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Camper Achievements Week 5

Posted by on August 1, 2015

Camper Achievements Week 5

Heading into the last week (ouch!!!!) and your boys are working hard to earn ranks and badges.

Take a look at all they’ve done this week – I think you’ll be as impressed by your sons as we are:

Vespers

  • Cabin 7 led a vespers on “Trust.”

Chiefs of the Day

  • Bryce B
  • Inigo M
  • Ethan J
  • James E
  • Mike F
  • Ross C
  • Luke N

Sunday Special event

  • TP Fair, including our sisters from Camp Woodland.

Cabin Clean-up

  • Congrats to the Men of Cabin 11! Enjoy your trip to Cathy’s Ice Cream.

Riders of the Week

  • Matt S
  • Noah F
  • Seth H
  • “Barn Rat Extraordinaire” Louis M

Archery

  • Matt F earned his Black Bowman.
  • Andres MDC had a high score of the day with a 39 at 50 yards.
  • Nico R earned his Blue Yeoman.
  • Mateo T earned his Black Archer.
  • Ross C earned his Black Archer.
  • Nico R earned his Black Archer.
  • Ross C earned his Blue Bowman.
  • Matt S earned his White Bowman.
  • Nico R had a high score of the day with a 44 at 20 yards.
  • Christian P earned his Blue Bowman.
  • Nico R earned his Blue Bowman.
  • Matt S got high score of the day with a 41 at 10 yards.

Swimming

  • Gordon H passed Level 5.
  • Domenic G passed Level 5.
  • Tanner H passed Level 4.
  • Matt S passed level 6.
  • Calvin F passed level 6.
  • Pablo R passed Level 6.

Skin Diving

  • Andy E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.
  • Andres MDC fearlessly caught a 3” bluegill. Those things are scrappier than they look.

Riflery

  • Jakob S passed his Bar I.
  • Ferran S-A passed his Bar I.
  • Alex P passed his Bar IV.
  • Manuel MDC passed his Marksman.
  • Alvaro MDC passed his Bar IV.
  • Gianni G had a high score of the day with a 43 from prone position.
  • Marcos E earned his Sharpshooter.
  • Alec B earned his Marksman First Class.
  • Noah F earned his Marksman First Class.
  • Ferran S-A earned his Bar II AND got high score of the day with a 44 from sitting position.
  • Rodrigo B earned his Bar III.
  • Ben K earned his Bar I.
  • Ferran S-A earned his Bar III.
  • Rodrigo B had a high score of the day with a 46 from sitting position.
  • Tanner H earned his Sharpshooter.
  • Ferran S-A earned his Bar IV.
  • Ben K earned his Bar II.

Sail Race

  • In the Dread Pirate Regatta, there was a tie between Mitch T, a.k.a., “Metch the Bardic Pirate” and Diego L. As a result, Metch got his first Skull (5 Skulls officially make you an “Ace”) and Diego earned his pirate nickname, “Captain Spiltmilk.” Don’t ask why, nicknames are a pirate’s secret.
  • Ross C passed his Crew.
  • Thomas K passed his Crew.
  • Metch the Bardic Pirate won the Dread Pirate Regatta with Ross C as his crew.

Fishing Catch of the Day

  • Alex A caught a 10” smallmouth bass.
  • Johnny K caught a 12” smallmouth bass.
  • James E caught a 15” smallmouth bass.

Trick Ski

  • Diego L got up on one ski and slalomed.
  • Matt F made it all around Lake Nokomis on the trick skis.

Weirdest Camper of the Week

  • The guys learning how to “water ski” off the end of a bench. They looked so happy that I just took the photo and didn’t try to explain…
...and be careful of Land Sharks.

…and be careful of Land Sharks.