Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Camping Skills III/Answer Key"

A tool can be sharpened with a whetstone. Most whetstones need to be kept wet when they are in use - some are wet with water and others are wet with oil. Stones with finer grain typically use oil, but you can use water on them as well. The purpose of wetting a whetstone is to allow the steel removed from the blade to float away. The finer the stone, the finer the edge it will make on a tool, but the longer it will take to sharpen it. For this reason, a very dull tool should be sharpened first with a coarser stone, and then with a finer stone. Then it should be kept sharp. You can keep a blade sharp by respecting it - do not chop into the ground with a hatchet, and to not stick a knife blade in the ground either. Dirt is highly abrasive, and a rock will ding the edge very quickly. Close a pocket knife when you are finished using it, and do not allow the business end of a blade to touch anything other than the things you are trying to cut with it.

Hatchet

It is tempting to take a dull hatchet to a power grinder, but unless you are very careful, this could be a huge mistake. A grinder will not only remove steel from a blade, it will also heat it. It is very easy to heat it too much, causing the steel to lose its temper (tempered steel is hard and holds an edge better than untempered steel). Steel is tempered by heating it to the point that it becomes non-magnetic, then quickly cooling it. If it is allowed to cool slowly, the iron crystals in the blade will align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field as they cool, and aligned crystals make for soft steel. So the first advice we can give on sharpening a hatchet is to stay away from the grinder.

Instead, use a file or a stone. Hold the file so that it passes over the edge of the blade, but at a steep angle. Sharpen one side, and then the other.

Knife

To sharpen a knife, hold the blade at about a 15° angle and scrape it along a whetstone as if you were trying to shave off a thin layer of the stone. Be sure to sharpen both sides.

7. Cook a one-pot meal using fresh or dried food.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/One-pot meal

8. Describe the various types of tents and their uses.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Tent/Styles

9. How does condensation occur in tents, and how can it be prevented?

Each breath a person exhales contains water because of the moisture content of the lungs, throat, mouth and nasal cavity. This moisture rises until it comes in contact with a cool surface such as the inside of the tent, where it condenses.

A good tent will be made of breathable material that allows the moisture to pass through (such as a nylon mesh), and there will be a rain fly on the outside to keep rain out of the tent. Water vapor passes through the mesh and condenses on the fly. It then runs off the underside of the fly and drips off the edge outside the tent.

10. Demonstrate your ability to anchor a tent down, using the taut-line hitch and two half hitches.

The Taut Line Hitch is an adjustable loop knot for use on lines under tension. It is useful when the length of a line will need to be periodically adjusted in order to maintain tension. It is made by tying a Rolling hitch around the standing part after passing around an anchor object. Tension is maintained by sliding the hitch to adjust size of the loop, thus changing the effective length of the standing part without retying the knot.

It is typically used for securing tent lines in outdoor activities involving camping, by arborists when climbing trees, for creating adjustable moorings in tidal areas, and to secure loads on vehicles. A versatile knot, the Taut-line hitch was even used by astronauts during STS-82, the second Space Shuttle mission to repair the Hubble Space Telescope.

Taut Line Hitch

Pass the working end around the anchor object. Bring it back along side of the standing part and make a half-hitch around the standing part.
Continue with another wrap inside the loop, effectively making a round turn around the standing part.
Complete with a half-hitch outside the loop, made in the same direction as the first two wraps, as for a clove hitch.
Dress by snugging the hitch firmly around the standing part. Load slowly and adjust as necessary.

Half Hitch

The Half Hitch is a simple knot. If tied by itself, it slips very easily and cannot hold anything. However, it occurs as a component in many more complicated knots.

11. While camping, plan and give a ten-minute devotional or organize and lead a nature or Bible game or lead out in Sabbath School, camp church, or camp vespers.

12. Properly locate and build one of the following and describe its importance to the individual and the environment:

You should take into consideration where your sleeping area(s) are in relation to these water-related areas. Specifically, water flows downhill, so, you do not want water runoff from the 'sink and dishwashing' or 'shower water' flowing to your sleeping area(s).

Also, the location of the 'latrine' should be considered depending on where you get your water source. For example, you do not want to put the 'latrine' upstream and take your shower and wash your dishes downstream. But pay attention! Just because your latrine is downstream and downhill from you does not mean it is downstream and downhill from other campers. Be considerate. A latrine should never be located within 60 meters of any water supply.

a. Camp sink and dishwashing area

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/CampSink

b. Latrine

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Latrine

c. Shower

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/CampShower

13. Demonstrate four basic lashings and construct a simple object using these lashings.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Square
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Diagonal
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Sheer
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Lashing/Continuous

14. Know how to replace the mantels on a camp lantern. Demonstrate how to refill gas in a camp lantern and stove. Know how to maintain the pressure pump on a camp stove in good working order.

Note: The tent color for Camping Skills #3 is green.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Colors

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Difference between revisions of "AY Honors/Camping Skills III/Answer Key"

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1. Be at least in the 7th grade.

2. Review six points in the selection of a good campsite. Review the safety rules of firebuilding.

Campsite Selection

Fire Safety

3. Go on a weekend campout.

4. Lay the following three fires and tell their uses:

a. Hunter's fire

b. Reflector fire

c. Star fire

5. Know six ways to start a fire without a match. Build a campfire using one of these:

a. Compressed air

b. Curved glass

c. Flint

d. Friction

e. Metal match

f. Spark

6. Know how to properly sharpen a hatchet and knife.