Some CJ '01 Stats

July 6-14 2001

•Participants: 11 772

• Volunteers: 2394

• Total: 14 166

Going to CJ 01, we sent our entire contingent of 14 scouts and 3 leaders in two units (#6631 and #6632).  Traveling by chartered bus with another Highland Trail Scout Troop (1st St. Andrews) .  Arriving in PEI on July 6th, we set up our campsite in Wolf Subcamp (operated by members of B.C./Yukon Provincial Council).  The opening of CJ 01 was a truly memorable event, with every participant crowding the nearby field to witness Annick Gagnon and other performers.

    Our first activity was the infamous "Mud Mazing".  While fun, (Who wouldn't enjoy wallowing around in several huge mud pits?) the event did have some negative results, such as hypothermia caused by the ocean-water makeshift showers down by the shower, and the extreme overload of camp shower facilities.  Oh well, we were tough.  

One of our favourite activities of the week had to be the "Highland Games" (Accchhh-eye!), wherein we slaughtered the puny competition in the  "Tug-of-War", displayed are weakly skills in the "Sheaf Toss" (2.2 for Nick), banged many-a-shin in the "Farmer's Walk" , and displayed our "Caber Toss" prowess with several perfect 12's, including one by yours truly, ahem.  After all that, we still got a certificate of achievement, which still "hangs" in our dining shelter.

      But of course, the hands down favourite for the CJ was of course, the Zip Wire.  The 3 hour wait was long and tedious, but the 60 km/h ride down from a cliff to the ocean was well worth it.  I think my eardrums still haven't recovered from the screams, including my own (which has been likened to that of a little girl's, but that is a preposterous notion).  

    And of course, I would be remiss if I didn't mention the badge trading.  Yes, several of our members got their badges stolen, but that's because, quite frankly, they were idiots.  The rest of us, however, treated the wide expanse of badge traders (coincidentally, by the "Trading Post") as a second home (umm, maybe a third home).  None of the Scouts succeeded in completing a full collection, but Scouters John and Merryl got most of the CJ contingents.  John certainly wowed us with his badge trading prowess, it being his first time and all.  He would wander off during down times at camp, and come moseying (moseying is reserved only for traders who have just made an incredible deal.) back to camp, displaying new contingents from Nunavut/NWT, Britain, New Zealand, and other exotic places,  and for our crappy little area contingents and his bleeping Marc Garneau mission pins.  And of course, Scouter Gordie trying to get said Marc Garneau mission pins off of us for nothing.  

From the huge 750 ml pops, to the abundance of Greco pizza, badge trading, and a new high in dish-washing ability (yeah, right), CJ '01 was the highlight of our summers.   

Here's our CJ pictures.