An Austin, Texas Venturer on one
of the cliffs at Hermit's Cave in 2002.
Sailing a 26-foot sailboat on Lake
Bridgeport in July 2002.
Cavalry staff NCOs take a hardtack
break in 2001. Venturers can earn the Living History Elective by serving
as U.S. Cavalry staff. Early arrival required.
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The
Longhorn Council offers a National Venturing Nature of Leadership
Course through the unique and exciting Chisholm
Trail Adventure program.
Participants spend a week on a pontoon boat visiting our high adventure
outposts and watersports bases. Treks consist of a crew of 8-12 Venturers.
Entire Venture Crews can do NOL as a special leadership program. Individuals
can sign up for a provisional crew. Provisional crews will have two
adult Nature of Leadership instructors provided by the Longhorn Council.
The
Nature of Leadership Course
The
new Venturing Nature of Leadership Course puts participants in an
outstanding council high adventure program and teaches useable, relevant
leadership skills that every Venturer can use. It combines a challenging
and fun adventure trek with a simple and fun hands-on leadership course.
Venturers will work on five core elements of leadership: Effective
Teams, Values and Vision, Communication, Decision Making, and Planning.
The goal is to help Venturers
become better leaders who can work with and through a team to accomplish
a mission.
Chisholm
Trail
Adventure
Chisholm
Trail is a unique and unforgettable
high adventure - a backpacking program where you’ll use our boats
instead of your boots. You get a pontoon boat for a week to carry
your crew and your gear to the high adventure and watersports programs
on our 19 miles of Lake Bridgeport shoreline.
You’ll spend every afternoon at a watersports base. Then you'll go
to one of our outposts and do the high
adventure program from suppertime until lunchtime the next day.
| High
Adv. Outposts: |
Watersports: |
| U.S.
Cavalry Company |
Wakeboard,
Ski, Tubing |
| Texas
Ranger Company |
The
Blob and Water Park |
| Comanche
Village |
Windsurfing |
| Covert
Ops & Mtn Biking |
Sailing |
| Rock
Climbing |
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| Sporting
Clays |
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| Orienteering
& Geocacheing |
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Our Living History battle reenactment outposts
and Covert Ops program are unique. We have added Sporting Clays and
and Orienteering competitions for 2003. See the Chisholm
Trail Adventure section for program photos and details.
Your
crew will choose five of our seven outposts.
Contact Jeff at email J. Peters,
or 817-231-8503, for details and scheduling information and to get
an application.
Schedule
NOL Treks
may be scheduled for the last week of June or the first week of July.
Participants from area Venture Crews may arrive by car at or before
the Sunday
noon check-in time. Venturers
from out of town may coordinate travel arrangements with the Longhorn
Council, driving or arriving at DFW airport in Fort Worth, Texas,
on the day before check-in (Saturday), and departing from DFW in the
afternoon or evening of the following Saturday.
Upon
acceptance as a trek participant, you will receive a travel advisory
and information specific to your trek. The Chisholm Trail staff will
work directly with you to insure you are picked up at the airport
and you are fully prepared for your trek.
Attendance
Requirements
1. Be a registered
Venturer (youth only).
2. Be physically fit, able to lift and handle materials up to 50 lbs.
3. Scout Executive's written approval.
4. Completion of a physical examination and BSA Class III medical
form.
5. Submit a letter of recommendation from your crew advisor attesting
to your Venturing experience, outdoor skills, and character. Submit
with the application.
Contact Jeff at email J. Peters,
or 817-231-8503, and we'll send you an application.
Cost
$250 per participant. Leadership, food, boats, fuel, and all programs
and equipment will be provided by the Longhorn Council.
Click
here to request our Texas
High Adventure Video CD by U.S. Mail: camping@longhorn.org
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