Cannonbaaaaaaaaaaaall!
One year when I was helping out with scouts and my kid went to camp with a big lake, I encouraged him to climb out on that big air-filled thing (at this particular camp, it’s called “the Iceberg”) so that one of the other kids could jump off a platform, landing on the opposite side of the Iceberg than my kid, thus launching him out over the lake.
I encouraged him to do that because I really wanted to do that.
Anyhow, being scouts, the group put the littlest kid out on the Iceberg, and had the biggest TWO kids land on the other side, thus sending the smaller kid into some kind of suborbital trajectory that, if he hadn’t been a strong swimmer, he wouldn’t be back from yet.
It was great.
But is it the end of the round or just repositioning for another attack?
That iceberg does sound like fun.
As a former scout – and Army volunteer – I get that. HOOAAH!!
Enjoying losing like this? That’s just crazy.
TOLD YOU he would be the one SENT AWAY!
Also, Greg. WHY do we have to check we aren’t robots just by changing page also now?
also commenting is a ‘bug in the butt’ but now changing page too?
Combat flip flops MIGHT have been a tactical disadvantage..
But a great visual!
Greg – Is there a trophy for most time spent airborne? Al is a shoo-in!
Probably got that one with the Rocket assist..
I weighed about 120 and got launched by my 350 lb scoutmaster. When I started going up, the life guard on shore kicked off his shoes and sprinted for the water. When I hit, I kept going down for like 10 seconds and only didn’t start choking because I was too busy having the air knocked out of me. When I came back the next year, I found that there was now a Max weight difference on all the air cushions in the North Texas area.
It was absolutely wild and I love that story.