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H1 - Hiking Methods |
(includes care of feet, proper
hiking methods, trail route descriptions; 45 min; entire troop) |
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H2 - "Hike-along" |
(staff man hikes with troop on
trail giving suggestions and help on proper hiking methods and packing.) |
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H3 - Trail briefing |
(descriptions of trail; mandatory
for junior leaders prior to hike if H1 was not taken by troop; 1/2 hour) |
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H4 - Packing Methods |
(proper methods of backpacking,
types of packs including demonstration of 2 types of emergency packs, hiking with a pack;
1 hour) |
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H5 - Morning packing help |
(for inexperienced patrols/troops;
a staff man comes into the site and gives the boys suggestions on how to pack and what to
bring on the hike; for as long as you want) |
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S1 - Knife, ax and saws |
(safe care, use and storage of
each; 1 1/2 hours; for tenderfeet) |
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S2 - 2nd Class Map and Compass
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(one hour; at shelter) |
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S3 - 1st Class Mapping |
(1 1/2 hour; at shelter) |
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S4 - Lashings and troop
pioneering projects |
(square, diagonal,, sheer, and
tripod lashings are shown, applications in projects demonstrated; dovetail notch; 1 1/2
hr.) |
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S5 - Cooking demo on dutch oven
cooking |
(1-10 hours; includes fire
building) |
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S6 - Cooking demo on
utensil-less cooking |
(2 hours; includes fire building) |
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S7 - Cooking demo on breakfast
meals |
(1 1/2 hours; includes fire
building) |
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S8 - Breakfast Preparation Help |
(one staff man discusses ways of
preparing various breakfast foods the night before the rneal; staff man comes at 7:00 AM
to give helpful suggestions to patrol leader/cook on getting breakfast prepared) |
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Junior Leadership Training Help |
(Rather than teaching the troop
members directly, we can train the junior leaders who can themselves instruct the troop.
We can also go into greater detail on the following topics:)
JL1 Hiking
JL2 Packing
JL3 Trees and Shrubs
JL4 Edible Plants - Nature MB
JL5 Stars - Astronomy MB
JL6 Knife and Axe
JL7 Pathfinding and Mapping
JL8 Council Fire planning
JL9 Cooking and the patrol method |
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Suggested Other Activities |
Beeline Hikes (for older
boys/patrols)
(1) From Frick Pond (for advanced map & compass)
(2) Within camp to "mysterious area" (Scouts are brought to a view area where
they site on smoke on another mountain and beeline as patrols)Rope Hike (troop evening activity for fun)
Lost person search |
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N1 - Trees and Shrubs |
(10 trees/shrubs identified and
described for 2nd class and tenderfeet; 45 min.) |
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N2 - Edible Wild Plants and
Poisonous Plants |
(After describing these plants; 2
plants will be selected and cooked in the water; have boiling water and a fire; 1 hour) |
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N3 - Tracking, stalking and
animal signs |
(includes games on tracking and
stalking as well as identification of animal tracks and plaster casts of tracks made; for
tenderfoot scouts only; 2 hours) |
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N4 - Cave Hike |
(for fun; may be combined with N1,
N2 or N3; 3 hours) |
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N5 - Stars |
(8 constellations identified, for
second class scouts only; 1/2 hour; help offered afterward to individuals) |
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N6 - Survival |
(lost shelters, snares and traps,
wilderness lore, dovetail notch; 45 minutes.) |
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8/13/71 |