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Basic Backpacking
Learn the skills you need to take your scouts into the wild with confidence.
The course is organized around three components:
1. Classroom session focused on deep content (Friday evening / Saturday)
2. "In the field" map & compass day hike
3. Overnight backpacking trek with fellow classmates & a HAT Instructor
Syllabus
Adult Leadership
Bear Management
Clothing
Low Impact Camping
Mountain Medicine
Places To Go
Scout's Own
Stoves
Tents
Camps & Parks Guide
Backpacks
Boots
Food Planning
Map & Compass
Physical Conditioning
Putting It All Together
Sleeping Bags
Ten Essentials
Wilderness Survival
HAT Awards

John's Meadow, San Gorgonio Wilderness

Beginner Backpack Course Materials
Backpacks
Bears and Mountain Lions
Clothing
Footwear
General Backpacking
HAT Reference Material
HAT Website and Awards
Implementing HAT into your Troop
Low Impact Mountaineering
Map and Compass
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A NAV POWERPOINT Sep 2015
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CompassAndMap
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MagneticDeclinationSlide
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Map & Compass - Checklist
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Map & Compass Worksheet - Bearings
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Map & Compass Worksheet - Map
Search and Rescue
Sleep Systems
Stoves, Cook Gear, Cleanup
Technology on the Trail
Tents
Trail Boss
Water Treatment
Wilderness First Aid
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