I have questions re: camping MB. 1)in training MB counselors, they say never to require more than what is in the book, right? Why, then, is it almost universally stated by camping merit badge counselors that one MUST be on an approved boy scout outing in order for a night of camping to count? Is that the way you see it? The book does not state this at all, as a matter of fact, it talks about how camping can be done all alone or with a group, and no mention is made of the concept of "boy scout approved". 2) I have been told different things about whether patrol camping would count. As in,