AY Honors/Wilderness Leadership/Answer Key
1. Have the following honors:
- a. Backpacking
- b. Camping Skills I-IV
- c. Fire Building & Camp Cookery
- d. First Aid
- e. Hiking
- f. Orienteering
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.
Template:First aid signaling aircraft
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:
a. Moses
Moses lead the Israelites out of Egypt and lived in the desert for 40 years. During the whole of this time, he was their leader. Moses demonstrated both patience and wisdom. He cared for the people he led, and was constantly trying to help them both physically and spiritually.
b. David
During the time of King Saul's reign, Saul was determined to kill David. As a result, David fled to the wilderness where he was joined by a band of men. David demonstrated patience, cunning, and forgivness. He was willing to let the Lord place him on the throne in His own time rather than taking matters into his own hands.
c. Elijah
Like David, Elijah fled to the wilderness to escape the wrath of the king. He lived by the brook Cherith for two years during a time of drought. The Lord provided his food, and his water was supplied by the brook. When the brook dried up, Elijah was sent to Zaraphath, and was present when the Lord performed a miracle for a widow and her son living there. Elijah lived with this widow until the drought ended.
d. Joshua
When Moses died, Joshua took over as the leader of the Israelites. Joshua showed wisdom and patience as Moses did, and was faithful to Moses' legacy.
e. John the Baptist
John lived in the wilderness before he began his ministry as "the Elijah to come."
- John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. Matthew 3:4 NIV
It takes a wilderness leader to be able to make clothing of this sort and to survive on his chosen diet.
