Planning

Sit. Rep. #119: CQ, Down Hill, Sharks

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1- Where to camp?  The basic answer, that Scouts follow, is where you make the least impact on the environment, wildlife, and fellow campers.  Most State & Federal parks (and private campgrounds) have specific campsites that you MUST use. In wilderness areas these are some of my considerations when selecting an area to set up … Read more

Sit. Rep. #113: Beginning Basics, Insulation

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1- What is your purpose of camping or backpacking or hiking?  Scout advancement, adventure, building self confidence, getting away from the hustle & bustle, getting away from electronics and screens, commune with nature, photography or research or fishing expedition, the love of being out doors, more fun than the gym, surveying:  any answer is OK … Read more

Sit. Rep. #105: Oops, Help, What?

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1- You have planned & are in the middle of a backpacking trip and ________ happens!  It does not matter what you filled in the blank with.  Weather, injury, equipment failure, illness, emergency at home, wild fire, natural disaster, blizzard, heat wave, mudslide, food raided by wildlife, flood, wildlife attack, crime / human attack, avalanche, … Read more

Sit. Rep. #93: Knots, Lids, & Permits

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1- OK!  You have spent at least a month getting in physical shape for you first hike or backpacking trip.  You have learned how to deal with the physical exertion mentally.  You now know how it feels and you can muster through it.  You have put up & struck your tent many times including several … Read more