It encourages mental, physical, and spiritual growth. Interaction with nature through hiking, camping, and backpacking is an integral part of achieving these objectives. Pathfinders also enjoy music, drilling, studying science and technology and sports.
Adventurers is a similar concept but with a younger age group in mind.
We operate a very active Pathfinder Club with about a dozen young people ranging in age from 9 to 16. Our Adventurer Club is also growing rapidly. We have 8 children ranging from 5 to 9 years old. In 1996 we participated in a nation-wide camporee, where we were ajudged best club, and a South of England parade day where we came second. In the drilling competion four out of the five finalists were from the St Albans club.