Two Ada teams compete in Boy Scout Klondike Derby
The two Klondike Derby teams from Ada Boy Scout Troop 124 finished high in the annual show of Scouting skills and endurance. The derby was held at Camp Lakota on Jan. 23.
The teams had to push wooden sleds through over six miles of snow, ice, water and mud and complete seven group tasks such as fire building, map reading, track and tree identification, buck sawing and knot typing.
The older team, led by Wyatt Rettig, finished in just over five hours. The younger team, lead by Patrol Leader Kamron Wilkerson, finished 20 minutes ahead of the seven-hour limit.
Forty-seven Boy Scout teams from around northwestern Ohio competed in the derby. Ada Scout Aaron Spar served on the starting crew in the morning and helped check in teams as they finished the race.
The Troop 124 Scouts (Carl Wilkerson photo)
Front from left, Aaron Spar, Wyatt Rettig, Isaac Spar, Nate Hall, Garrett Rettig and Wyatt Brown.
Back from left, Theodore Hadley, James Lee, Jacob Bassitt, Jared Hunt, Kamron Wilkerson, Donald Waters and Dexter Woods.
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