Sounds like the jamborees we had up here - which yes, they were a memorable adventure and they were fun, but they had almost nothing to do with backpacking - they were closer to good car camping, or hiking up to furnished huts.

I'm not saying jamboree type activities aren't fun. I'm saying they arnen't backpacking. and unfortunately, gearing ones backpacking gear toward attending jamboree type events has negative consequences for every other type of backpacking - which is what most of the rest of us do.