Scouting, Volume 60, Number 1, January-February 1972 Page: 19
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Explorer Advisor Walter E. "Gene"
Stitt felt good, maybe even a little
smug, as he floated down the Trout
River not far from the Region 7 Canoe
Base in Wisconsin's beautiful lake
country. His outfit—Post 200 of Green-
wood, Miss.—had practically no canoe-
ing experience. And yet, remarkably,
here they were: challenging the North-
woods without guides, bobbing along
a peaceful river without a care in the
world.
Suddenly the mood of river changed
as the current quickened. From out of
nowhere, or so it seemed to Gene Stitt,
an overhanging limb appeared. The
current grabbed the canoe and pulled
By DICK PRYCE
it toward the limb. Advisor Stitt, who
was in the bow, ducked and success-
fully eluded the limb. But his partner
in the stern, Dr. H. Reed Carroll,
smashed into the limb. The canoe
swamped, of course.
All units are thoroughly trained in
camping and canoeing at Region 7
Canoe Base. On opposite page, Explor-
ers (top) practice Safe Defense Swim
Plan, as a team (below) swamps a
canoe in training. Because of the
unique training, everyone enjoys the
high adventure (above) of canoeing
and portaging in comfort and safety.
But, except for an unscheduled bath
in cold water and a temporary loss
of dignity, the two leaders emerged
unscathed from the dunking. Swamp-
ing was no big deal, because every
canoeist—including the Explorers and
leaders from Post 200—is required
deliberately to tip over a canoe in
pre-trip training given by the staff of
the Region 7 Canoe Base.
Each party that embarks from the
canoe base on White Sand Lake, lo-
cated near the small Wisconsin town
of Boulder Junction, has received in-
tensive, somewhat rapid training. This
training includes both canoeing tech-
niques and campcraft skills. ^
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Boy Scouts of America. Scouting, Volume 60, Number 1, January-February 1972, periodical, January 1972; New Brunswick, New Jersey. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth353658/m1/25/: accessed May 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boy Scouts of America National Scouting Museum.