20 FORGOTTEN Scout Camp Tricks Our Grandfathers Used

📘 THE BOOK: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camping & Fishing Manual" (120 camp and fishing tricks) 📗 ALSO: "The Old Scout Way: Walt's Camp Cooking Manual" (60 tricks for cooking with no kitchen) Get one, or both in a bundle: https://waltscampingsecrets.com I spent thirty-five years as a scoutmaster, and a lot of what I taught came down from folks who never had a phone in their pocket. In this video I count down 20 old camp tricks that quietly stopped getting passed down, from a red light that saves your night eyes to the old waterfront buddy check. In this video: A red lens for night walks, soap on the pot, a cricket that tells the temperature, and a pebble that replaces a tarp grommet Daylight by the hand, fatwood, the tick habit to drop, and reading cooking coals with your palm A canvas water bag that cools by evaporation, an 1892 rule for hiking time, the slowest hiker near the front, and a staff for creek crossings Storm clouds before noon, a grease fire on the camp stove, canoe rules, and the stick that tells you if a tree can reach your tent Safety: never put water on a grease fire, wear your life jacket instead of stowing it, and if you can hear thunder, get off the water. Which of these did your grandfather teach you? Tell me below. Subscribe for the skills they stopped teaching: https://www.youtube.com/@Waltcampingsecrets