CRESTVIEW — Crestview Boy Scout Troop 773 members have learned about the many similarities, and differences, between their troop and scout troops in Sweden.
On Aug. 3, a Swedish boy scout, Axel Borgdén, visited assistant senior patrol leader Christopher Schultz and his fellow scouts at their weekly troop meeting.
He and the group began to compare notes. Here's what they learned:
Both American and Swedish scouts have a love and respect for the outdoors.
One difference between the two is that Swedish scouts don’t follow U.S. and British scouts’ military-inspired rankings.
And outdoor activities in winter differ from Crestview’s troop, where few of the boys have seen snowfall as excessive as Sweden’s.
In addition, Crestview troop members may have never experienced the thrill of digging a hole in an ice-covered lake and leaping in the frigid water before dashing to the warmth of a nearby sauna.
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This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Valkommen! Crestview scouts welcome Swedish visitor