Providing repeated opportunities to put acquired outdoor skills into action, in ways that are satisfying and rewarding, is integral to making Scouting unforgettably fun.
Following the EDGE Method, these videos serve to Explain and Demonstrate specific outdoor skills. The goal of these videos is to furnish clear explanations and and best practice demonstrations, providing adult and junior Scout leaders with the wherewithal to present campcraft more confidently.
BASIC KNOTS
– Bowline
– Clove Hitch
– Lark’s Head
– Sheepshank
– Sheet Bend
– Square Knot
– Taut-line Hitch
– Timber Hitch
– Two Half Hitches
BASIC KNOTS
– Bowline
– Clove Hitch
– Lark’s Head
– Sheepshank
– Sheet Bend
– Square Knot
– Taut-line Hitch
– Timber Hitch
– Two Half Hitches
EARLY RANK REQUIRED FIRST AID SKILLS
– Bandages
– Bites ans Stings
– Blisters and Second Degree Burns
– Cold-Related Injuries
– First Aid Carries
– Heat-Related Injuries
– Object in the Eye and Hyperventalation
– Puncture Wounds
– Venomous Snake Bites and Shock
FIRE BUILDING SKILLS
– Lighting and Feeding a Fire
– Laying a Fire
– After a Fire
– Flint and Steel
– Bow and Drill
NAVIGATION AND MEASUREMENTS
– Facing a Bearing
– Using a Map
– Measuring Heights and Widths
LASHINGS
– Diagonal Lashing
– Filipino Diagonal Lashing
– Floor Lashing (Double)
– Ladder Lashing
– Round Lashing
– Shear Lashing
– Square Lashing (Mark II)
– Tripod Lashing (Plain Turns)
– West Country Round Lashing
PIONEERING KNOTS
– Butterfly Knot
– Carrick Bend
– Clove Hitch / Half Hitches
– Constrictor Knot
– Draw Hitch
– Rolling Hitch
– Square Knot (Visual Approach)
– Roundturn with Two Half Hitches
– Water Knot
– Zeppelin Bend
PIONEERING SKILLS
– Anchoring Pioneering Projects
– Back Splice
– Eye Splice
– American Whipping
– Half Knot (West Country) Whipping
– Half Hitches and Lashings
– Making Rope
– Ropes and Spars
– Rope Tackle
– Sailmaker’s Whipping
– Short Splice
TARPS AND DINING FLIES
– Tarps and Patrol Dining Fly
– Basic Patrol Dining Fly
– Patrol Dining Fly Demonstration
WOODS TOOLS
– Using a Camp Saw
– Using a Hand Ax and Knife
– Making Wooden Stakes