San Gabriel Scouts join thousands at Jamboree

On Monday about 60 scouts from the San Gabriel Valley joined 40,000 Boy Scouts and Venture Scouts from across the country for the National Scout Jamboree at the Summit Bechtel Reserve in West Virginia. In the hot and humid weather thousands of scouts set up their camp turning the Jamboree site into the fastest growing city in the country. For the next ten days the scouts will have to cook each meal for themselves and will have to watch out for each other.
Prior to arriving at the Jamboree the two Boy Scout troops from the San Gabriel Valley spent ten days touring the East Coast. This year’s Jamboree theme “go big and get wild”.
During the ten days that we will be here there will be many activities to do including zip lining, white water rafting, mountain biking, and shooting sports.
A very popular activity at Jamboree is patch trading. Patch trading helps scouts from other places meet one another.
At the Jamboree scouts could fly a hundred feet over the new Summit campground. Other activities included shooting sports, rock climbing, hiking, and kayaking.

Scouts are excited about Jamboree ziplines, shown here during testing by staff members – Courtesy Photo

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