Speaking of Scouting at Home, find resources, tips and answers to your frequently asked questions on the BSA’s official Scouting at Home site. That was Davis’ explanation for the idea when he pitched it to me in early March - before the coronavirus outbreak forced us all to stay at home.īut it turns out this teaching tool, which Davis calls “laptop-sized,” is perfect for learning to lash in front of actual laptop screens. It shouldn’t be about struggling to keep to 5-foot-long poles close together.” “Learning knots and lashing is about muscle memory. “I came up with it after watching them fumble about with poles we have,” says Matt Davis, a leader in Troop 84 of Somerville, N.J., part of the Patriots’ Path Council. Thankfully, one Scouting volunteer invented a solution for teaching lashings using a device that fits on a kitchen table. (Sorry, Mom and Dad.)Īnd while you could go outside, not everyone has the kind of backyard internet access you’d need to watch instructional videos about knot-tying. Learning how to lash together camp gadgets like dishwashing racks, cooking stations and dining fly poles is a fun - and useful - Scouting skill.īut learning to tie these lashings at home, in a living room? That’s a recipe for broken lamps.
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