There is a set of pictures of this hike in China floating around the email circuit. If you have not seen, check these out. I’m not exactly sure where this is but I’d like to know more about it. These people are crazy. Puts our “tough” hikes in perspective.   Amazing Hike in China Update: This link [...]

I was on a business acquisition trip in Wash DC with 5 British guys when 9/11 occurred. Stranded,  one of them had the ingenious idea that if we rented a 39′ sail boat and stayed on that for the week, it would be far less expensive than if each one of us reserved our own hotel room (if we could [...]

  Limited scuba activity is allowed under the Guide to Safe Scouting: “The use of scuba is not authorized for a BSA unit, except so that registered Boy Scout youth and leaders may participate in the Scuba BSA program conducted by a certified dive instructor in compliance with this policy. Scuba BSA is not a [...]

As a parent, you want to balance your kid’s development across many areas. Local sports fill one space, scouting another, education is in the middle, I’m sure you have them volunteering and doing something for the community and you’re probably traveling and exposing them to new people & places. Something else to consider carefully that [...]

If you are not a boy scout (maybe a girl scout or member of a high school outing club?) and you want to improve your outdoor skills over the summer, this may suit you: http://www.registeredmaineguide.com/juniorprogramsInfo.html Put on by the Maine Youth Camping Association and the Maine Inland Fisheries & Wildlife Department, this looks like it [...]

If this link stays active, here is a list of the possible northeast trail medals. Kids generally like these activities. The springtime Isaac Davis Trail march to the Old North Bridge in Concord was particularly enjoyable. Good for cubs as well. http://sne.tripod.com/trail-ma.htm or try this one: http://www.witchtrail.com/wtctrails.htm#solt Here is the handout from Troop 194 on the Bedford [...]