1. You know all the uses when tying knots. 2. You eat better at camp than you do at home. 3. You can find your way around a foreign city without using a map, just the sun. 4. You can pitch a tent anywhere with your eyes closed. 5. You can relate anything you do to a camp story. 6. Your friends limit you to one camp story a day. 7. You get excited about camping in weather others wouldn’t venture out in. 8. You can match any number you hear in regular conversation to a number of a Troop you know. 9. Tents are optional when camping. 10. Rain is seen as a source of drinking water…not a problem. 11. EVERYTHING is just better outdoors. 12. You give a non-Scouter your left hand to shake and don't even realize it until they look at you funny. 13. You see the dirt in your food, but eat it anyway. 14. You begin packing 5-20 minutes before you're supposed to leave. 15. You start humming camp songs in class. 16. Camping is second hand nature to you. 17. Ashes get into your hot chocolate it adds the little bit of extra flavor. Same goes for marshmallows. 18. You have mastered the skill of changing in public without exposing yourself. 19. When you name your first child Baden. 20. When you have a weather rock outside your house. 21. When your house has as much Troop stuff in it as anything else. 22. You are known by your scout name to more people than by your real name. 23. When you actually know what the name of the knot used to tie your shoelaces with is. 24. When you go on a yacht the first time and teach the sailors new knots. 25. When your camping gear consists of a single day pack and huge duffel because you have to carry spares for everyone else. 26. When someone asks you how to fix something, and you can give step by step instructions, even though you may have never done it yourself. 27. When you can strike a match off a bar of soap. 28. When someone says "I just broke my arm" and you respond immediately with" its okay I brought duct tape". 29. When people don't believe you that the lighter in your pocket is not there to light up cigarettes but to light up campfires. 30. When you have a separate drawer just for camp shirts. 31. When for a solid week after getting home from camp you have an insatiable urge to string up a bear bag before going to bed. 32. If you've ever used a compass to walk from the bedroom to the kitchen and then triangulated up a couple trees to the pantry. 33. When you watch Survivor and you know you could do so much better! 34. When you can get a meal by using an ordinary pocket knife and a long stick. 35. When tents are optional...along with a shelter at all. 36. When you read through this whole thing laughing, but still have at least 10 more reasons in your head that you're contemplating adding. 37. When you run the mile in gym, everyone else is on the ground dead, and you say, "That was just a warm-up for the 10 mile hike, right?" 38. When your youth group goes on a 3 mile hike and your the only one that knew to bring water and a first aid kit. 39. When you come home from a camping trip and your nice tan washes off in the shower. 40. When you chop your toothbrush in half to save weight when backpacking. 41. When you won’t even consider buying white clothes because you know they'll end up a different color. 42. When you start off a sentence by saying "this one time at summer camp..." . 43. When your closet is 90% Olive Green and Khaki. 44. When you watch CSI and think "I could do better... what’s taking them so long to figure this out?" 45. When the first gun you ever shot was a BB gun at camp or a Camporee, and you thought you were "TOP SHOT". 46. When your canoe tips over, and all your toilet paper gets wet, but you hang it up to dry then use it anyway. 47. When in a crowd that is being particularly loud you put up the sign expecting everyone to follow suit and be quiet. 48. You base you're clothing purchasing on whether or not you can/should wear it at camp. 49. When the only time you book time off work/vacation time is for camping. 50. When your house has more sleeping bags than number of people. 51. When you always have a tent in the trunk of your car. 52. When you consider mud an element. 53. You know you're a Boy Scout when you "strike anywhere matches" on your pants zipper. 54. When you start quoting Baden Powell on a hike. 55. When your friends and family come to you to borrow camping stuff. 56. When you demand that Ultimate Frisbee should be an Olympic event. 57. When you don't have to stop at home after work because you already have enough gear in your trunk to last a week at camp. 58. When the greatest feeling in the world is the putting on the fresh pair of socks you've been saving in your backpack. 59. When you run out of regular socks and start to wear your Scout socks to school instead. 60. When you use your campfire blanket as your comforter at home. 61. When you wear your hiking boots more than you wear normal shoes. 62. When you spend your entire summer trying to get the camp director to let you sleep outside instead of making you sleep inside the cabin. 63. When you like your camp name better than your real name. 64. When you show up to your brother's orchestra concert in full class A... and wonder why your mom is embarrassed that you're wearing your uniform. 65. When you have the ability to fall asleep anywhere, anytime no matter what's going on around you. 66. When you keep camping gear in your dorm room and consider going into the woods around campus and sleeping out there instead of in your bed. 67. When you're happier outside than inside. 68. When your friends tell you to go hiking because they know that you'll be in a better mood as soon as you hit the trails and can't hear man-made sounds anymore. 69. When camping all your worries and stress disappear.