50-Miler Training, Bridger Mountains, Montana (Leica M9)
Bridger Mountains and the Gallatin Valley, Montana Leica M9, Zeiss 35/2.8C How do you train a boy to walk a 50-Miler? In Bozeman, you do it by walking up and down and across…
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On the Relevance of Video Games, Lightweight Backpacking Gear, and Education for Boy Scouts
Boy Scout, Montana Trekking Sigma DP2, ISO 50, f/5.0, 1/1000 sec. A lot of things vie for our kids' time and interests, including but not limited to video games, which this post is not…
Training Hikes with Boy Scouts: “M” Trail, Bozeman, Montana (Sigma DP2s Photos)
Turning the corner and heading home at sunset. (Click the photo to see it bigger and better, especially if you have an Apple LED monitor.) Sigma DP2s, f/2.8, 1/30 sec, ISO 50. Our Boy…
Patrol Campfire
Patrol Campfire Tobacco Root Mountains, March 2010 (Sigma DP2, f/2.8 15s) Our Scouts are learning about lightweight backpacking. Unlike most of us, who learned about it on our own, these kids are learning it…
Spring Hostility in Montana (Photo: Sigma DP2)
Spring Hostility in Montana, Sigma DP2 (click for larger) Last weekend we took the Scout troop on their first backpacking trip of the season into the foothills of the Tobacco Root Mountains. We…