They Found the Boyscout

I'm glad to learn they found the missing boyscout alive and well.
I'm not surprised he got lost and I'm dismayed his father said he'd trust the same scoutmasters to take him out again.
Last month, I observed from Mt Pinos when scout troop after scout troop arrived after dark on a mountain top nearly 9000 feet high. The scouts, coming from a warmer environment in the city, had to put on warm clothing when they arrived with several wandering off the trails to do it. A scout master yelled "stay on the trail" and one kid yelled back "Why?"
There were probably fifty kids or more, eager to play in the snow with a relative few scoutmasters to oversee them. I think it's amazing some kid didn't wander off and get lost on the mountain. I've seen it happen with adults on Pinos with mountain search and rescue recovering the body(s).
I've got a daughter so I don't have to worry about her getting lost but If I had a son he wouldn't be off with these bozos unless I was there to oversee the zoo...

I'm glad that they found the kid and that nobody heard any banjos or saw any mysterious panel vans. I think they got pretty lucky.

My next store neighbor in MO was a scoutmaster. He was always leaving his house in full scout regalia at about 10 p.m. My wife and I thought he was mighty weird and thought it highly unlikely that scout troops would be meeting at 10 p.m. on a school night. It turned out that he was using the scout connection as cover for an extra-marital affair. A couple of years later, my father-in-law was doing the same thing using involvement with the "Sea Scouts" as cover for his own dalliances. Needless to say, parents need to be aware that scout's honor isn't what it used to be . . . :S