AY Honors/Wilderness Leadership/Answer Key

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1. Have the following honors:

2. Know and practice the principles of health, safety, and rules of conduct to be used when in the wilderness with a youth group.

3. Know and demonstrate the principles of signaling and rescue.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/First aid/Signaling aircraft

4. Assist in planning and participate with a group in a mock demonstration of what to do if lost, stranded, or injured in the wilderness. Assist in planning and participate as a leader in a search and rescue operation involving a hidden "injured" person.

Lost

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Lost

Stranded

Injured

Search and Rescue Drill

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/First Aid/Searches

Of course, for a mock search, you may opt out of using "all available resources," such as dogs and aircraft. For this requirement it will suffice to conduct a sweep of the area and if that fails, conduct a grid search.

5. Demonstrate some skills necessary for wilderness leadership in one of the following areas:

a. Tropical

b. Desert

c. Swamp

d. Mountain (rocks, ice, high altitude)

e. Temperate forest

f. Plain and tundra

6. Understand and demonstrate wilderness and camping etiquette regarding the preservation of the outdoors.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Etiquette

7. Identify in the wild, prepare, and eat ten varieties of wild plants.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Ten edible wild plants

8. Learn some of the wilderness leadership qualites of two of the following:

9. Lead a group in a weekend wilderness camping experience, applying the principles and skills learned in this honor.

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