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"Great discussion...perhaps for a new thread?\n \n\n\n\tI'm with @fred8033 on this one, in the frontcountry.\n \n\n\n\tBackcountry (more than one hour from definitive care), no way. I push for four adults, minimum.   Primarily to help handle the psychological impacts of worst cases scenarios.\n \n\n\n\t\"What experts do know is that children and teens tend to be more vulnerable to the effects of trauma than adults whose brains have fully developed. The underdeveloped brain is not mature enough to integrate the traumatic experience and process it in a way that facilitates moving on from it.\"\n \n\n\n\thttps://paradigmtreatment.com/teens-vulnerable-ptsd-adults/\n \n\n\n\tIn both scenarios, minimizing adult \"presence\" is key.  Youth camp where they want...adults camp far away, but within reach if there is a problem.  Our Scouts love this, and the culture from the older ones passed on to the youngers is \"Don't mess up this good deal for us!\"  I want them to experience adventure and independence/interdependence, without removing the safety net.\n \n"
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