Cliffhanging: Bear Bagging Above the Treeline
On the Arctic 1000, we slept with our food. This gave me a little bit of trepidation, especially when our camp was usually surrounded by some combination of wolves, muskox, and grizzly bears. I'm…
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GoLite Shangri-La 6 & 8: Lightweight Crew Shelters That Meet Standards of Storm Protection, Simplicity, and Group Dynamics
We use GoLite Shangri-La 6's and 8's for our advanced (WT3) Wilderness Trekking School courses, and when I outfit Scout High Adventure Programs going into hostile environments. There are three primary reasons. They are light…
Give a Boy a Map
Harry Potter couldn't cross the Beartooth Range, or be a thru-hiker, because of character attributes that are not compatible with long distance wilderness travel. You see, Harry Potter suffers from arrogance (he'd think he…
Back from the Beartooths: A 50-Mile Traverse With Scouts
Self Portrait at Green Lake LEICA M9, ZEISS BIOGON C 35/2.8 I am back from a traverse of the Beartooth Plateau with BSA Troop 676 of Bozeman, and am getting caught up, so…
The Scout Patrol Method and Leadership
Patrol Leader's Council Meeting, Glacier National Park LEICA M9, ZEISS BIOGON 35/2.8C, JUNE 2010 The Patrol Method, and Leadership Development, are the two Methods of Scouting that are sometimes the hardest to implement because…