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3 hours ago, qwazse said:

 Do you know someone in this leader's troop? They might be able to point you in the right direction.

Ooh! Good idea! Is there possibly some directory where I can contact people in someone's troop if I have a name? I don't have a contact off hand.

47 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

If you are CIA material, you could engage the Scouter in a probing conversation about what to get ANOTHER Scouter.

Could work, but I know I would get suspicious if someone asked me about my area of expertise for secret Santa.

52 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

Some of the new self-inflating foam-filled air mattresses are super comfortable and insulating.  Alps ("Hiker Direct" dept) had a discount sale for Scouters on a 3"-thick model -70% off. 

Lesser but still nice (>50%) discounts for Scouters every day on Alps stuff at Hiker Direct.

Thanks! Will check that out!

53 minutes ago, TAHAWK said:

If you are thinking knife, be sure there is not some local-option zero-tolerance rule that would get in the way of certain knives.  Is the Scouter willing to wipe off and oil regularly?  if not, stainless steel might be an important feature of a knife gift.  Is the Scouter OK with sharpening?  A good diamond sharpener (Even WallyWorld has them.) might be appreciated.

Completely forgot about that. Thanks!

Hey, hopefully he doesn't see this, but I've gotten a boy scout leader as a "secret Santa recipient" on a website.

The problem is that I don't have much of an interest in camping - or at least not enough to know what to get. My budget is around $100 - does anyone have any good gift ideas? Maybe something I can get someone who's into the wilderness that they can never have enough of? I was thinking maybe a $100 knife, but I don't know. I came to you guys because you seem like a nice bunch of people who may know about what a boy scout leader may want. Thanks in advance!