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1. Have the Outdoor Leadership Honor.

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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.

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:

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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:

Friday evening vespers (around the campfire)
Sabbath morning before breakfast
Sabbath School
Church Service
Afternoon hike (during a rest period)
Saturday evening (around the campfire)
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.

5. Outline a personal testimony that could be used to start a friendship between a person and Christ. The testimony could include how Jesus became your personal Savior, a miracle that has happened in your life, etc. Present this testimony to a group of youth in an outdoor setting.

6. Know how to control the panic of someone who is lost.

7. Develop a search and rescue plan for a specific location, 50 acres (20 hectares) or more, in your area. This plan should utilize at least ten individuals, and you should coordinate each one's activity and search zone. List specific equipment that might be needed for communication, first aid, and victim transport appropriate for the chosen location.

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). See what they have going on and get involved. 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

b. Social

c. Personal

d. Spiritual

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:

a. Outdoor spiritual retreat

b. Canoe trip

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Canoe trip

c. Bicycle trip

d. Horseback trip

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Horseback Trip

e. Backpack trip

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Backpack trip

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 ==7. Develop a search and rescue plan for a specific location, 50 acres (20 hectares) or more, in your area. This plan should utilize at least ten individuals, and you should coordinate each one's activity and search zone. List specific equipment that might be needed for communication, first aid, and victim transport appropriate for the chosen location.==
 ==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).  See what they have going on and get involved.  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.