Boy Scouts of America is one of the foremost educators of camping for young boys ages 12 through 18. Even before a child is old enough to be a boy scout the organization has activities for younger boys that help them develop good camping techniques. The other organizations are known as Cub Scouts and then Webelos Scouting. The organizations for the younger boys familiarize the boys with the basic skills in camping and they practice with activities called day camp in their younger years. By the time the boys are 11 and 12 they are going on overnight camping excursions with troupe leaders and other volunteer parents. The experience is a very bonding one.
A boy that becomes a part of the Boy Scouting organization learns leadership skills and gets training during each of their camping trips. The groups of boys of any general area are called a troupe and they develop a bond with each other similar to a school sports team or a fraternal order. The key to their training involves camping quite a bit. Some troupes plan a camping trip every month during the school seasons and up to every week during the summer.
The skills that are taught on a camping trip are things as...