Picture from the past: Southend Venture Scout's adventure
In March 1985, Venture Scout Neil Chapman, 19, pounded the streets of Southend in training for a 200-mile hike through the High Sierra mountains of California.
Neil also had to study first aid for snakebite, and how to cope with a grizzly bear
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