74 Scouts from the three Boy Scout Troops of Simsbury held their Adventure Race on Sunday June 14 2009.
Racing in three man teams, the scouts began their Journey at
Pennwood State Park on mountain bikes. The first
leg of the race was to mountain bike the four mile length of Talcott Ridge down
to the Curtiss Soccer Fields. At the fields the scout teams had to scale a ten
foot wall, orienteer a compass course, and rappel on ropes across a branch of
the Farmington River.
The teams then ran five miles to
Pettibone’s Tavern and around to the canoe landing, jump in canoes and row
downriver back to Curtiss Fields about 5 miles, picking up firemaking materials
along the way. Returning to Curtis Fields, they had to build a fire to burn
through a rope two feet above the ground to stop their time and complete the
event.
The winning
scout team on straight time was Lee Adamowicz (17), Mike Vallen (16) and Keegan Rice(13) of Troop 175 with a record smashing time of 2 hours and 46 minutes. This team also came in first on an adjusted basis with a time of 2:33.
The second
Place team on corrected Time was the team of Eric Barch (12), Nick Summa (13) and Issac Peacock (13) of Troop 175 with an actual time of 3:18 and an adjusted time of 2:49.
In third place was Eric Koontz (11), Jeremy Mason (12) and Jack Falkner (11) with a time of 3:59 adjusted to 3:22. For complete photos of the event, go to the Troop 175 Photo Archives.
