty cool.
Arrowmen at SummitCorps are busy building over 40 miles of mountain bike trails as we speak, but they aren’t doing it alone. Members of I-Corps came prior to SummitCorps to learn what it takes to build a perfect MTB trail.
We asked all of you to help shape the Summit. In response, we received more than 1,000 survey and Facebook comments from Scouts, Venturers, Scouters, volunteers and many more. Thanks to all of the participation, we are now better suited to build a site where it’s easy to get from point A to B.
This July, thousands of Order of the Arrow members are traveling to the New River Gorge for SummitCorps 2011: The New River Experience . For this project, the Arrowmen are building two trail systems for the benefit of West Virginia and all people who come to explore the region.
As the leaves begin to change each fall in the Mountain State, the rolling hills and scenic views of the New River Gorge in Fayette County set the stage for one of the largest and most action-packed festivals in West Virginia: Bridge Day , a day in which an estimated 100,000 spectators gather on the longest…
We asked all of you to help shape the Summit. In response, we received more than 1,000 survey and Facebook comments from Scouts, Venturers, Scouters, volunteers and many more. Thanks to all of the participation, we are now better suited to build a world-class destination for action sports.
Add speed, height, adrenaline, and the wind in your face all together. What do you get? A zip line canopy tour , of course. (And if you share this post , you’ll also get some bonus video of a half-mile-plus zipline in Costa Rica.)
The 2013 National Scout Jamboree is closer than we think. And as construction of the site at the Summit Bechtel Reserve continues to progress, there are two things to remember – expect fun and be prepared for the adventure. “We will have skateboarding for the first time ever, as well as mountain biking, rock climbing and…
Way back in 2010, we asked all of you to help Shape The Summit. Over 1000 survey responses and Facebook comments were received from Scouts, Venturers, Scouters, and many more. Here’s a look at what you had to say. So, what do you think?
Are you ready for the greatest 10 days of your life? Good; it’s coming. For 10 days you’ll be skateboarding, whitewater rafting, zip-lining, rappelling, mountain biking, hiking and lots more in the New River Gorge! That’s what SBR is all about.
If you’ve never been mountain biking in West Virginia before, you’re missing out. You spend time outdoors. You meet interesting people. You feel some of the greatest adrenaline rushes of your life. And you get dirty. Very, very dirty. Scouts can take their MTB riding to the next level at the Summit.
Headphones, wallets, socks — all things easily lost. But 150 years ago, a young Confederate captain lost something a little bulkier: his cannon. Yes, a cannon. One of those big guns with wheels. If you'd like to see a canon like the one above (OK, it's just a *bit* bigger) fire live rounds, share this story…
