Information on outdoor, camping and Scoutcraft skills, such as camping,
canoeing and other outdoors skills, Hints and Kinks, and general skills
connected with Scouting activities.

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Scoutcraft Skills

Chlorination Water Treatment - Information on purifying water using chlorination. Also see the FEMA brochures on this topic for expert information.

Dealing With Bears - Stay safe while camping and hiking in Bear Country.

Cold Weather Camping - Information, techniques, safety considerations, cold weather health hazards and first aid.

Leave No Trace (LNT)  camping principles from a series of posting on Scouts-L. Very good information in line with the current BSA LNT programs.

Vapor Barrier Techniques for Winter Camping - Use Vapor Barrier principles for warmer winter camping.

Getting Lost - How to keep from getting lost, and what to do if you are.

Personal Distance Computer for Orienteering.

Hints and Kinks - A collection of articles with tips to help make your life run a little smoother.

Hints and Kinks 2 - Even more handy tips.

Flint and Steel Firebuilding - How to teach Flint and Steel firebuilding, with some tips for making your own kit.

Fire by Friction  -  Make your own firebuilding set and never be without fire, even when you don't have matches.    In Acrobat .PDF format.  25k

Build a Log Cabin - from the 1925 Scout Handbook.   In Acrobat PDF format. 46k

Make your own Stuff Sacks for packing your camping supplies.   In Acrobat .PDF format. 14k

Make Barrel Stave snowshoes, if you can find barrel staves!  In Acrobat .PDF format. 63k

Summer camp woodcarving activities - Do woodcarving safely and effectively. Tips on conducting the Woodcarving merit badge at camp.

Pioneering Projects and Information

Monkey Bridge Pioneering project - From an old Boy's Life reprint. The reprint pictures were not of top quality, but show the steps fairly well.

Build a Model Bridge  -   Build a scale model of a Pioneering bridge project.  In Acrobat .PDF format

Catapult Plans

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