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Memoir

Rover-Ranger training camp 2018

step out of your comfort zone

Escaping your everyday life and wanted to make.
having a blissful and exci ng experience Moreover, my favourite part
is what camp means to me. With the was those assemblies we had. I just
mix of a li le bit of strictness and a admired everything we did there. The
bunch of fun, scou ng makes your days discipline in that atmosphere and the
more memorable. Honestly, for me this respect given to each individual was
camp was one of those mes I would indescribable. At that par cular me,
want to cherish and tell stories about. I really felt honored to be a part of
It was the fi rst day of the training something so overwhelming. Then the
camp, all geared up and we were walking me of receiving badges and being able
up the hills from Sundarijal bus stop to to wear the crew scarf was my me of
Sundarijal Scout Training Camp (which profound happiness.
by the way, was literally straight) We SmriƟ Rijal It was 4 days camp but the learnings
walked as fast as we could because we I achieved from the camp couldn’t have
were late already. A er about an hour been learnt even in 14 years me of
of swea ng, we reached the camp area my regular rou ne. It was a package
(well only some of us, others were s ll I can never forget that devasta ng fi lled with fun and lessons one cannot
climbing). We knew we were in trouble moment of watching all our hard acquire from the books we confi ne
but thankfully our leaders showed us works going in vain when monkeys ourselves to. I realized that, even away
some leniency. As we were late already, destroyed all our camp area. That was from home I can be surrounded by
the situa on started hea ng up as soon very heart breaking. But, as they say, people who treat me like family and
as we reached the camp. Everybody “there comes a bright morning a er makes me feel like home. Within this
started panicking. the dark night”, all the pain goes away me period I realized that exploring
We all had our tasks to do and no when I think about those adventures and doing what you can’t do is the best
mistakes would be helpful because we did. We did Omega jump across way to know your poten al. Stepping
the weather was not very kind to the Bagma river, Boa ng, Commando out of our comfort zone and learning
us. Se ng up the tent, collec ng Bridge and other group games too. It by doing is one of the best lessons I
fi rewoods in rainy season, cleaning just makes me happy to recall those learnt from my four days Scout Training
up the camp area, everything was a me. I never thought I could do all camp.Trust me, our days were always
rush. I had a really hard me to just those adventures, but I did them all. It unexpected and nights were never
fi gure out what was going on because never felt so right. Even the rain felt like comfortable but I guess that is what
I had no idea how things worked in a it poured on purpose to make our me makes scou ng so special and these
training camp.Our stress level reached more enjoyable and memorable. It camps truly unforge able.
its peak when we couldn’t just lit the was just like icing on the cake that was (writer is Ranger scout
fi re. One thing I surely learnt that day helping us crea ng the memories we of Dynamic Scout crew)
was the joy of listening to the whistle
of pressure cooker. Even though the
cooker was cheerfully whistling in
another team’s kitchen, it gave us
tremendous joy and confi dence that
cooking is defi nitely possible with
wood - and in the rain. Plus, we knew
that there was something to eat, even
though it was in other team’s den.
Just when we thought our camp was
ge ng easier and we were ge ng used
to of all that rush, Sundarijal’s weather
tricked us. There was a con nuous
downpour. We had no idea how to
cook food in rain with only woods and
in open space. We only knew one thing
that we had to survive. It feels amazing
now looking back at how we did it.
Only we know the kind of “so-called”
cooked food we ate.

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