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HIKING ACTIVITY AWARDS - MAP AND COMPASS

Award Description:  

HIKING ACTIVITY AWARDS These awards were developed to encourage beginning hiking activities with advancement. They promote hiking and environmental awareness. The hikes can be completed within a day or over a weekend. Hikes taken in the city do not qualify for these awards. These awards are de signed for Scouts but can be earned by Scouters who meet the extra requirements . Each award is earned on a different hike. E ach award can be planned so as to fulfill Second Class requirement 1b. The tour leader must have planned the hike using an appropr iate topographic map or maps. The topographic map(s) must be brought on the hike. As with any Scout activity, a tour permit must be filed with your local BSA Council Office. A wilderness permit and fire permit must be secured from the appropriate U.S. Ranger Station when required. MAP AND COMPASS AWARD REQUIREMENTS: 1. Complete a day or weekend hike of at least 5 miles round trip. 2. Before going on the hike, each Scout will explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during the day and at night, and explain what to do if he is lost. (Tenderfoot requirement 5) 3. Each Scout will demonstrate how a compass works and how to orient a map, and explain what map symbols mean. (Second Class requirement 1a) 4. Each Scout will demonstrate how to find directions during the day a nd at night without using a compass. (First Class requirement 1) 5. Using a compass and a map, each Scout must take 2 compass readings of dominant terrain features, orient the map and find the features on the map. (A properly oriented map must take into account declination. Refer to using a map and compass together in the Scout Handbook.) 6. Each Scout will measure the height and/or width of at least tw o items (tree, tower, canyon, ditch, etc.). (This will help with First Class requirement 2) Scouter requirements for each award: 1. Complete the requirements fo r the respective award. 2. Be a registered and uniformed leader. 3. Complete Scoutmaster Fundamentals so that you know your role as a leader. 4. You must take enough initiative before each hike to learn the local native plants and trees, wild animals, and map and compass so that you can be a resource to others.  

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Date Added:   3/29/2016 12:56:18 PM

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