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Revision as of 18:09, 17 August 2011
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Outcomes
Planning is the key to safe outdoor activities. Cubs develop outdoor safety knowledge and skills, including proper preparations and planning for outdoor activities and basic survival skills. [1]
Requirements
To earn the Trailcraft Badge, complete the following requirements:
- In preparing for a trip, know how to do the following:
- (a) Tell an adult where you are going and include arrival time, route and any phone numbers
- (b) Wear clothes and shoes suitable for where you will be and the weather
- (c) Make a "footprint" by placing a sheet of tinfoil on a towel and then stepping on it with your shoes on. Mark the foil with your name and leave with an adult so searchers can identify your footprint if needed
- (d) Understand and use the buddy system when on trips
- (e) List some rules for preventing getting lost, such as staying on trails and with your group
- Discuss and demonstrate how to do the following if lost
- (a) Stay calm and slow down to save energy and body heat
- (b) Keep your head and body warm and dry to avoid hypothermia
- (c) Find a friendly place near a clearing and stay put to help searchers find you
- (d) Make a survival shelter or bed to keep off the cold ground and stay dry.
- (e) Avoid eating strange berries and drinking unpurified water
- (f) Put out something bright for people to see
- (g) Make a pattern of three signals
- (h) Look big to airplanes by lying down in a clearing and wearing bright clothing or a coloured garbage bag
- (i) How to be careful around bodies of water
- (j) Yell back at any scary night noises
- Make a survival/first aid kit that includes among the items a high energy snack, several brightly coloured garbage bags, reflector or hand mirror and a whistle.
Cross-badge links
- Part 1e: Green Star A5, Camping Badge 4, Hiking Badge 4, Trailcraft Badge 2
- Part 2: Green Star A5, Camping Badge 4, Hiking Badge 4, Trailcraft Badge 1e
- Part 2d can also be linked with Green Star A6, Camping Badge 5a, Canadian Camper Award 5a
- Part 3: Green Star A3
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References
- ↑ Taken from MEASURING SUCCESS - THE SCOUTING WAY
