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Scouts and rope swings. Theres only one thing that scouts love better than rope swings and thats fire. However when matches and aerosol cans are unavailable i kn ow of one lad who managed to make his own. We had built a pretty respectable and it has to be said for 12 year olds fearsome rope swing across a large ditch in the woods.
The Rope swing required one of two techniques. Either gripping the end of the rope to gain a wide but it must be said uneventfull swing across the gulley or climbing further up the bank in order to have a much faster and more thrilling "high swing".
It came finally came to stevens turn, nothing extrodinarty about steven perhaps a little podgier than the rest but nothing grotesque. Steven climbed higher up the bank than anyone before him had dared and launched himself into scouting legend.
As he swang out his arms must have slipped or just given out, cueing steven to fall about 15 feet. This was not so bad but stevey had his legs wrapped tightly around the rope throughout the fall, whilst wearing the shortest of cub scout shorts.

The rope/ friction abrasions were horrific enough but what capped the story for a group of eleven year olds was that, for the rest of the camp steven had to have cold cream rubbed into his groinal areas by a the female cub scout leader.

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(gentleben, Thu 2 Sep 2004, 21:18, Reply)