Especialidades JA/Letterboxing/Respuestas

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Letterboxing

Asociación General

Actividades recreacionales

Destreza: 1
Año de introducción: 2008

Requisitos

La especialidad de Letterboxing es un componente de la Maestría Recreación.

1

Definir los siguientes términos:

1a

Tesoro

1b

Caja con cartas

1c

Nombre del camino/ruta

1d

Libro personal

1e

Sellar

1f

Autoestopista

A letterbox hidden inside another letterbox. Upon discovery the person moves it to another letterbox.

1g

Caja hibrida

A cache used by both letterboxers and geocachers.

1h

Caja de bono

A letterbox whose clues are discovered inside another letterbox.

1i

Intercambio

Letterboxers swap images of their personal stamp upon meeting on the trail or at an event such as a camporee.

2

Hacer una lista de cinco comportamientos que se debería practicar mientras se hace letterboxing.

Be kind to vegetation and personal property when hiding your box and looking for other boxes.
While looking for a letterbox, leave the area just as or better than you found it. Pick up any litter you find.
Be discreet while searching if other people are around.
Move the box away from the hiding place so as not to reveal the cache.
Clean your excess ink off a letterbox stamp.
Make sure the box and/or plastic bags are securely closed when done stamping.
Rehide the box as well as you found it.
If the box is damaged or needs maintenance, such as a new log book, contact the owner.

3

Conocer las herramientas básicas de orientación al

3a

Caminar

Paces are sometimes used as clues, but a pace is an inconsistent length. Develop the skill of knowing how many paces it takes you to go 100 feet or 100 meters (depending on which you are comfortable). To do this, measure out the fixed distance. Then walk is with your normal gait as you count the paces. Do this a couple of times to see how consistent you are.

3b

Usar la brújula

To use a compass, make sure you do not have any large metal objects on you (such as a pocket knife) and you are not standing near a large metal object (such as a car or a bridge). Hold the compass level in front of you at waist or chest height. Rotate your body around to make sure the needle spins freely (if it does not, check it for levelness again). The needle will point north.

3c

Saber cómo encontrar los cuatro puntos cardinales sin brújula

The four major directions are north, east, south, and west. The sun can tell you the direction if you remember that it rises in the east and sets in the west. In the northern hemisphere, it moves from east to south the west. In the southern hemisphere, it moves from east to north to west. At noon, the sun will be either in the south (northern hemisphere) or north (in the southern hemisphere).

The table below gives the approximate direction of the sun depending on the time and which hemisphere you are in.

Time	Northern Hemisphere	Southern Hemisphere
6:00 am	E (90°)	E (90°)
9:00 am	SE (135°)	NE (45°)
12:00 pm	S (180°)	N (0°)
3:00 pm	SW (225°)	NW (315°)
6:00 pm	W (270°)	W (270°)

4

Diseñar, crear y grabar su propio sello.

It would be a good idea to find two or three boxes before creating your own stamp. The http://letterboxing.org site has great information about “How to make a Rubber Stamp”. Most letterbox stamps don’t have the wood backing to save space, but many think the stamp looks better and is more durable when the wood backing is added.

There are many local craft stores to find the resources, such as Michaels, but two websites where you could order them have been listed in the References section below. If you encounter other universal sources, please add them to the list. Soft rubber or red erasers can be found many places.

5

Como unidad, club o familia, encontrar las pistas y luego localizar al menos 10 cajas de tesoro, cuatro de estas pueden ser parte de una serie. Individualmente, «sellar» su sello, grabar el sello de la caja del tesoro encontrada en su libro personal y registrar su hallazgo en la página web.

The http://letterboxing.org is the website for finding caches in North America and a few other countries. http://atlasquest.com is an international site and includes websites for England (where it started), Germany and other sites used worldwide. Http://geocaching.com lists letterboxes worldwide along side convential geocaches.

Although over 30,000 boxes have been hidden, not all of them can still be found. Instructors should find 2 or 3 boxes before the group goes out in order to decrease initial discouragement. This requirement has been listed as a group activity, mainly for safety reasons, both on the internet and in the field. But make sure each Pathfinder participates and learns how to follow instructions and clues. If your group is large, divide into units no bigger than five. When clues have not been very clear ask the Pathfinders how they would improve the directions.

Some series include 8 to 10 boxes. Only four of these should be counted toward the 10 to require visiting more than one site for the honor.

Resources

To find clues: http://www.letterboxing.org; http://www.atlasquest.com; http:/geocaching.com
Information articles — http://www.letterboxing.org — “Letterboxing 101 Basic”,
Start Finding Letterboxes, “How to Make a Rubber Stamp”
http:/www.atlasquest.com — “Stamp Carving 101”

Materials