GLSPS and BSA Venture Crew 820 10th Annual Underwater 
Basket Weaving Event 

Sunday, September 12, 2021



    

Please join the BSA Scuba Venture Crew 820 and the GLSPS Members for the Tenth Annual Underwater Basket-Weaving Event at Golden Acres Campground on Square Lake.

This event embodies all the elements of a perennial Scout fall classic: adventure, convenience, timeliness, creative expression, and FUN for everyone!

Please click on this link to learn more about the event and to "Register".

BSA Underwater Basket Weaving Dive 2021 

If you have any questions on this event, please contact the Program Leader.  His information is below.

Dean Soderbeck
Program Leader and BSA Advisor
deansoderbeck@yahoo.com
651-483-8596. 

GLSPS and BSA Venture Crew 820 9th Annual Underwater 
Basket Weaving Event 

Sunday, September 13, 2020



    

Please join the BSA Scuba Venture Crew 820 and the GLSPS Members for the Ninth Annual Underwater Basket-Weaving Event at Golden Acres Campground on Square Lake.

This event embodies all the elements of a perennial Scout fall classic: adventure, convenience, timeliness, creative expression, and FUN for everyone!

Please click on this link to learn more about the event and to "Register".

Underwater Basket Weaving Fun Dive 

If you have any questions on this event, please contact the Program Leader.  His information is below.

Dean Soderbeck
Program Leader and BSA Advisor
deansoderbeck@yahoo.com
651-483-8596. 

 

GLSPS and BSA Venture Crew 820 Annual Underwater 
Basket Weaving Event 

Saturday, September 22nd, 2018

BSA Scuba Venture Crew 820 hosted its seventh annual underwater basket-weaving event on 22 at Golden Acres Campground on Square Lake.

Six youth Scouts wove baskets 20-feet underwater under the supervision of six adult

Scouters, and two additional adult Scouts providing shore support.

All participants enjoyed the sunny 64 to 66 degree day, despite only 10 feet of visibility near the bottom of the lake, with water temperature at 66 degrees.

 

Scouts measured and cut pieces according to the basket kit directions and pre-assembled the base prior to diving. The weavers used the small round reed basket kit pattern the Scout shop sells: the 3”x3”x3” Natural Rattan Reed. This is the easiest to work with while under water, with the extra side material some of the scout’s baskets were 8 inches tall.

 

One small manageable event happened.  A broken wet suit zipper. Thank goodness for duct tape.

Scouts arrived in uniform to represent the Scout format.

 

In 59 to 67 minutes of bottom time, the Scouts completed weaving the sides while kneeling on dive platform 20-feet below the water surface. They finish the top loops back on land after the baskets dry out.

 

This event embodies all the elements of a perennial Scout fall classic: adventure, convenience, timeliness, creative expression, and ----FUN!

To answer any questions on these outings or our upcoming outings with the Venture Crew 820 please call Crew Advisor, Program Leader, Information is below.

Dean Soderbeck
Program Leader and BSA Advisor
deansoderbeck@yahoo.com
651-483-8596.