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Anatoly<br />
By Alfonso Pla and Fritz Pingel<br />
Anatoly is the only Russian<br />
counselor currently at Chewonki. This<br />
is his second year at Chewonki. His<br />
favorite sport he plays here is tennis,<br />
which is where he spends most of his<br />
time. Castle Island is his favorite place<br />
to be at Chewonki, and her goes there a<br />
lot. He does 8 activities overall at<br />
Chewonki. His favorite meal at camp is<br />
a cream-based fish soup, but his<br />
favorite breakfast is raisin bran and<br />
blueberry pancakes. Yum!!<br />
Anatoly is playing the campercounselor<br />
tennis tournament with<br />
Alfredo. He is having lots of fun at<br />
Chewonki this summer and would like<br />
Parrots at Chewonki?<br />
By Will Altenburg<br />
Yes, that’s right! We have two<br />
male Australian budgies named<br />
Frosty and Joey living right here at<br />
camp. The Altenburg family has two<br />
budgies that live with them in Hoyt’s<br />
cabin. I believe they acquired them in<br />
April.<br />
During the day they hop<br />
around their cage, squawking and<br />
chirping, and making gurgling noises.<br />
They start squawking at 6:00 am and<br />
stop at 7:00 pm. Any questions? Ask<br />
me!<br />
What is a BKG? By Cole Triedman<br />
Last year at Chewonki I was introduced to the term BKG,<br />
or, Bronze Kayaking God. I often heard BKG coming out<br />
of the mouths of mostly blond-haired, well dressed,<br />
typical kayaking bros.<br />
Peter Qualay, Bo, Matt Kingsbury and of course<br />
Bear Huffard would often use the phrase to glorify<br />
themselves when they spent all day at the waterfront doing<br />
fancy tricks with kayaks. But I soon learned that being a<br />
BKG involves much more than three simple words. It’s<br />
an accomplishment, no, a way of life. Jack Lawlor says it’s<br />
a religion.<br />
I don’t have enough passion for shredding the<br />
gnar all summer like the BKGs however. For me, being<br />
ridiculously good at kayaking would be fun, but not any<br />
more fun as many other things at Chewonki.<br />
Will Durrett disagrees. “It’s all about the stoke,<br />
you know?” he said in an interview. “When you’re out on<br />
the water ripping tricks, stoke levels are high.”<br />
I’ve always wondered about attaining the BKG<br />
status. It’s really all about adrenaline and feeling powerful.<br />
But Walter outlined the process a bit more clearly for me.<br />
“You have to paddle class three rapids, spin on a<br />
wave, perform a combat roll, and get a really nice life<br />
jacket tan,” he said. You need to be obsessed, and<br />
obsessed they are.<br />
But they exude other qualities as well. BKGs<br />
certainly make it out like they rule Chewonki. I wonder if<br />
BKG status is the biggest honor here at camp. Is there<br />
anyone debating this? Or is this universal knowledge?<br />
“Not at all,” John Russell said in response to these<br />
questions. “The greatest honor at Chewonki is to be the<br />
equivalent of a BKG in every activity.”<br />
Jack Lawlor, who gets off on tangents, said “my<br />
greatest accomplishment was being at the lunch where we<br />
ate 500 grilled cheeses.”<br />
Bo didn’t know there were other activities.
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