Juice,
Be sure and check the "credentials" of those who are/were Scouts. I am an Eagle Scout, an active Assistant Scoutmaster and have 30+ years of camping and backpacking.
I have been around a lot of Scouts and I wouldn't trust some of them (in the outdoors) as far as I could toss 'em.
(I guess you could say the same about the Army guys, too).

Maybe this sounds harsh, but better safe than sorry.

If you've already done so, please disregard.
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