AY Honors/Outdoor Leadership - Advanced/Answer Key

2. Earn three honors, not previously earned, from the Wilderness Master Award.

Any seven of these honors can be used to earn the Wilderness Master Award.

Backpacking Camp Craft Camping Skills IV Edible Wild Plants Fire Building & Camp Cookery

Hiking Knot Tying Orienteering Outdoor Leadership

Pioneering Wilderness Leadership Wilderness Living Winter Camping

3. Have a First Aid and CPR Honors and a current certificate for them. In addition to these honors, know the prevention and symptoms of, and first aid treatment for the following:

a. Hypothermia

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b. Venomous snake bite

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c. Heat and sun stroke

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/First aid/Heat stroke

d. Heat exhaustion

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e. Poison ivy & poison oak reaction

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f. Open wound infection

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g. Altitude sickness

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h. Dehydration

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4. Prepare outlines and present seven different worships to be shared during a camping experience. Utilize scriptural texts and principles, and illustrate these with examples available during the camping experience.

Choosing a topic for each of the seven worships is easier if the camping trip has a theme. If it doesn't have a theme, you could choose a theme for your worship talks yourself.

You will need to select seven time slots when you will have the attention of the campers. Here are some suggestions:

1. Friday evening vespers (around the campfire)
2. Sabbath morning before breakfast
3. Sabbath School
4. Church Service
5. Afternoon hike (during a rest period)
6. Saturday evening (around the campfire)
7. Sunday morning before breakfast.

If the Sabbath School and/or the Worship Service time slots are not available to you, you can use the time before lunch on Sabbath as well as the time before dinner. Other time slots are also not only acceptable, but quite workable. The important thing is to figure out when you will give your talks, and then stick to your plan.

An outline should consist of a title, main point, supporting evidence (which could be a story or two, with one of them being drawn from the natural setting in which you are camped), a Bible text, and a restatement of the main point. It can be written out on a single sheet of paper or on a series of index cards. You can refer to the outline during the talk. Keep the outline brief. Its main purpose is to remind you to convey the points you have already chosen. It is not a script for you to read to the other campers.

8. Outline your philosophy for wilderness etiquette. Participate in one to three hours of a wilderness conservation project.

By the time you have reached the level required to earn on this honor, you should already have developed a philosophy of wilderness etiquette. All that remains is to capture that in words. You should be familiar with the mantras "Leave no trace" and "take only pictures, leave only footprints," and you will already know that you can take things other than pictures (such as trash). Perhaps you prefer outdoor forms of outdoor recreation that do not pollute or make excessive noise (hiking vs riding an ATV, skiing vs a snowmobile, paddling a canoe or kayak vs a jet ski, sailing vs a motor boat, etc). You know how to enjoy the outdoors in a way that does not ruin it for others, and you know how to introduce others to the joys of the outdoors. Write it down!

As for the wilderness conservation project, you can connect with a local hiking or paddling club, or a national wildlife preservation organization (such as the Audubon Society). If you don't know of any organization, check with a local outdoor retailer and ask if they know of one. These organizations frequently orchestrate river cleanups, trail building projects, or even scientific data collection (such as water cleanliness or species counts).

You can always organize a project on your own too. Check with the local government or park authority. Why not bring your Pathfinder club along for the ride?

9. Teach at least one honor found in the Wilderness Master group.

See requirement 2 for the honors included in the Wilderness Master group.

10. Know at least four objectives for outdoor leadership in each of the following categories:

a. Physical

• Inspire a desire in those you lead to become physically active.
• Understand the physical fitness levels of those you lead and know their limitations.
• Provide opportunities to increase physical endurance such that those you lead can comfortably participate in outdoor activities.
• Find ways to share the outdoors with those who cannot physically participate.

b. Social

• Coach others in ways to express their triumphs and disappointments in an socially acceptable manner.
• Encourage shy persons to come out of their shell (but do not embarrass them).
• Provide opportunities for youth to bond with their peers, with younger children, and with their leaders.
• Be a trustworthy friend who is consistent.

c. Personal

• Teach outdoor skills to those you lead so that they may become self-sufficient.
• Allow people to make mistakes, but be there to keep things safe and help pick up the pieces when necessary.
• Instil your love for the outdoors in others.
• Teach those you lead to become leaders in their own right.

d. Spiritual

• Develop your own spiritual life so that you may share it with others.
• Practice what you preach so that you do not become a stumbling block.
• Preach what you practice so that others may know explicitly what you are all about.
• Seek divine guidance.

11. Know the difference between juniors (10-12 years old) and teens (13-15 years old)in the following areas:

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Physical emotional mental spiritual differences

12. Have seven of the following honors. Any of the honors earned more than two years ago should be restudied so that you can answer any of the knowledge questions included in the honor.

Animal Tracking Birds Ecology Edible Wild Plants Ferns Flowers Fungi

Geology Grasses Insects Mammals Marine Invertebrates Reptiles

Rocks & Minerals Shells Spiders Stars Trees Weather

13. Plan, organize, and carry out one of the following for one weekend with a group of not less than five:

b. Canoe trip

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d. Horseback trip

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e. Backpack trip

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