AY Honors/Snowshoeing/Answer Key
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1. Describe the shape and size of three types of snowshoes and when/how they might be used (Aerobic/running, recreation, mountaineering).
2.Describe the following snowshoe accessories and their usefulness while snowshoeing:
a.Trekking poles
b.Hiking boots
c.Gaiters
3.Demonstrate proper technique of the following while using snowshoes:
a.Turning
b.Ascending
c.Descending
d.Breaking Trail
4.Explain the principles of maintaining body warmth and dryness through the correct use of proper clothing, under various winter conditions, while traveling and resting. Know how to successfully prevent and treat hypothermia in winter conditions.
Maintaining Warmth
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Maintaining body warmth
Hypothermia
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/First aid/Hypothermia
5.Explain the safety value of the following practices:
a.Taking and understanding how to use a good map and compass or hiking GPS.
This practice will help you with two things. The first is that it can prevent you from getting lost. The second is that if you do get lost, it can help you to find your way again. Though GPS receivers are very good at pinpointing your location and plotting a route to get you to where you are going, you should not rely soley on this technology. Batteries fail, and devices break. While this is true of a compass too, a compass is far less complicated than a sensitive electronic device such as a GPS receiver. In a pinch, a compass can be made with found materials. It is therefore a good idea to learn how to use a compass and map, and to practice using them so that you will have the necessary skills should your GPS device fail.
b.Leaving a plan with someone when you are snowshoeing.
c.Snowshoeing with a partner
d.Carrying sufficient water and snacks
e.Carrying a first aid survival and repair kits.
6.Demonstrate how to get up if you are wearing a pair of snowshoes after falling in the snow.
7.Demonstrate the importance of bindings and be able to correctly fasten your boots in the binding of your snowshoes.
8.Take a series of three hikes – a short hike, a one-mile hike, and a two-mile hike. Make a detailed report describing the approximate depth and condition of the snow, animals and fauna, and the approximate speed at which you traveled.
9.Explain the meaning of the term “whiter than snow” found is Psalm 51:7. What other natural metaphors could you use to demonstrate the meaning of this verse?
Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean;
wash me, and I will be whiter than snow.
