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.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Etiquette
3. Know eight things to do when lost.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Lost
4. Be familiar with various types of sleeping equipment suitable to location and season.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Sleeping bags
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Sleeping pads
5. List personal items needed for a weekend campout.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Clothing
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Personal gear
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.
8. Know and practice the proper principles for camp sanitation for both primitive and established campsites.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Sanitation
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.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Firebuilding safety rules
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.
11. Bake bread on a stick.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Bread on a stick
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."
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Take pictures leave footprints
Note: The tent color for Camping Skills #1 is blue.
Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Colors
