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| Wilderness Survival merit badge
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| Status:
| Elective
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| Created:
| 1974
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| Discontinued:
| no
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| BSA Advancement ID:
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| Requirements revision:
| 2007 (not effective until 2008)
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| Latest pamphlet revision:
| 2001/2007
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Merit badge requirements
- 1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses likely to occur in backcountry outings, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite, dehydration, sunburn, stings, tick bites, snakebite, and blisters.
- 2. Describe from memory the priorities for survival in a backcountry or wilderness location.
- 3. Describe ways to (a) avoid panic and (b) maintain a high level of morale when lost.
- 4. Tell what you would do to survive in the following environments:
- a. Cold and snowy
- b. Wet and Cold Areas (forest)
- c. Hot and dry (desert)
- d. Windy (mountains or plains)
- e. Water (ocean or lake)
- 5. Make up a personal survival kit and be able to explain how each item in it is useful
- 6. Show that you can start fires using three methods other than matches.
- 7. Do the following:
- a. Tell five different ways of attracting attention when lost.
- b. Show how to use a signal mirror.
- c. Describe from memory five international ground-to- air signals and tell what they mean.
- 8. Show that you can find and improvise a natural shelter minimizing the damage to the environment.
- 9. Spend a night in your shelter.
- 10. Explain how to protect yourself against insects, reptiles, and bears.
- 11. Show three ways to treat water found in the outdoors to prepare it for drinking.
- 12. Show that you know the proper clothing to wear in your area on an overnight in extremely hot weather and extremely cold weather.
- 13. Explain why it usually is not wise to eat edible wild plants or wildlife in a wilderness survival situation.
Source: 2007 Boy Scout Requirements (33215)
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