20 "Strange" Old Scout Tricks That Make Modern Camping Gear Look Stupid

📘 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 ran a scout troop in Michigan's north woods for thirty-five years, and none of these twenty were lost because something better came along. They were lost because nobody could sell them to you. The eight replacements I can put a current price on add up to four hundred and fifty dollars, and tonight's answers come out of a candle, a bar of soap, a spare sock and a piece of string. In this video: Why rubbing soap on a clean pot before you cook saves you every bit of scrubbing after The two seconds of boot lacing that stop heel blisters better than any blister kit Boiling water in a paper cup over an open flame, and the physics that makes it work Sleeping on the ground your fire was burning on, done the way that is actually safe Plus the fire-hardening trick everyone teaches, and what the lab testing found when somebody finally measured it. Safety note: keep steel wool and loose nine-volt batteries away from each other at home, tape the posts, and never bury a campfire to put it out. Drown it, stir it, drown it again. Which one of these twenty would you still be too embarrassed to do with the neighbors watching? Tell me below. Subscribe for the skills they stopped teaching.