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Spring Basic Backpacking
Feb 28-29, 2020
Winter Basic Backpacking
TBD, 2020
Desert Basic Backpacking
TBD 2020
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
BSA Rocketeer Award
Sponsoring Council
Orange County
Award Dimensions
7'' x 1 3/4''
Summary
Build, launch and successfully recover (so that the rocket can be launched again the same day...or, if minimal damage, can be repaired on site to launch again) a model rocket.
Map Link (where applicable)
External Reference (where applicable)
Detailed Requirements
BSA ROCKETEER
This award was developed and sponsored by Troop 1210 (Foothills Church), Rancho Santa Margarita, California. This award may be earned by Webelos, Scouts and/or Venturers and Girl Scouts.
Requirements:
Build, launch and successfully recover (so that the rocket can be launched again the same day...or, if minimal damage, can be repaired on site to launch again) a model rocket.
The rocket must be flown at either a National Association of Rocketry or Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc. sanctioned club launch, or a unit, district or council model rocketry event that follows the National Association of Rocketry Model Rocket Safety Code (nar.org).
References:
1. For the National Association of Rocketry, go to nar.org and click on Find A Launch. 2. For the Tripoli Rocketry Association, Inc., go to tripoli.org and click on Launches. 3. For southern CA rocketeers, go to rocstock.org which is the Rocketry Organization of California.