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2003 Yawgoog &
Battleship Cove Camping
Information on the POLES for Yawgoog
"...there will be 100 Poles for the week..."
There has been much concern and discussion about the number of poles (created with a 1/2 inch "all natural" polyvinylchloride chemical amalgam ) that will be brought along to Yawgoog this year. Mr. Peter Detmering has taken it upon himself to personally ensure that there will be sufficient poles for each scout and adult. Any shortages during the week should repeatedly be brought to Mr. Detmering's attention, (and I would also strongly advise an angry letter).
The calculation for the hertoforsaid poles is one that requires some advanced math, as it is difficult to do this calculation during a meeting with many scouts (and dare I say adults) talking when the scout sign is up and they really should be listening. During all this, it was very difficult to compute the correct quantity of poles, but our best work follows below.
But before we go on, at this point you may be wondering - what are the poles for? These poles are essential for hanging the mosquitoe netting about the tents and bunks which adorn the Sandy Beach Jim Bridger campsite. Simply put, this eliminates the need to walk a few feet into the woods, grab a branch, lash it to the bunk using an approved scout lashing, and hang the net from this. Rather, we take our official BSA duct tape, carefully wrap each of the synthetic plastic poles into position, and drape the netting carefully over this manufactured assembly thus avoiding even more direct contact with nature.
But I digress. The calculation this year was very difficult, as there were an odd (that is in the mathematically odd, not the personally odd, but we'll discuss that later) number of youth attending. Originally 32 were attending, which was easy - two per bunk gives 16 times 4 poles gives 64 plus a bunch more for the adults gives exactly 100 which was the math that Pete used originally. But then we found out - only 31 attending. Dividing 31 by two per bunk gives 15.5 double bunks - but you can't have 1/2 bunk, so you must round to 16 times 4 which gives 64 plus a bunch for the adults is exactly about 100 again. Or computing yet again using Pete's math, you just continue to cut until you run out of pipe which yields exactly 100 yet again.
Sound easy? Not so fast. We kind of skipped over the adult part. Because there are 11 adults plus two or three coming or leaving during the week which rounds to exactly 11. Eleven times 4 poles is exactly 44 which when added to the original 64 gives exactly 100 yet again (or 108, but we rounded down to 100). Or our worst case calculation would be the 72 plus the 44 giving just over 100 which of course rounds to exactly 100.
So there you have it! A little advanced mathematics and MOST of you at Yawgoog will be enjoying the comfort of plastic poles and mosquitoe netting for the entire week! And keep those cards and especially letters to Pete coming!
Sincerely, the webmaster