Mt Whitney Zone Forums General Discussion Boy Scouts, outdoors, and danger

Everyone I ever talk to from volunteer organizations such as the PCTA or SCA or just individuals that have personal experience all tell me the same thing "they hate the Boy Scouts". I cannot recall a single time someone has expressed a positive attitude towards them and it's always the same theme "they have no regard for wilderness regulations or etiquette" "they engage in very dangerous and mischievous behavior" and "the leaders are idiots".

Things range from the entire troop having their tents set up literally two feet from a lake in a row, kids doing trail work wildly swinging tools over their head with others right next to them and the troop leaders giving every kid an axe and just saying "go have fun".

My dad always laughs at how his troop leaders would pack in tons of beer and get drunk every night.

I personally was never in the Boy Scouts and have not had a chance to work with them personally on trail projects so i'd rather have some personal experience with them before I form my own biased opinion but as I said I have not heard anything good yet...