>>7
I know the feeling you describe. I rather would have lived in a day where the pinnacle of technology was a combustion engine rather than this urbanscape of feckless, useless people and gadgets. My disaster prepping and general preparedness can be traced back to my time in the Boy Scouts. My old unit was somewhat specialized in backpacking and cooking. I made many great life long friends within the foothills and mountains of the Rockies. Actually my time in Scouting isn't over though I'm not a youth anymore. I now volunteer with the local council and camp. It's helped keep my skills fresh while I learn new things.

I feel as though my being in the program connects me to my elders and ancestors of decades past in a non-spiritual way.