How Many People Who Geocache Are Eagle Scouts

[The Junkyard Dogs]

I am an eagle scout I recieved it in 1994. Alamo Area Caouncil, Troop 234.

 

It has served me well.

 

"be prepared"

[LarkParker]

Went through Scouts (Canada) as a boy, spent some time in cadets and the militia, and now have been a Troop Scouter for 20 years. Starting to feel old, as the children of former Scouts are beginning to show up in my troop!

[+yogiabb]

Went through scouting as a kid (didn't come close to Eagle though). I am now a Cub Scout Den Leader. My son just bridged from Tiger Cubs to Wolf. He and I have a great time caching.

[+Team HikerMan]

Two former scouts here, but that was a long time ago. Only made it as far as Life though.

[Eaglehaslanded]

I made Eagle in 1986 Troop 877 Robert E. Lee Council now it is the Heart of Virginia Counicl

[+The Leprechauns]

Here's a prior discussion from late 2003 of the same topic. My answer hasn't changed; I am still an Eagle Scout.

[+KoosKoos]

Eagle Scout, 1987, Troop 103 in the East Texas Area Council...just crossed over from Cubmaster and now and Assistant Scoutmaster (and one of 3 adult geocachers in our troop).

[+AtoZ]

This question was ask about 3 or 4 months ago. So you might want to do a search.

cheers

[+planemaker]

Went through Scouts (Canada) as a boy, spent some time in cadets and the militia, and now have been a Troop Scouter for 20 years. Starting to feel old, as the children of former Scouts are beginning to show up in my troop!

much the same deal here. Ex Scout (Canada), Air Cadets, but I was Air Reserve.

[chemfed]

Eagle Scout, 1983. Troop 248, Atlanta Area Council

[The Junkyard Dogs]

That is really cool.

 

I guess some has already asked a similar question.

 

However I guess I could have searched the site for it, but it just came to me and I started the topic. I guess if you look in a search you can find almost every topic already talked about.

 

For those in scouting I applaude you and may all your scouts be able to sore like eagles.

[+Will+Bill]

I will be getting my Eagle next week! Scouting is great!

[+slapshot52]

Eagle Scout 1981, Troop 15 in Wiesbaden, West Germany while my dad was in the Air Force.

[+fighterthiefmage]

1993 Eagle Scout from troop 124, Ashland, KY of the Tri-state Area Council. I always liked orienteering and land nav. Glad this question was reposted as I am a new member.

[+Apple Dumpling Gangg]

Never been in scouting, but just signed the boys up for cubscouts to start in September.

[+sept1c_tank]

I will be getting my Eagle next week!  Scouting is great!

Congratulations Will and/or Bill!

 

I became an Eagle in 1962 (Troop 308, Central Indiana Council); I still carry the very worn card in my wallet.

[+Takachsin]

Not an Eagle, since I began my scouting experience when my son was a cub. HE is an Eagle, though. I have continued to work in scouting. That work is now mostly with OA. I am a Vigil member and former chapter advisor. I also have the Founder's Award, District Award of Merit, the St. George Emblem, and the Silver Beaver.

 

Gunaquoit Takachsin

[+saguaroastro]

Was in scouting till I was 17, didn't quite get to Eagle tho. Wish Geocaching had been around then, would definately gotten the Geocaching merit badge

 

Now I'm 44 and blessed with a daughter & Geocaching partner who's a bridging from Brownies to Juniors Girl Scouts. Proud to say I'm a certified Girl Scout Troop Leader.

 

Rick

Team SaguaroAstro

[+Brian - Team A.I.]

Boy Scout Troop 456 when I was a kid, and I've been the Asst. Den Leader and now the Den Leader for Cub Scout Bears this year.

[+Ladybug Kids]

Daddy Ladybug earned his Eagle Scout in 1978 with Troop 710, Catalina Council, Tucson, Arizona. I've used the orienteering skills learned in scouting several times to solve cache offsets and other puzzles.

[+fw_ord]

My son, who is an Eagle with Troop 460 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, introduced me to Geocaching last year. I was a scout leader for 9 years. He is a senior in college now and we still do a lot of geocaching, hiking, backpacking and orienteering.

[+Briggzz]

I don't have my eagle , but I'v been in scouting for about 5 years.

[+Mr. 0]

I'm an Eagle as well. Troop 23, Prospect, Ohio. Formerly Harding Area Council, now Heart of Ohio council.

[MagicMeeko]

Eagle Scout class of 1999.

Troop 467 Atlanta GA.

[+The Leprechauns]

I don't have my eagle , but I'v been in scouting for about 5 years.

If you're willing to listen to the advice from someone pushing 45 years old, my earnest two cents is STICK WITH IT and get that Eagle badge done. The older you get, the more your attentions are diverted -- to sports, girls, cars, college applications and a host of other things.

 

I didn't earnestly begin work on achieving my Eagle Badge until I was already in high school, and I didn't finish until Senior Year, just a few months before losing eligibility. I am so glad that I did, even though it was not "cool" to be driving myself to merit badge meetings while my friends were driving to the beach. It's served me well in life, demonstrating to employers, schools, etc. that I can set and achieve long-term goals. It is one of the proudest accomplishments of my youth, not to mention all the skills I learned along the way. Those skills help me to this very day in my geocaching adventures.

 

On the other hand, when I talk to guys in my age group who stopped short of Eagle Scout, they almost universally regret that they didn't follow through.

[+Hydnckr]

Eagle Scout, Troop 925, Marshallville, Ohio, Buckeye Council - 1990

 

It's amazing, I echo every thought that The Leprechauns posted above. I started in Scouts when I was 12/13 and didn't finish my Eagle work until just before losing my elegibility. In fact I had the work done before turning 18 but didn't have my ceremony till after my birthday.

 

It has served me well over the years, probably in ways that I don't even know about. If I ever have to make up a resume again, chances are pretty good that I'll include it on there, ya never know who might be reading your resume...another Scouter perhaps ?

[Rupert2]

Eagle Scout 1983, Troop 18, Indianapolis, Crossroads of America Council...

Edited May 16, 2005 by Rupert2

[+Husker]

Read my May 12th post for Webelo's I Timbertown cache and you'll find the answers you seek.

[Desert_Toad]

I am a Scoutmaster here in Clovis Nm. I have been a Scoutmaster for almost 16 years. I just found out about this CRAZE GeoCaching - I think this is Great!!

 

Desert_Toad

[The Junkyard Dogs]

I will be getting my Eagle next week! Scouting is great!

That is really great. Enjoy the moment you earned it.

[The Junkyard Dogs]

I still carry the very worn card in my wallet.

That is cool. I dont carry my card. When I recieved my card it was plastic like a credit card. After sitting on it so many times it has cracked. So now its with my keepsakes. I wonder if I can get another cars?

[The Junkyard Dogs]

Not an Eagle, since I began my scouting experience when my son was a cub. HE is an Eagle, though. I have continued to work in scouting. That work is now mostly with OA. I am a Vigil member and former chapter advisor. I also have the Founder's Award, District Award of Merit, the St. George Emblem, and the Silver Beaver.

 

Gunaquoit Takachsin

I am a brother hood member. To bad I have all girls now. I work for the council as an in-school scout leader. It is a special program to bring cub scouting to at risk schools.

[The Junkyard Dogs]

blessed with a daughter & Geocaching partner who's a bridging from Brownies to Juniors Girl Scouts. Proud to say I'm a certified Girl Scout Troop Leader.

 

I have a 10 year old in scouts. I can wait till she is 14 so she can be in an Explorer post. The other girl is 1, she has a while.

[The Junkyard Dogs]

we still do a lot of geocaching, hiking, backpacking and orienteering.

That the only way to go, I am all for teaching the kids about the outdoors. In fact I took the girls for a hike this weekend.

[The Junkyard Dogs]

when I talk to guys in my age group who stopped short of Eagle Scout, they almost universally regret that they didn't follow through.

That is very true. My brother stopped short. All he needed was the project and there were so many options starring him in the face. I asked if he regrets it, he does. Do it, get it, love it and let the world know.

[+VegasCacheHounds]

Yeah, I fell short of getting my Eagle, I procrastinated and didn't get the ball rollong on the final project soon enough. Before I knew it, time was up, and I had everything except the project done. So, I ended up with a Life rank.

Scouting was a great thing for me, too bad I didn't get all out of it I could have. Oh well, just one more example of my UnderAchieiving past.

[+Ladycacher]

My husband was an Eagle Scout, and now my oldest boy is a cub scout with my youngest following. We are active in the troop and we go everywhere and do everything they do. Its great and I love it.....it's fun being a Den Mother.

 

Troop 360

Granbury ,TX

[+mzmtg]

1995 Troop 1, Middle Tennessee Council

[katnbat]

Eagle Scout, 1984, Troop 93, Agawam Ma, Pioneer Valley Council

[+KoosKoos]

My husband was an Eagle Scout,

Just a small pet peeve...

 

Your husband IS an eagle scout...once you get to that lofty goal, it doesn't go away just because you're no longer involved in Scouting or no longer a youth.

 

Just like I don't say I WAS a college graduate....well, until they revoke it I guess!

[+DLiming]

Troop 355 of the Dan Beard council in Cincinnati... the year.....had to think on that one but somewhere close to 1971....

 

Dan

[+kayak-cowboy]

Life scout here. Not enough time before turning 18 back in 1982. Troop 4 George Rogers Clark Council, New Albany, IN. Vigal member of O.A. Stayed on as assistant scoutmaster for 8 years. Wish I would have been able to finish.

[+Cool Librarian]

Spent some time as a girl scout, but I quit when I found out that on our camping trip with the local boy scout troop, the boys would be staying in tents while the girls would bunk in a more "comfortable" cabin, and that the boys would go hiking while the girls worked on their cooking badges making them dinner for their return!

You might think I'm 60, but this was the 80s - not the 50s!

[+trippy1976]

Class of '93 here.

[+webscouter.]

Eagle class of 1981, Quivera Council.

 

I used to be an Eagle, and a good ol Eagle too. Class of 2000

[+Anonymous']

I'm busy trying to get my eagle right now.

[+Breaktrack]

Eagle Scout, 1973, Troop 534, Fort Campbell, Ky.

 

Mac

[+cameltrekor]

I made it too, in 1977 by the skin of my teeth up in Boulder, CO;

 

...and I met into my ol scoutleader ( ) geocaching one of my caches a couple of years ago.

[+Web-ling]

I will be getting my Eagle next week! Scouting is great!

Congratulations from another Eagle Scout (NE Ohio Council, T-380, 1979)

[+Kordite]

I went on a job interview and one of the people who interviewed me asked as their last question what troop I had been in. My Eagle Award was listed on my resume and it turns out that he had pulled my resume for further review out of a stack of about 450 applicants just because it said Eagle Scout. My qualifications got me the interview but the Eagle Award distinguished me from hundreds of others right off and moved me to the front of the line. (Troop 295, Irwin, PA, by the way. 1984)

 

When I was reworking my resume, my wife had thought that I should not include my Eagle Award because it was so long ago, like leaving off that fast food job you worked at in the 80s. I insisted that it stay on there and my belief that it will always be relevant turned out to be right.

 

So, when writing your resume, Be Prepared.