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Hudson Valley Council, BSA

Dutchess District

2017 Klondike Derby

Fire & Ice

February 4th, 2017

James Baird State Park

2017 KLONDIKE DERBY

HUDSON VALLEY COUNCIL, BSA

DUTCHESS DISTRICT

Theme: Unravel the mysteries of the Land of Fire & Ice, survive their magical

onslaughts, and bring back the treasure – and win!!

The Story:

Plan carefully. This Klondike has two distinct parts:

Do the Course

Patrols from units will be completing the challenges presented at each station and competing for top

honors and best overall scores. There will also be awards for best sleds in several categories.

Serve the Community

In Dutchess County, more than 30,000 residents are still food insecure (struggling to eat a decent

meal on a regular basis or going without food for a day or days at a time). Each scout and scouter

should bring one non-perishable food item to be donated to Dutchess Outreach which has food

pantries throughout the county. Your patrol will receive points toward your overall score.

Thank you to all units and Scouters volunteering this year.

Thank you to Anna McElroy for the patch design.

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On the day of the event we will need adult volunteers from each unit to help with

the mass judging events: 1-Launch! Fire & Ice Sampler -and- Lunch-Feeding the

Dragon. Please see description in packet

We will have directions and score sheets available the day of the event.

Please see the list of stations and contact Brian McElroy if you can help – if another unit is

handling a station, it’s always possible they need another helper so ask, don’t assume you

can’t help at that station!

Brian McElroy 845-464-8797 (cell) brian@mcelroys.org

As always even those running stations must register.

Registration

The Dutchess District will be hosting this year’s Klondike Derby on Saturday February 4th, 2016. The Klondike Derby will be held at James Baird State Park. The theme for this year’s event is Fire & Ice.

Cost for the Klondike is $10.00 per scout

$ 5.00 per adult

Price includes a Klondike patch and ribbons, as well as hot chocolate and a snack at the end.

Reservations should be made in advance on the Council Website. You must register online but

payment options have changed. You may now mail in a check with a copy of your online registration.

Deadlines continue to be in effect. There will be no Unit walk-ins accepted the day of the event.

Late registration fee (after January 30, 2017) will be $12.00 per scout and $7.00 per adult.

On-site check-in for the Klondike will be Saturday, from 7:30AM – 8:30AM.

All vehicles must be parked in assigned parking areas. Please note that we expect a large number of

units and depending on the weather, parking may be at a premium. Car pooling is encouraged.

All scouts are to carry water and a mug with them. Scouts will be cooking their lunch (1 pot

meal/nutritious soup or stew) as part of a station and must have all ingredients, utensils, fire

building materials etc. on their sled. Lunch is a timed and judged station. Encourage them to

plan ahead (see section “Feeding the Dragon” for details)

All stations will close at 3:30PM. The awards/closing ceremony will be held at 4:30PM.

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Service Project:

1 non-perishable food item should be brought by each scout and adult. This continues to be a time of

need in our county and the district has committed itself to helping meet that need. This food will be

collected at check-in and will count toward each patrol’s overall score.

Safety Concerns/Be Prepared:

At least one adult leader in your troop should be well versed in safety issues surrounding cold

weather camping/activities. The SPL and this person should review the precautions to follow when

doing activities in cold weather with all members of the troop. The Scout Handbook is a good

resource for this discussion.

Please dress in layers.

Wear boots (NO SNEAKERS)

Event Contact Information:

Brian McElroy 845-464-8797 (cell) brian@mcelroys.org

In the event of bad weather, an announcement of cancellation will be made.

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Activities .

Liekki Jää reki (Flame and Ice Sleigh) Judging Rules

Sleighs will be judged on creativity and construction. All sleighs will be considered for all categories. So long

as nothing about the sleigh violates the rules, goals and spirit of scouting, anything goes. In the event there is no snow then wheels will be allowed, however all sleds must demonstrate snow worthiness to qualify for this

part of the competition.

Sled should have (each of these will be part of overall judging points for the station):

Magical look

Look like it can fly

Demonstrate the magic and wealth of the patrol

A treasure chest or secret compartment that can hold the supplies – food, station requirements, first aid kit, etc.

that the patrol needs for the day – all patrol supplies must be stowed in the chest or compartment except the

staves/poles

Category 1 – Most Creative will be judged on:

“Fire & Ice” related themes and concepts, overall utility design features for navigating the course, materials:

jewels, magic, “fire and ice”, does it look like an adventurer’s sled, and ease of use.

Category 2 – “Flight” will be judged on:

Sled should look like it could fly – using magic, steampunk tech, magical creatures, etc. The overall design and

look should support the idea that the judges could see this sled swooping through the winter sky.

Category 3 -- Judges Choice

Judge’s favorite based on theme, scout spirit, enthusiasm, construction etc. and costuming.

NOTE: When designing the sled theme, a thought kept coming into my mind, a ride they used to have at Busch

Gardens called “Questor”. Your sled certainly doesn’t need to look like it, but the idea of a flying magical

vessel searching the land of ice for jewels is Questor! ASO here’s a link to their old video on YouTube, the

Questor sled is shown at the end:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTNWeVaY050

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Lunch cooking challenge: Feeding the Dragon

Introduction: Build a fire adequate to cook your lunch. Prepare portions enough for each member of your patrol and

your Judge. Serve and eat the meal, including your Judge in a normal BSA/Scout Handbook specified way, following

guidelines on such things as nutrition, serving sizes, grace, prepared menu and other matters.

Lunch should be a 1-pot meal-type meal, and should include the following features (i.e., these will be part of the

judging):

- Colorful - “jewel-like” would be the most in this category

- Hot – lightly spiced would be the most in this category – HOWEVER make sure as always to check that ALL can

eat whatever you plan, and be prepared to explain the results of the discussion to your Judge

- Include a hot beverage to keep the patrol warm

- Timing – prepare a meal that you will have adequate time to cook properly after the cooking area is hot enough,

and to eat it (50 minutes total)

- Each of the areas mentioned above in the Introduction, and anything you are guided to do by the Scout

Handbook

- Judges may add a few bonus points in any category that specifically follows our theme of

adventuring/jewels/magic/Fire & Ice – be creative and have fun with it!!

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Stations

Launch! – Opening station (simultaneous) - Station: (Dutchess District/All Judges)

This mass-competition station is a sampler of some of the Fire & Ice stations you will encounter on this

adventure. Paying attention to what you learn might help your patrol better compete in those stations! “Fire Starters: (Troop)

Start a fire using minimum supplies, build up your fire efficiently to create the largest blaze you can to reach the

greatest amount of treasure

“Save the Adventurers (First Aid)”: (Dutchess District)

Help fellow Adventurers survive injuries common to the Land of Fire & Ice

“Leadership Challenge – Rebuild the bridge to the lost world” Station: (Dutchess District)

This station will challenge you in three areas: leadership – can the patrol leadership successfully use everyone’s

efforts and talents to get the job done? ; teamwork – can the patrol break the work down and get it done

cheerfully, accurately and quickly? (before your limited time runs out) ; skills – are your knots and lashing skills

up to the challenge of rebuilding the bridge properly?

Archery (Dutchess District) Test your archery skills in the Land of Fire & Ice

“The Bard’s Challenge” Station: (Dutchess District)

Each Patrol will receive the rules for 3 impromptu poems/stories they must construct and perform upon

entrance to the station. They will have up to 12 minutes to put it together and 3-4 minutes to perform (3-4

minutes will be plenty of time, these will be short); bonus points will be given for use of costumes, props

and the patrol sled

Liekki Jää reki Station (Sled Judging) (District Commissioner Staff)

Sled judging based on the Sled (Liekki Jää Reki (Flame and Ice Sleigh) Rules in this info packet.

“Feeding the Dragon” Station: (Dutchess District/All Judges)

Fire Building and Lunch Skills

This is a Klondike-wide challenge at lunchtime. See description in packet.

Note: Each patrol will be given a small packet of charcoal to help get a very hot cooking surface quickly. Other than that,

make sure you bring everything specified for Patrol Supplies.

“Passing on the KnowlEDGE” Station (Troop)

Learn basic formulae and pass on the knowledge (and skill) using the EDGE method – patrol will be judged on

method, practice and success rate after the trainees are trained and give their final enabling demonstration of the

skill

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“Fit for Adventuring” Station (Troop)

Prove your vim and vigor as Adventurers – will you be strong enough and tough enough to survive the

challenges of the Land of Fire & Ice?

“Take the path less travelled” Station (Troop 33)

Follow the directions and use your Map & Compass skills to successfully follow this path rthrough the Land of

Fire & Ice

The Patrol Equipment List

Must be stowed in your sled’s chest or compartment except the staves/poles:

1 Packet Hot Chocolate per scout

1 Packet Instant Soup per scout

1 Hand Warmer per scout

1 Patrol First Aid Kit

Scout Handbook

Tinder, Kindling, small fuel wood (for lunch cooking fire)

4 6-8 foot sturdy staves

Rope for 8 lashings

2 8 foot lengths of strong rope

Small blanket (at least 6 x 8, think “Army wool/horse blanket)

1 water bottle with water per scout plus enough water for lunch soup

Pocket Knife

Compass

Totin’ Chip for all patrol members

1 non-perishable food item per scout and adult (counts toward your overall score)

Items for your One Pot Meal Lunch Challenge (can you prep anything ahead of time? Don’t forget the

water.)

Menu (completed with all of your day’s lunch food included)

Duty Roster

Garbage bag

Pencil and pad of paper

1 cup/mug per scout (for hot chocolate or soup)

As well: All scouts must have proper cold weather attire – NO SNEAKERS

Items may be added to this list so be on the look-out for possible

changes to this list (will be communicated through unit leadership)

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Fire & Ice

Tentative SCHEDULE of EVENTS - SATURDAY February 4th, 2017

7:15 - 8:30 am Units Running a Station check-in and setup (and food donation collection)

7:30 - 8:30 Check-in - please have Roster ready - (and food donation collection)

8:45 Opening Ceremony at Bandstand

9:15 - 9:50 Opening Challenge

10:00 Stations Open for sleds

11:55 Stations close for Lunch Challenge

12:00 - 12:50 pm Lunch as an all-camp activity – Feeding the Dragon

1:00 Stations re-open

3:25 Stations Close – Assist with clean-up at whatever station you ended at, put away your gear, clean-up the park areas

4:00 Refreshments and Fellowship

4:30 Klondike 2017 Awards & Closing Ceremony

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UNIT ROSTER (TURN IN AT KLONDIKE EVENT)

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