Wow man, that sucks for that to happen. I took about a 1 1/2 years where I did nothing but go to meetings and camp outs. That was a long life rank time...haha

 

I made Eagle in the spring of 2003. I was 16 and dropped out of Scouts shortly there after.

I still love camping and especially backpacking. The skills acquired along the way still make my recreation safe and enjoyable today.

 

went to philmont in 2001 and 2003, went across "the tooth" both times, but didnt get to climb "the tooth" the first go around due to weather and time restraints. second time we went up to the top of "the tooth of time"

Many many good memories from Philmont, just hope i can go back sometime in the future

 

i never went to philmont was never into camping that much, but did sea base and enjoyed that alot.

 

Got my Eagle Scout in... jeez, 1999? Something like that. Good times

 

Earned my Eagle in July of 1991. I got my stuff signed off 2 days before my 18th. I stayed in the troop as an assistant scoutmaster right up until i moved to Knoxville in November. I was in the troop 23 years. Still keep in touch with them, and am looking for a troop. My scoutmaster was also my neighbor, he stepped down 3 years ago to committe chair. He took us backpacking, camping, white water rafting, anything we could think of. He backpacked 65 miles on the Applachian Trail in the Smokies when he was 77 years old. He is 82 now and still going strong. Scouting is a great program, still have a ton of friends i made over the years.. and learned a ton of skills i use when i go camping to this day.

 

I quit before I got there. Think I was a life scout when I left. It's one of the few things in life I regret. I would have loved to get it. I think it's really quite an honor. I just couldn't take any more from some of the leadership of the troop through. I was getting too fed up with the way things were run. Oh well. Congratulations to all of you who stuck it out though. I really miss the scouts. I hope I have a son one day so I can do all the fun stuff with him.

 

Yea, it's a shame when the adult's turn a troop to crap. Mine was heading in that direction. There was a 3 years gap between me and the older scouts. I took over SPL at the age of 14, and it was fun. I was also the only one of my crossover class to make eagle, the rest dropped out before they were even Start Scouts. So I consider myself a living statistic.

 

I made Eagle, almost 40 merit badges, Brotherhood in O.A. and became Assistant Scoutmaster. Once I went away to college I kinda lost touch and haven't been back since. Sometimes I kinda miss it although things really started to change right before I left.

I'm not afraid/ashamed to tell anyone. Heck, the few classmates "back in the day" that were the ones to put down scouting are the ones that later in life confessed that they wish they would have stuck with it. Glad to see others on here

 

Like Ayresusn my troop folded when I was a Life Scout. The nearest troop was 30 miles away and my parents weren't into taking me that far. I was OA and had 32 merit badges. Congrats to all who actually made it. Now I push my grandsons to get there.

David