Just recently we had a wilderness survival camping trip. It was very interesting, due to the fact that it was something our troop has never done. The younger scouts learned the basic methods of Wilderness Survival for a few weeks leading up to the camping trip. They were given a list of things to bring and things not to bring, and the only thing they had to eat on the Saturday night of the trip was a potato. We gave them a small compass course, which led them to there camping sites. Once they got there they had to build there own shelter using the wilderness. All the guys did great and built good shelters. All of them earned the merit badge. Overall it was a very fun and interesting camping trip, and we are looking forward to doing another
in the future.

Thoughts by: Matt Hayden