Published on Sunday, February 07, 2010
By Telegraph Staff
Twelve-year-old Dakota Davidson, of Hollis, couldn't wait to spend the night outside in the woods this past weekend, sleeping in a tent in subfreezing temperatures.
He's a Boy Scout - one of 13,000 in the state and 4 million in the country. And like so many other Scouts, Dakota was counting down the minutes until his next scouting adventure - in this case the annual Klondike Derby at Lone Pine Hunters Club in Hollis.
But this year's Klondike Derby was even more special. It kicked off a yearlong celebration of scouting in America, which is celebrating its 100th birthday today.
John Pelletier, senior district executive for the Daniel Webster BSA Council overseeing the Greater Nashua scout organizations, said this year's derby incorporated Boy Scout history directly into the two-day event.
Typical Klondike Derbies are held in the winter and have been a Boy Scout tradition since 1949. There are always a group of Scouts, like Dakota, who camp out in tents, no matter how cold it is
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