AY Honors/Camping Skills I/Answer Key
1. Be at least in the 5th grade.
Camping Skills I has been designed so that it is within the capabilities of Pathfinders who are in grade 5 or higher.
2. Understand and practice wilderness and camping etiquette, regarding preservation of the outdoors.
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3. Know eight things to do when lost.
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4. Be familiar with various types of sleeping equipment suitable to location and season.
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5. List personal items needed for a weekend campout.
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6. Plan and participate in a weekend camping trip.
7. Know how to properly pitch and strike a tent. Observe fire precautions when tent is in use.
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Keep any fire at least 20 feet (6 meters) from the tents. Sparks sometimes fly out of a fire or are projected into the air (such as when an inexperienced camper throws dry leaves into it). If these sparks land on your tent, at best they will burn a little pinhole in it, but at worst can cause a deadly tragedy.
Never light a fire of any kind inside a tent, be it a candle, lantern, or a stove unless you know for a fact that the tent has been designed for that purpose.
8. Know and practice the proper principles for camp sanitation for both primitive and established campsites.
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9. Properly use the knife and hatchet. Know ten safety rules for their use.
10. Fires:
a. Demonstrate ability to choose and prepare a fire site.
b. Know fire safety precautions.
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c. Know how to properly strike a match.
d. Practice building a fire with the use of one match, using only natural materials.
e. Demonstrate how to protect firewood in wet weather.
Obviously, you will want to keep your firewood dry, and there are many ways to do that. One effective method is to put a tarp on the ground, stack the wood on top of it, and fold the tarp over the top. Place one or two heavier logs on top to hold the tarp down. Those logs will get wet, but they will prevent the wind from blowing the tarp off an soaking the rest of your wood. Having a tarp beneath the wood will keep water from running under the stack and soaking the bottom logs, but it not entirely necessary.
You can also keep firewood in an enclosed trailer, or the trunk of a car of those are available to you. Another option is to keep it under a kitchen tent or canopy.
11. Bake bread on a stick.
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12. Describe the proper procedures for washing and keeping clean the cooking and eating utensils.
13. Describe sleeping wear and how to stay warm at night.
14. Draw a spiritual object lesson from nature on your camping trip.
15. Explain and practice the motto: "Take only pictures and leave only footprints."
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Note: The tent color for Camping Skills #1 is blue.
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