A recent survey conducted by the nation’s leading co-ed youth organization, Scouts Canada, revealed that the average Canadian lacks basic outdoor skills. From accidental tent burning with hot lanterns to flood-related issues due to rain-filled tents, the majority of respondents, 39 per cent, who were asked to rate their own level of camping competence confessed that their skills are poor at best, if not outright dangerous. Only 36.3 per cent of Canadians rated themselves as ‘ok’.-National post