AY Honors/Camping Skills II/Answer Key

Camping Skills II

Skill Level

1

Year

1986

Version

28.11.2024

Approval authority

General Conference

1

Be at least in the 6th grade.

Camping Skills II has been designed so that it is within the capabilities of Pathfinders who are in grade 6 or higher.

2

Develop a personal philosophy of outdoor etiquette, such as courtesy to other campers and outdoor conservation.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Etiquette

3

Know and understand the following six W's for the selection of a good campsite: Wind, Water, Weather, Wild things, Wood, Willingness.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Choosing a campsite

4

Demonstrate your ability to protect the wilderness and your water source by proper personal hygiene and cooking sanitation.

Going on a camping trip does not absolve you from the need for hygiene and sanitation – it merely makes it a little less convenient. If you are camping on an established campground, use the toilet facilities provided. Otherwise, you will have to provide your own facilities. If you are camping with a small group, this can be as simple as digging a cat hole (no more than 10 cm deep, depositing your waste in the hole, and burying it again. A hole of this depth will be occupied by a myriad of bacterial life which will take care of the rest for you. If camping with a larger group, you will need to dig a latrine. Whether using cat holes or a latrine, make sure they are dug at least 60 meters from any water source. When cooking, be sure to clean your dishes and kitchen area immediately after use. Again, how you do this depends on the size of your group. When camping with a small group, wipe all dishes, pots, pans, and utensils as clean as you can with paper towels. Burn the paper towels. Then you can scrub the dishes out with clean sand and rinse them off. When camping with a large group, you will need to establish a dish washing area. Fill two tubs with water – use hot water if possible (and it almost always is). You can boil a small quantity of water and add it to a larger volume of cold water, and this will do nicely. One of these tubs will be for washing, the other for rinsing. You can optionally use a third tub for pre-rinsing, which will eliminate the need to wipe the dishes with a paper towel before washing. Add 15 ml of bleach to the rinse water. Wipe the dishes as clean as you can first (or pre-rinse them), then wash them in the first tub with dish soap. Then rinse. Wash the eating dishes first, followed by the cooking dishes. When finished, dispose of the "grey water" as directed by campground management (if on a campground). Otherwise, dispose of the grey water at least 60 meters from any water source.

5

Participate in a weekend campout.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Participate in a weekend campout

6

Take part in a camp worship service to include one of the following:

6a

Leading song service

6b

Sabbath School lesson study

6c

Story

6d

Worship thought

7

Know how to safely light and use a camp stove and lantern.

8

Know safety rules and demonstrate your ability to properly cut firewood. Demonstrate how to break dead wood properly.

Dead wood can also be broken instead of sawn. This is often easier and quicker than sawing it, but care must be taken to do this properly, and it can only be done on smaller logs - up to 7 cm in diameter or so. To do this, again, the log is propped up on a support on one end, while the other end lies on the ground. Then the camper brings his foot down sharply about 12-18 inches (30-45 cm) from the support, between the support and the ground. Be careful to keep your footing while doing this, and watch that the ends of the log do not fly off.

9

Using fuzz sticks or shaved sticks, build and know the use of a council or criss cross fire and one type of cooking fire. Review firebuilding safety rules.

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10

Explain two ways to keep camp food cool.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Keeping food cool

11

Build two different camp cranes.

12

Prepare camp meals using boiling, frying, and baking.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Boiling Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Frying Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Baking

13

Demonstrate tent site selection. Properly pitch and strike a tent. What precautions should be taken when striking a wet tent? Properly clean, dry, and store a tent.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Pitch and strike a tent

14

Bedding:

14a

Show proper ways to stuff or roll your sleeping bag or bed roll for travel.

14b

Tell how to keep a sleeping bag or bed roll dry on a camping trip.

14c

Describe how to properly clean your sleeping bag or bed roll.

Note

The tent color for Camping Skills #2 patch is red.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Colors