AY Honor Backpack Assembly - Advanced Requirements
Skill Level
Unknown
Year
Unknown
Version
02.05.2025
Approval authority
Ukrainian Union
1. Have the Backpack Assembly Honor.
2. Read the article "Snippets of Backpacking Theory". Discuss it with your instructor.
3. What is a picon? What other unusual types of hiking backpacks can you name?
4. Know how to choose a good backpack. Take into account the following parameters: type of tourism, multi-day, comfort, quality of materials and fittings, price-quality ratio. Choose a specific model and buy your chosen backpack. Or sew a hiking backpack yourself.
5. Write a list of equipment, both personal and group, for a multi-day hike. The time of the hike is spring or fall.
6. Know what you can replace your backpack with if necessary.
7. Know how to pack food for hiking: cereals, cookies, sugar and salt, breadcrumbs, vegetable oil, butter. Where in your backpack will you carry these foods? Assist your unit in packing groceries for the hike.
8. Hike with a backpack for a total of at least 10 days in multi-day (one-day hikes don't count!) hikes. You must carry not only personal items, but also group gear/food.
