Hi all,
When we went on the scout, we went with the bare necessities, no cam gas, fuel cells or dry foods. There are no or few dry foods anyway. We went with uncooked rice, beans and yam. Then small bottles of palm oil and vegetable oil with a tin of dried ground pepper (chili).
We peeled the yams and boiled them. Made fire by making a triangle with rocks and putting tinder and wood for fuel. We had matches. We also got water from running spring water, clean, cold and refreshing.
By December when we went for the main program, we mostly took water from the UNICEF bore hole water in a nearby village, or from the flowing streams around. Most of the heavy streams had almost dried up. A few others were too far away to be going to regularly. Bottled water was too heavy to haul around and we had no transportation around with us but what we can carry.
I have put some videos from last year to show you part of what you would be in for. Though in all fairness, everyone would have camp gas and fuel, (at Challenger, we had makeshift carry cooks with fuel burners, while some preferred using wood and tinders).
The first video sows Yemisi and Paul battling to make the fire burn to cook our meal.
The second video is showing Yemisi peeling the yam, washing it and preparing it for cooking/boiling.
Please let me know any concerns or comments you have. I can assure you though that you would find the experience exhilarating and inspiringly refreshing!
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