His map skills are coming along but he's not very good with a compass yet. Luckily, map and compass is one of the skills we're working on this weekend!

We're also going to work on their campfire and knife skills this weekend. He's getting pretty good at these but the more practice the better!

What else would you suggest for singnaling? At this point he has:
-bear bell
-whistles (lanyard, attached to BG ferro rod, built into LED glow stick)
-blaze orange hat (he's got a blasze orange scarf that he could throw in)
-signal mirror
-Bags/blankets (red/mylar sportsman blanket, AMK Bivvy, contractor's bag)
-a bunch LEDs

In the warmer months, he'll sometimes carry an air horn when we're in bear or coyote territory. He could always throw that back in.