Q: My troop is going to Northern Tier next summer, and I was wondering what the best camera would be to capture all of the action. It would need to be waterproof and have a long battery life. — Vincent, Watsontown, Pennsylvania A: GoPro cameras are the gold standard in the action-camera industry. These cameras…

Habits are actions that we do automatically in response to cues. For example, brushing your teeth before going to bed, putting on a seatbelt when you get into the car, grabbing the bag of cheese curls when you open the pantry door. There are healthy habits and unhealthy habits. Researchers say the easiest way to…

(This story originally appeared in the March-April 2018 issue of Scouting magazine.) A few years ago, longtime Cub Scout training experts Matt Markham and Jessi King-Markham found that volunteers who willingly attended Basic Adult Leader Outdoor Orientation to learn to take their Cub Scouts camping often balked at signing up for a second and separate training, what…

Planning pays off Scouts with Troop 282 of Eugene, Ore., ended each day of their 40-mile backpacking trek through the Three Sisters Wilderness at a lake. That way, they could cool down at the end of a long day on the trail. See what other preparations and techniques worked out in the September issue of…

The United States has hundreds of national monuments, seashores, historic sites, rivers, battlefields and memorials. But there are only 63 officially-designated national parks. National parks are very popular and attract millions of visitors every year, but not many people can say they’ve visited them all. In fact, if you’ve been to just 16 of the…

Imagine this dilemma: Frank Quince readily admits he’s no star student, but he’s not alone in thinking Mr. Simpson’s algebra class is way too hard. Frank’s mom and most of his fellow students agree, and even Brianna McKey — who is a star student — admits that she actually has to study for tests. To…

You can spend as little as $20 or as much as $300 for a camp chair — the more features, comfort and durability, the higher the price tag typically is. With the features the CLIQ Chair ($130, cliqproducts.com) offers, it’s a pretty good value. The biggest highlight is its size. The chair folds down to…

Q: How do I make a camp song? — Andrew, Atlanta, Georgia A: It’s fun transforming a beloved or funny Scouting experience into a song. To make one everyone can enjoy, keep it simple. The simplest way is to take a tune everyone knows and replace the lyrics. Pay attention to matching syllables and pacing…

(This story originally appeared in the May-June 2016 issue of Scouting magazine.) Inside the John D. Tickle Sr. National Training and Leadership Center in the words of four who have been.Tyler Forsberg, 17-year-old Eagle Scout from Tennessee It didn’t take Tyler long to know he made the right choice by going to the Summit Bechtel Reserve. The “aha”…

When I launched Survivorman in Canada in 2001 (and shortly after in the U.S.), there was practically nothing on TV about survival. Survivorman started as a way for me, a survival instructor, to teach survival skills and share my love of adventure in the wilderness. This was my sole motivation. Most of what followed by…