10.23.06
Animated knots
The one merit badge I learned as a Cub Scout that turned out to be useful was the one on knots. Knowing a variety of knots comes in handy a lot more often than you would expect. This Web site teaches you how to tie knots by animation. You should at least learn:
Bowline, sheetbend, Carrick bend, reef, figure-8, timber hitch, clove hitch, cleat hitch, double fisherman’s, sheepshank.
Learn those first. There will be a test—but you never know when or where.
This would be fun for the Older Grandson, I bet.
The Eldest said,
23 October 2006 at 1:51 pm
Very old-paradigm scouting. Now cub scouts learn bigotry and copyright law. Somehow, sounds less fun…