AM I TOO OLD FOR CAMP?
This is a chemist’s dream come true:
ROLLA, Mo. — Camp Winnigootchee was never like this.
A group of high school students stood at the edge of a limestone quarry last month as three air horn blasts warned that something big was about to go boom. Across the quarry, with a roar and a cloud of dust and smoke, a 50-foot-high wall of rock sloughed away with a shudder and a long crashing fall, and 20,000 tons of rock was suddenly on the ground.
The campers laughed.
“That’s cool!” said Ian Dalton, a student from Camdenton, Mo.
Austin Shoemaker, a student from Macon, Mo., concurred. “It was baad!” he said. “Do it again!”
There aren’t many wholesome explosions in the news these day, but those are what Summer Explosives Camp provides. It is just a louder, and arguably more exciting, version of the kind of summer experiences designed to recruit students to the quieter academic disciplines.
Darn! When I was growing up the most violent camp ever got was shooting .22 shorts. Thanks, April, for making me jealous. 🙂
3 Responses to “AM I TOO OLD FOR CAMP?”
 Comment by Lisa Giebitz July 3rd, 2007 at 7:44 pm |
Wow… that sounds like a half-step down from interning at “Mythbusters”! |
 Comment by Unique July 4th, 2007 at 1:43 am |
It sounds like fun. Do they take grownups? |
 Comment by Evil HR Lady July 6th, 2007 at 6:06 am |
I am not a chemist, but boy do I really want to go as well. Nothing like explosions to make your day happy! |