In high school I was honored with the opportunity to go to one of the Young Life summer youth camps.

The camp that the High School students of Aspen went to in 1978 was in Victoria, Canada. It was called “Malibu” and was named after the family that donated their family retreat to Young Life. The donors were the heirs to the Hamilton-Beach Corporation, a Malibu Beach, California based family.

What is “Plunking” you ask?

As the camp counselors described it, “plunk” is the sound you hear when a rock is tossed into a body of water, like a Fjord, lake or even an ocean. Malibu Camp was on the Princess Louisa Fjord in BC Canada.

The first rule of “Plunking” is that you have someone in your life that you want to kiss. Not the kiss goodnight or “Hi Gramma” kiss on the cheek type of kiss. Nope we are talking about that special person you want to have fall in love with you. Once you are in love, plunking is no longer needed.

You need to have the correct gear and mind set to Plunk. You will need Three pebbles, three is key. You need to be at waters edge, or preferably on a pier, Jetty or dock. You will need to bring the person you want to kiss. If this person has no desire to be your love interest you may want to rethink this.

Once you have done all your preparations and you have arrived at waters edge, explain to your companion that the way it works is that you will toss the first pebble and the two of you are to kiss until you hear the “plunk” as the pebble hits the water. Be sure to barely toss the fist pebble, leaving very little time to have your first kiss. Explain to them that you did a bad job on your first try and that you should toss another pebble.

This time. Give it a good toss, giving you a couple of “kissing seconds” until it hits the water. After doing so, is your companion showing a willingness to continue the activity? If so, now comes the good part.

Show them the third pebble. Now pretend to give it a really good toss but make sure it never actually leaves your hand.