AY Honors/Backpacking/Answer Key

1. Discuss with your instructor the meaning of the motto: "Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints."

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Take pictures leave footprints

2. Know the essentials of proper clothing, shoes, and rain gear to use in backpacking.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Clothing

Rain Gear Be ready for bad weather on your backpacking trip by bringing along a poncho and rain pants. In a pinch, you can use a garbage bag as a raincoat by cutting a hole in th bottom, turning it over, and poking your head through the hole. A slit along each seam on the side will make arm holes. It will not cover your head like that, but it will keep the rest of you dry.

3. Know the principles in selecting a good quality backpack. In an emergency, what might be used in place of a backpack?

4. Know the essential items to be taken on a backpack trip.

5. What kind of sleeping bag and pad are best for your camping area? Know at least three kinds of each that are available.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Sleeping bags

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/Sleeping pads

6. Know how to pack a pack properly.

7. What types of food are best for backpacking? Visit a grocery store and list the foods found there that are suitable for backpacking. With your instructor:

The best type of food to take backpacking is dehydrated food, as it is very lightweight, compact, and nutritious. You can buy food pre-packaged or you can dehydrate it yourself. For details on dehydrating your own food, see the Food Drying honor in the Household Arts section of this book.

a. Prepare a menu for a weekend backpack trip using foods obtained from a grocery store.

Although you can buy prepared dehydrated foods for backpacking at an outdoor outfitter, getting your food this way can be fairly expensive. Instead, try getting dehydrated food at a regular grocery store. Here's a short list of possibilities:

Instant mashed potatoes
Instant oatmeal
Quick-cooking rice
Powdered milk
Powdered eggs
Pasta
Nuts and peanuts
Dry soup mixes
Dry beans, lentils, peas
Granola
Dried fruits (apricots, apples, and banana chips)

b. Learn the techniques of measuring, packaging, and labeling backpack foods for your trip.

c. Make a trail snack.

8. Know the prevention and symptoms of, and the first aid for:

9. Have a first aid kit in your pack and know how to use it.

10. According to your weight, what is the maximum number of pounds you should be allowed to carry?

11. Know three ways to find direction without a compass. Demonstrate at least two.

Adventist Youth Honors Answer Book/Camping/No compass

12. Show the proper way to put on and take off a backpack alone and with a partner.

13. Participate in a weekend backpack trip of at least five miles (8 km) to a site not accessible by a vehicle and cook your own meals.

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AY Honors/Backpacking/Answer Key

1. Discuss with your instructor the meaning of the motto: "Take nothing but pictures and leave nothing but footprints."

2. Know the essentials of proper clothing, shoes, and rain gear to use in backpacking.

3. Know the principles in selecting a good quality backpack. In an emergency, what might be used in place of a backpack?

4. Know the essential items to be taken on a backpack trip.

5. What kind of sleeping bag and pad are best for your camping area? Know at least three kinds of each that are available.

6. Know how to pack a pack properly.

7. What types of food are best for backpacking? Visit a grocery store and list the foods found there that are suitable for backpacking. With your instructor:

a. Prepare a menu for a weekend backpack trip using foods obtained from a grocery store.

b. Learn the techniques of measuring, packaging, and labeling backpack foods for your trip.

c. Make a trail snack.

8. Know the prevention and symptoms of, and the first aid for:

a. Sunburn

b. Blisters

c. Frostbite

d. Hypothermia

e. Heat stroke

f. Heat exhaustion

g. Snake bite

h. Cramps

i. Dehydration