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RED ROCK CANYON-MOJAVE DESERT AWARD
This award is designed to promote the safe and careful enjoyment of mountain hiking with minimal impact by fostering LNT
principles.
Requirements:
1. Comply with the High Adventure Award General Requirements.
2. This award may be earned by registered Boy Scouts, Venturers, Girl Scouts and registered leaders.
3. Know symptoms and first aid for the Boy Scout Tenderfoot
, Second Class & First Class rank requirements with special
attention to hypothermia, hyperthermia, heat exhaustion, heat
stroke, dehydration, and snake bites. This area is home to
the Western Diamondback Rattlesnake and the Mojave Gr
een Rattlesnake which is known to be aggressive.
4. Camp at least one night in Red Rock Canyon State Park or somewhere else in the Mojave Desert.
5. Hike at least three miles on an established trail. Take at
least three pictures at different
places along the trail. One of
the
pictures should include all the participants on the hike. (Exception only for the photographer)
6. Visit one of the features in the Red Rock Canyon/ Mojave
Desert area and write a one page report about it. Features may
be geologic, or other natural feature or manmade like the Burro Schmidt Tunnel, Bickel Camp or the Dutch Cleanser
Mine. These are examples. Ask your approval couns
elor about others that you are considering.
7.
Perform a one hour service or conservation project to aid the
desert. The project may be under the direction of the Park
Ranger, the BLM, or other organization approved by the HAT
approval person. The project may be a trash pick up type
project but it is to be a concentrated effort not just the casual picking up of trash while hiking etc.
8.
The Specific Requirements shall supersede the Genera
l Requirements if there is an area of conflict.
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