Aug 28, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
(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... 
Aug 21, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
(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... 
Jul 8, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
Robert Siemann, 18, was at his home in Albertson, N.Y., when he heard loud noises coming from outside. Siemann and his father ran to investigate and saw that a garbage truck had crashed into a neighbor’s house. The truck driver was hurt but appeared to be stable. As... 
Jul 3, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
Their names are splashed across Scout councils, camps, museums and awards, but who were the men who helped create the Scouting program? Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell (1857-1941) In October 1899, several thousand Boer fighters laid siege to the South African... 
Jun 12, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
Emergency Situation: You’re hiking with some friends in July at Zion National Park. It’s high noon when you begin to feel faint. Sweat pours down your forehead and into your eyes, causing you to stumble down the trail. You’re dizzy. You open your canteen for a drink... 
Jun 5, 2021 | Scouting Magazine
Navigation A topographic map for identifying landscape features on your hike remains required navigational gear. With a printed map, you don’t have to worry about battery life or electronics failing or getting dropped. Likewise, a compass is foolproof and simple;...