Among the Boy Scouts

Title

Creator

de la Cruz, Ricardo

Language

English

Year

1937

Subject

Boy Scouts.

Scouting (Youth Activity)

Camping.

Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Abstract

This is about the camping adventure of the Boy Scouts, where in the morning of May 6th, that Lone Scout Tribe One, of Manila, left the Santa Mesa Railroad Station, bound for a one-week camp in Hinulagang Tak-Tak Falls, Antipolo, Rizal.

(To be continued next month’s issue)

Fulltext

J11ly, J.937 THE YOUNG CITIZEN AMONG THE BOY SCOUTSBy Ricardo de la Cruz .v. LONE SCOUT TRIBE GOES TO CAMP Ssssssssss.;sssssssss Boom: " Boy Scouts. Stand together! Never quit the troop! W e· u fight on forever. \Ve'll neVl!r quit. tce'll nl!Ver quit the troop! Rah: Rah! Rah! Brother Seo~ ts forever! Life is just a loop. If you want to keep Life spinning. Carry on the gam:? of Scouting: Never quit the troop!" Hurrah: Hurrah! Rigger Boom! Kigger Boom! ! Sis-boom-ba! ! Manga Suman All Hail Tribe One:' Rigger Boom! Kigger Boom:! Rah! Rah: Rah ! Sssssssssssss~ssssss Tri be! Ssssssssssssss.~sssss . One! ! Ssssssssssssssssssss Tribe One: ' 1 It was on the morning of May 6th. that Lone Scout Tribe One. of Manila. left the Santa Mesa Railroad Station, bound for a one-week camp in Hinulagang Tak-Tak Falls. Antipolo Rizal. Composed of only one leader and six boys (the author was a member of the group). we, nevertheless, had the time of our lives during that one week stay. Of the party. four were experienced campers. while three were "greenhorns" still. Arriving at the Hinulagan Tak-Tak Falls station at around ten-thirty, and gazing at the tremrndous up-and-down trail we had to follow before we could reach our destination. it seemed <>s if we could never accomplish the feat. The weather was not friendly. as could be seen by looking at the dark clouded sky, and as a matter of fact. it started to rain a little just before we be• Manager, Publicity Department, Philippine Council, B.S.A. g<:n our work of taking our equipment to the camping place. It took us about an hou~ to do this. because of our limited number and the difficult passage. Finally. we reached the place. exhausted. and immediately started cooking our lunch. At this juncture, I would stop and recount more detailedly my camp impressions. For purposes of securing a more liberal freedom of style ir: guiding the reader, I would invite him to take ~:'I imaginary stroll with me and observe things ,1s we go on our way. · We 'arrive at the Manila Railroad Station of Hinulagan Tak-Tak Falls. Before descending t G the lake-depository. we stand by the iron railing overlooking the lake and give the scene a genera! view. Below us is a cluster of small bamboo huts with roofs of thatched cogon grass. serving as refreshment parlors and rest places for tired excursionists. 'We go down. following a winding trail that lr;!ds right into the huts which. a moment ago. we espied from above. As we stand on the boulders beside the huts. we se.? before us thl! Falls itself.-several columns of water rushing ar.d roaring 0ver a stony precipice. The lake. into which the water falls is in the form of a sugar-bowl. with a circumference of abput three hundred feet or more. Several persons are swimming in the lake; it is a real thrill to join them ; and a few. more daring &\nd reckless. go so far as to climb the boulders opposite us ;.nd to dive from them. Going on our way. we pass by the last store. and in front of us is a long. slippery trail leading upward. W c follow it. It is a very tiresome journey-at times, we have to cling to a banging branch or twig in order to maintain our balance. Finally we arrive on the summit .. fatigued almost to a point of lying down. (To be continued nc>xl month)

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