5 Minute blogs with tips on camping, the outdoors, and Scout Advancement.
1- Diarrhea is probably the worst word to associate with a camping trip. Diarrhea is simply the frequent, watery bowel discharge through the anus. Diarrhea has many possible causes: Bacterial or viral infection Protozoal infection (contaminated food or water) Food poisoning from toxins Parasites (most likely ingested) Bowel disease (such as Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Colitis, … Read more
1- I normally only think about Cloud-to-Ground lightning strikes when I am considering setting up camp. Lightning travels at the speed of light. But the associated thunder travels at the speed of sound. Sound travels through air at about 1,100 feet per second. To estimate the distance of the lightning strike is to count by … Read more
1- Lightning is a huge static electricity discharge. Which is hotter; the surface of the Sun or a Lightning Bolt? The surface of the sun runs about 11,000 deg. F. Lightning runs up to 50,000 deg. F. There are some estimates that say the voltage of a bolt of lightning runs as high as 120,000 … Read more
1- Hiking is hard on your feet compared to an average school or workday. You will usually cover many more miles through rougher terrain. If you are backpacking; then your feet and legs are carrying more weight than normal. I coach beginning backpackers to concentrate their first purchases on shoes and socks. Ask your fellow … Read more
Body Fluids: 1- Your body uses and loses water every moment of your life. Our bodies lose water thru breathing, sweating, urinating, and defecating. Also through blood loss and female menstrual cycles. Not to mention injuries. Heat and cold exposure, high altitude, flying, burns, illness, and increased activity cause your body to need more water … Read more
1- Scouting: Ask every Scouter you know what their life would be like without Scouts? What did they learn & how did they use that knowledge or skills from Scouts? What would they have done differently in Scouts? What kind of Leadership roles were learned in Scouts? What kind of Service Projects did those Scouts … Read more
1- The current thinking in current medical/responder triage for mass casualty incidents (MCI) is to use 5 colors. You do not have to have an MCI to use this coding/tagging system. You can express to the 911 operator that you have X of Y color; that will help the responders. IE: I have 1 Red … Read more
1- Nutrition in cold weather and in hot weather help your body cope with outdoor temperatures. Let us look at the winter conditions. Cold weather, medically speaking, starts at about 50 deg. F ( 10 deg. C ). In cold weather your body starts retreating your blood circulation to the inner workings of your body. … Read more
1- I carry an Emery Board in my shaving kit when I go camping. These can take care of cracked toe or fingernails, calluses, and can even be a backup match striker. 2- Many companies have intern programs. Some pay, some do not. Some schools give class credit for internships. (I just found out that … Read more
1-This song is titled “The Happy Wanderer” by Florenz Friedrich Sigismund. First verse: I love to go a-wandering, Along the mountain track, And as I go, I love to sing, My knapsack on my back. 1B- Rudyard Kipling wrote the poem “The Way Through The Woods.” Here is the second verse. Yet, if you enter … Read more