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I was also a never scout. Did plenty of camping but never did scouts. Always regretted it for a while but got over when I saw actual troops in action.
>be camping with dad
>moderate trail, just a few miles to an ice creek with some semi cleared areas for camping
>check the log book at trailhead
>15+ Boy Scouts with an hour head start
>fuck me
>we get to hiking
>about halfway there we stumble across them.
>wtf how did we catch up to them
>they’re maybe 13-14. I was maybe 16 at the time
>pass them and haul ass to get decent tent spot
>we get there, set up camp, eat lunch, and take a nap by the time they roll in
>we took the best spot with a nice big fire pit and log to sit on
>scout masters gives us a look, but fuck em
>they basically form a ring around us, lol whatever
>we let them hang around our fire pit that night
>scout master send kids out to get fire wood
>forest was a no cut kinda thing so just what was on the ground
>kids come back with twigs and green leaves
>I had to hike about 2-300 yards upstream to find a cache of good wood and logs
>hack it up with a hatchet while all the kids watched as if I was a caveman
>scoutmaster try’s to teach them how to use a flint and magnesium striker to start fire
>they all are trying to hunch over their mini fires and scrape at arms length
>lol I go to my fire and scrape my magnesium into a ball of dead grass, light, and pick it up and set it in the fire pit gently
>scoutmaster hurries kids over to watch me
Basically the whole trip the kids learned nothing and were being helicoptered the whole time. I’m sure they had fun and all but you can do that without scouts. If I had a children involved in scouts I’d want them to actually learned something, not just be bussed around a trail then taken home.

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My mom never let me go to Scout/summer camp because she was afraid that I might get raped.What did I miss out on?

My mom never let me go to Scout/summer camp because she was afraid that I might get raped.
What did I miss out on?