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# I can [[backsplice]], [[short splice]] and [[eye splice]] a three-strand rope. <noinclude>
#* Scouts must show the splices to their Patrol mates. </noinclude>
# I can cook a complete campout meal using only improvised natural cooking surfaces and devices (cooking only using flat stones, wood planks, cooking cranes/hooks, spits, covered pits/trenches). <noinclude>
#* Scouts must cook a meal for a minimum of three persons. </noinclude>
# I have carved cooking and eating spoons and a bowl with a knife/carving tools and wood. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to use these carved items at a campout. </noinclude>
# I have given a lesson to Scout youth on obtaining drinkable water in the wilderness all year round. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to provide the lesson in one session to young Scouts, covering concepts including: water filtration, disinfecting methods, locating, daily and activity hydration amount requirements, storing and carrying in winter and non-winter months, hazards of untreated water. </noinclude>
# I can find the [[North Star]] and identify four of the constellations in the northern sky. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to provide this identification to their Patrol mates during an evening outing. </noinclude>
# With only materials found in the forest, rope and plastic sheeting, I have built a 10-person campout dinning shelter, protected on all side from the weather. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to use this shelter at a campout. </noinclude>
# I have observed (and photographed as proof) a total of 15 North American mammals, reptiles or amphibians in the wild. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to share these photos with their Patrol. </noinclude>
# Using only natural materials, I can light and maintain a fire in falling rain or falling snow conditions. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to demonstrate these fire skills to their Patrol. </noinclude>
# I know how to set up and lead a ground search exercise for a missing person using a hasty search and a grid search, all in an area of a minimum of 2 km<sup>2</sup>  in size. <noinclude>
#* Scouts are to set up and run a search proactive scenario with their Patrol. </noinclude>
# I have made 4 metres of 3-strand cordage from only natural plant products found outdoors. <noinclude>
#* Scouts do not have to produce the cordage as one complete strand. </noinclude>