Upcoming November Campout

This month's campout will be at Camp Daniel Boone from Nov. 9th to Nov. 11th.  We will be meeting at Pinnacle Church at 5pm on Friday to go out to camp.  Saturday morning in Ledbetter Lodge we will be participating in an Eagle Ceremony for Joe Grasty. Full Class A uniform is REQUIRED for all Scouts and Scouters attending.





Click on this link to find out about the Boy Scout 10 Essentials:
http://scoutingmagazine.org/2004/03/the-10-essentials/

Wilderness Survival Merit Badge

The focus for the month of November is Wilderness Survival. For anyone who needs to build a shelter to satisfy requirement 8, we will be building shelters on Saturday and staying in them Saturday night. If you already have this requirement and want to go anyways then please feel free to build another shelter and come along with the rest us just for the fun of it.



Requirements:

1. Show that you know first aid for, and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur in backcountry settings, including hypothermia, heat reactions, frostbite, dehydration, blisters, insect stings, tick bites, and snakebites.
2. From memory, list the seven priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location. Explain the importance of each one with your councelor.
3. Discuss ways to avoid panic and maintain a high level of morale when lost, and explain why this is important.
4. Describe the steps you would take to survive in the following conditions:

   a. Cold and snowy

   b. Wet (forest)

   c. Hot and dry (desert)

   d. Windy (mountains or plains)

   e. Water (ocean, lake, or river)

5. Put together a personal survival kit and explain how each item in it could be useful
6. Using three different methods (other than matches), build and light three fires.
7. Do the following:

   a. Show five different ways to attract attention when lost.

   b. Demonstrate how to use a signal mirror.

   c. Describe from memory five ground-to-air signals and tell what they mean.

8. Improvise a natural shelter. For the purpose of this demonstration, use techniques that have little negative impact on the environment. Spend a night in your shelter.
9. Explain how to protect yourself from insects, reptiles, and bears.
10. Demonstrate three ways to treat water found in the outdoors to prepare it for drinking.
11. Show that you know the proper clothing to wear in your area on an overnight in extremely hot weather and in extremely cold weather.
12. Explain why it usually not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation.