Here’s what you’ll find inside the September 2021 issue of Scout Life magazine. Remember, many articles are only available to subscribers and are not available online. Please visit scoutlife.org/subscribe to subscribe to the print or digital editions of Scout Life magazine. SEPTEMBER 2021 FEATURES HEY, THREE SISTERS Treated to beautiful sights along the way, this…

It’s not strong enough for climbing, but you can use this simple wooden clip to secure your stuff. WHAT YOU’LL NEED 3-inch carabiner 3⁄8″ birch plywood Pencil Drill 1⁄4″ drill bit Coping saw Sandpaper Water-based polyurethane WHAT YOU’LL DO 1. Place a real carabiner on the plywood and trace around the inside and outside edges…

When it comes to your future, you should make the most of your Scouting experience. On an application for college or a job, it’s not enough to just list Scouting as one of a half-dozen bullet points on your résumé. You need to explain the significance of that experience and how it shaped you. By…

“Lat” is short for latissimus dorsi, the fancy name for back muscles. You can strengthen these major back muscles with lat pulldowns. Sit on the lat pulldown machine and adjust the knee pad. The pad helps keep you from being raised by the bar’s resistance. Keep your feet flat on the floor and your back…

You’re ready to go backpacking, but looking at the cost of all the needed gear has you wondering: Will you even make it to the trailhead? That’s understandable. Prices can be intimidating, but there’s good news. You don’t need to drop a small fortune to outfit yourself for backpacking — in fact, you can get…

With two 48-ounce Nalgenes and a couple of 32-ounce water bottles, Andrew Hruby thought he had enough for each day of his troop’s 40-mile backpacking trek. But the first day on the trail required trudging uphill — a 2,100-foot gain in elevation — under a hot sun with little shade. The 15-year-old First Class Scout…

Your Cub Scouts might be called Lions or Tigers, but you probably feel like you’re herding cats half the time. As the 1947 Scoutmaster Handbook pointed out, kids “have a thousand muscles to wiggle with and only one dozen to sit still with. That dozen gets mighty tired mighty quickly.” So how can you encourage…

For nearly a century, people have been fascinated with the concept of driverless cars. In the late 1920s and 1930s, engineers built a handful of radio-controlled sedans operated by a person with a transmitter who followed closely behind in another car. Today, we’re still not at the point where technology can solely drive us wherever…

Q: I am looking for a quality multitool made in America. I have $100 to spend on it. I want to be able to open it with one hand. — Sam, Bismarck, North Dakota A: With those requirements, my first choice would be the Leatherman Wave+ ($100, leatherman.com). At 4 inches long, it’s sleek, compact…

This story originally appeared in the November-December 2000 issue of Scouting magazine. After nearly a decade of leadership in a large suburban pack, a Cubmaster prepares to move on as his child ages out of the program. To help his successor, he hands over a file box containing notes on how to run a Pinewood…