Backpacking
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![]() | This is the Backpacking merit badge for Boy Scouts. Venturers can also complete the Backpacking elective for the Ranger Award |
![]() | Backpacking requires prior counselor approval for requirement(s) #11b. |
Backpacking merit badge | ||
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Status: | Elective | |
Created: | 1982 | |
Discontinued: | no | |
BSA Advancement ID: | 026 | |
Requirements revision: | 2008 | |
Latest pamphlet revision: | 2008 |
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“ | Earning the Backpacking merit badge will be demanding but rewarding. Scouts will learn what equipment to carry on their backs and what knowledge to have in their heads. In addition, Scouts will discover how to protect the environment by traveling and camping without leaving a trace. By mastering the basics of backpacking, Scouts will develop an even deeper respect for the outdoors. | ” |
Backpacking merit badge requirements | ![]() | ||
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Notes
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- The Backpacking Merit Badge requirements were updated in 2008.
- The BSA Backpacking Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Backpacking as one of your monthly themes.
Requirement resources
1. First Aid: Hypothermia - Heat Reactions - Sun Protection - Frostbite - Dehydration - Insect Stings - Insect Protection - Tick Bites - Snakebite - Blisters
- Your handbook is your primary reference. See First Aid Skills for step-by-step instructions and lesson video links.
- See also: First Aid Merit Badge Pamphlet - First Aid Kit - Emergency Kit - Guide to Safe Scouting - Annual Health & Medical Record
2a. Here are the Outdoor Checklists including the 10 Essentials.
2b. Reducing Weight: Backpacks - Backpacking Stoves - Backpacking Food - Backpacking Gear - Water Purification - Clothing - Sleeping Bags - Pads - Tents and other Outdoor_Gear
3. Outdoor Safety
4a. Outdoor_Skills#Outdoor_Leave_No_Trace
4b. Hygiene - Food Handling have a number of resources and videos.
4c. Campsite resources and videos.
5a. Water Purification
5b. Hydration
6a. Topographic_Maps
6b. Map and Compass - GPS - Topographic Maps
6c. Lost includes many resources and videos including how to stay found.
7. Cold Weather - Warm Weather - Wet Weather
8. Backpacking Stoves resources and videos.
8c. Outdoor Cooking
8d. Cooking Gear - Food Storage
9a. The Backpacking planning form is in the Backpacking Worksheet.
9b. Packing a Backpack resources and videos for one night to a week+.
9c. Shouldering a Pack including all major adjustment - resources and videos.
9d. See the Outdoor Checklists and Shouldering a Pack for adjustments.
10. Leave No Trace - Outdoor Code
- The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
11. The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
11a. Backpacker's Field Guide: Safety Plan
11b. Leave No Trace - Service Projects
11c. The forms are in the Backpacking Worksheet.
Related awards
See also
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General Merit Badge information
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External links
- How to Pack your Backpack
- Backpacking Gear Reviews
- Backpacking Lightweight
- Backpacker Magazine
- Chuck's Backpacking Bonanza
- Onestep's Ultralight Backpacking Resource
- Ultralightweight Backpacking — How To Do It
- Backpacking and Hiking TrailHead
- Peak to Peak Trail and Wilderness Links