Just when you thought you had opened all your presents………….Happy New Year!
The Crew will be sponsoring a bowling outing during the regular meeting time on Sunday, January 3rd. Come to Cedar Rapids Bowl (265 Blairs Ferry Rd. NE) at 6 PM and enjoy bowling paid for by the Crew (you have to buy your [...]
Troop/Crew:
We have a great opportunity for a ski/snowboard weekend on January 29-31, 2010. We will be going to Chestnut Mountain Resort in Illinois on Friday night at 5:00pm, staying 2 nights at the resort’s hotel, skiing on Saturday/Sunday and finally returning Sunday around 5:00pm. There are several package options depending on your need [...]
All in all it was just bricks in the wall………………..
Maybe Pink Floyd was right, but if so, there were a lot of bricks in the wall this year. Let’s take a retrospective look at Crew 2000 for the year 2009 in our four core disciplines:
High Adventure:
We didn’t leave the country this year, but it felt [...]
Crew Members and Invited Guests:
Your Olympic planning committee has completed arrangements for the 2009 V2K Holiday Party. We’ll be unveiling several one-of-a-kind events, including the Snow Sling Shot, Human Bowling and CB Toboggans. If you intend to bring home the GOLD, here’s the information you are going to need:
When: Meet at the Kennedy Parking lot [...]
First off a quote from a recent edition of Wilderness Medicine:
“High tech gadgets are no substitute for proper training and preparedness.”
That said, there are a few pieces of equipment, pre-fab or improvised, that significantly improve the chances for survival of an injured person in the backcountry. One such piece of equipment is the age-old tourniquet; [...]
Crew Members:
The Crew is conducting our annual rifle class this weekend - for the largest crowd in our history. This is a major undertaking that requires many of our members and leaders to help out. As a result of this very large class, we will NOT have a Crew meeting on Sunday.
Also, please see the [...]