This August, we went on a rafting outing on the south fork of the American River. We had a lot of fun going down the class III rapids, and some scouts go to guide the rafts for a bit. We also swam down a rapid. The next day we did some phone-based orienteering and learned to use UTM and basic wilderness phone use. We then played a game where teams would go out and find landmarks noting down the UTM coordinates. Afterward, we swapped coordinates and found the landmarks. Overall we all loved learning new skills and had fun hanging out both in the evening and morning.
By Jochem