Guyline tripping prevention with kids?

Thanks but I don't know about being an amazing scout leader. Our troop sometimes fell closer to being a street gang than choir boys. But they all seemed to turn out well with a large number of them participating all through high school and achieving their eagles. We all had fun and are certainly the better for it. In a bad situation I can't think of many I would have as much faith in as those guys.

Still wouldn't trust em around my guylines though.

What about using some 1/8'' shock-cord on your guylines? That way, there will be some give if any one trips on it. You'd probably only need a foot or so of shock cord on each line.

Thanks for the comments gentlemen. Please keep in mind these are Cub Scouts and Webelos Scouts, not Boy Scouts who know better. Ages ranging from 7-10 years old.

We get these kids out camping/hiking early and often. The kids are sleeping in tents with their parents and guardians so we aren't in a situation where the adults are staying in their own areas away from the scouts. Some of these functions whe have a large number of people in a small campsite due to the sheer size of our group and participation.

I completely agree with the boy scout comments. They should be left to fend for themselves with adults only intervening when necessary. My oldest will be in Boy Scouts next year and is looking forward to it.

Moving forward, I'll be leaving the guylines down until lights out if the weather allows. If the weather doesn't allow, I'll be pounding some sticks in the ground about 1" outside the guylines that have bright flags on them. Again, the problem isn't at night, it's during the day with the kids running around not paying attention. Education with this age group many times goes in one ear and out the other. Over time, this problem will get better.

Thanks again for the great ideas.

Dan

I can't remember who it was, I think Lawson, but someone here sells some bright orange guyline with reflective strands woven into it. Paint your stake heads neon orange also and this should help with visibilty both at night and during the day. The flagging tape sounds like it would help as well. Good luck!

I had the same problem with an adult canoe tripping partner.

The solution I found was to cut some 1" x 8" strips from a white plastic supermarket bag. The really thin bags. I tie these on the guylines with a simple overhand knot. A dozen would weigh less than a gram.

Dan

I interpreted your post to involve Cub Scouts, right off the bat. I can see the little b…oys running around, hooting and hollering, right now.

You posted about the education route incl. no running in camp, upon pain of BSA-appropriate death (two deep leadership for the execution according to the GtSS), so it really is down to the guyline issues. I think you'll find that a roll of pink, orange or other neon surveyors tape will do the trick for your Pack on family camping: it's 1/2" wide, very light and you simply jerk it into foot-long strips you can tie onto the guy lines. Leave them on the lines, or pull them off and either toss them in the box for the next round or into the camp trash…your call. They'll make the line much more obvious.

We had a nice family tent damaged when a guyline caught in a passing bicycle that shouldn't have been ridden in camp. The owners of the tent had a nice, new vent in the corner of their tent and the entire Pack became much more supportive of my suggestion against play/run/ride in the tent areas after that1

+1 on surveyors tape, My pops uses it for his hammock.