Scout2Eagle: Gaither's Gathering
5 Minute blogs with tips on camping, the outdoors, and Scout Advancement.
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
1- Let me get 2 things out of the way first: A- When is a map out-of-date? The day it is published. The world is constantly changing. B- Every map distorts something. How much and how it distorts depends on the type of projection that the cartographer uses. Any map that is trying to … Read more
1- In this July heat I think about winter camping. It seems to me that it is easier to warm up than to cool down. Unless you are camping beside a body of water that you can go sit in till the heat & sweat are more under control. Winter camping also has fewer bugs … Read more
1- We know that the lowest layer of Earth’s atmosphere is called the Troposphere. And the next layer up is called the Stratosphere. Atop the stratosphere is Mesosphere. The next layer up is called the Thermosphere. And the last layer of Earth’s atmosphere is the Exosphere. These layers are based on temperature. Also, as you … Read more