Present yourself to your leader, properly dressed, before going on an overnight
camping trip. Show the camping gear you will use. Show the right way to pack and
carry it.
Spend at least 1 night on a patrol or troop campout. Sleep in a tent you have
helped pitch on a ground bed you have prepared.
Demonstrate how to whip and fuse the ends of a rope. Demonstrate tring two half
hitches and a tautline hitch by using these knots to pitch a tent.
Explain the rules of safe hiking, both on the highway and cross-country, during
the day and at night. Explain what to do if you are lost.
Demonstrate how to display, raise, lower, and fold the American flag.
Repeat from memory and explain in your own words the Scout Oath, Law, motto and
slogan.
Know your patrol name, give the patrol yell, and describe your patrol flag.
Explain why we use the buddy system in Scouting.
Record your best in the following tests: Pushups, Pullups, Situps, Standing long
jump, Run/walk 500 yards. Show improvement in the activities listed above after
practicing for 30 days.
Identify local poisonous plants; tell how to treat for exposure to them.
Demonstrate the Heimlich maneuver and tell when it is used. Show first aid for
the following:
