Scoutmaster Podcast 58
Les Stroud on the survivor's mindset, preparation, and sharing knowledge when leading youth into the wilderness
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INTRO
Cross-country skiing joke — nearly 50 miles from home, tired, should have tried a smaller country first.
WELCOME
Frank Vaynard (Troop 407) on patrol method during membership influx; Mike Malone on sustaining the work; Jamie Humphries on joining scouting as an adult; Larry Geiger on survival skills and post-scouting risk.
INTERVIEW
Les Stroud, author of 'Will to Live' and creator of Survivorman, discusses the survivor's mindset, additive factors in survival (will, luck, skills, kit), the importance of sharing knowledge in the field, and his moose-chasing misadventure.
LISTENER PHONE CALL
Bill McFarland, Troop 8, Ipswich MA, shares his favorite camping trip — a rainy, muddy JLTC week that forged lasting brotherhood.
OUTRO