DebW
02-18-2003, 08:32
Let's pass along some ideas of interesting ways to amuse ourselves in camp at the end of the day, or ways to while away bad weather in a shelter with a bunch of other people. Here's my contribution:
This is a game called "Photon Ball" played on winter camping trips when dinner and chores are done by 6:30 (and it's been dark since 4:30) but you aren't really ready to crawl into your sleeping bag yet for that 13 hour night. Besides, it gets the blood flowing and warms you up before bedtime. To play, you need a 1 quart Nalgene bottle, approximately half full of water, inside an insulator (like an OR bottle parka or wool sock) to keep the water from freezing. You also need a keychain-type LED light (I use a Photon, hence the name of this game). Attach the light to the water bottle, turn it on, and start playing catch. This game is MUCH harder than it sounds. With the bottle twisting in the air, the light is only intermittently visible, and it's flying at your face in the pitch darkness. I should warn people that this game is potentially dangerous, as I found out in December when the bottle hit me in the face and the metal clip that held the photon light to the insulator cut a gash in my eyebrow.
This is a game called "Photon Ball" played on winter camping trips when dinner and chores are done by 6:30 (and it's been dark since 4:30) but you aren't really ready to crawl into your sleeping bag yet for that 13 hour night. Besides, it gets the blood flowing and warms you up before bedtime. To play, you need a 1 quart Nalgene bottle, approximately half full of water, inside an insulator (like an OR bottle parka or wool sock) to keep the water from freezing. You also need a keychain-type LED light (I use a Photon, hence the name of this game). Attach the light to the water bottle, turn it on, and start playing catch. This game is MUCH harder than it sounds. With the bottle twisting in the air, the light is only intermittently visible, and it's flying at your face in the pitch darkness. I should warn people that this game is potentially dangerous, as I found out in December when the bottle hit me in the face and the metal clip that held the photon light to the insulator cut a gash in my eyebrow.