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Requirements September 1989 until September 1995

1. Make a layout of a typical patrol or post campsite. Include location of cooking facilities, dining fly, latrine, and at least three two-man tents. Explain how and why weather, season, and water supply are taken into consideration when choosing a site. Also explain what precautions are necessary with regard to safe water, sanitary facilities, and emergencies.

2. Make a written plan for getting to and from a campsite on foot or by vehicle.

3. Make a chart showing how a typical patrol is organized for an overnight campout. List assignments for each member.

4. Prepare a checklist of clothing you would need for an overnight campout in:

(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
Discuss with your counselor the types of footwear for various weather conditions.  Explain proper care of the feet.

5. Describe four kinds of tents. Cite their good and bad points.

6. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following:*

(a) Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed. 
(b) Prepare a lightweight camp menu that is right for the time of the year.  Give recipes.  Make a food list for your patrol.  List foods you can get from your grocery store.  Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers. 
(c) Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol gear and food for proper carrying.  Protect it against bad weather.  Show that your pack is right for getting what's needed first, comfort, weight, balance, size, and neatness.  Explain how the rest of the patrol gear and food is divided among members.
(d) Show the right way to pack your full gear on a pack frame.  Use a diamond hitch or other good hitch.

7. Complete the following while on an overnight campout:

(a) Present yourself with your pack for inspection.  Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight camping trip.
(b) Working with another Scout, pitch a two man tent.  Consider weather and terrain.  On this campsite, where allowed, make a latrine for your patrol  (Where not allowed as in state parks, etc., describe how to build it.) (c) Make a comfortable ground bed.  Use it for 2 nights.  Use ground cloth and padding of clothing, pack, grass, leaves, or straw. 
(d) Where it's allowed, build up a fireplace area of nonburnable soil.  Show proper use of woods tools in getting and preparing fuel for a cooking fire.  Show how, on a rainy day, you would get, prepare, and protect your wood.  Show how you would properly prepare a meal when it's raining.
(e) Build three kinds of top-of-the-ground fires.  Use charcoal for one.  Show how to put out a fire properly.  (Where open fires cannot be used, show how to build the fires, but don't light them.)
(f) Show the right way to protect your camp, including food and gear, against animals, insects, and wet or bad weather.  Discuss how you would protect yourself against kinds of weather if caught out on the trail with only a pocketknife.
(g) Strike camp.  Fold or roll your tent for packing.  Pack all gear.  Leave a clean camp.  Show the right way to get rid of garbage and rubbish.

8. Show experience in camping by doing the following:

(a) Camp out a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights.  Sleep each night under the sky or under a tent you have pitched.  (You may use a week of summer camp as a part of the 20 days and 20 nights.)
(b) On one of these camping trips, hike 1-1/2 miles or more each way to and from your campsite.  Pack your own gear plus your share of patrol gear and food.  (This camp is in addition to the one for Camping skill award.)
(c) Serve as one of the cooks for your patrol for at least five meals prepared in camp.

9. Discuss how the things you did to earn this badge have taught you personal health and safety, survival, public health, conservation, and good citizenship.

Requirements September 1995 until January 2000.

1. Show that you know first aid for injuries and illnesses that could occur while camping, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite, dehydration, sunburn, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, and hyperventilation.

2. Make a layout of a typical patrol campsite. Show cooking spots, dining fly, latrine, and at least three two-man tents. Explain how and why weather, season, and water supply are considered when choosing a site. Explain what care to take with regard to safe water, sanitary facilities, and emergencies.

3. Make a written plan for getting to and from a camping spot on foot or by vehicle.

4. Make a chart showing how a typical patrol is organized for an overnight campout. List assignments for each member.

5. Prepare a list of clothing you would need for an overnight campout in:

(a) Summer.
(b) Winter.
Discuss the kinds of footwear for different kinds of weather.  Explain proper care of the feet.

6. Describe four kinds of tents. Cite their good and bad points.

7. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following:*

(a) Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed. 
(b) Prepare a camp menu that is right for the time of the year.  Give recipes.  Make a food list for your patrol.  List foods you can get from your grocery store. Supplies should be lighteight, through some canned foods may be used. Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers. 
(c) Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol gear and food for proper carrying.  Protect it against bad weather.  Show that your pack is right for getting what's needed first, and that it has been assembled properly for comfort, weight, balance, size, and neatness.  Explain how the rest of the patrol gear and food is divided among members.
(d) Show the right way to pack your full gear on a pack frame.  Use a diamond hitch or other good hitch.

8. Complete the following while on an overnight campout:

(a) Present yourself with your pack for inspection.  Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight camping trip.
(b) Working with another Scout, pitch a two-man tent.  Consider weather and terrain.  On this campsite, where allowed, make a latrine for your patrol  (Where not allowed as in state parks, etc., describe how to build it.)<> (c) Make a comfortable ground bed.  Use it for 2 nights.  Use ground cloth and padding of clothing, pack, grass, leaves, or straw. 
(d) Where it's allowed, build up a fireplace area of nonburnable soil.  Show proper use of woods tools in getting and preparing fuel for a cooking fire.  Show how, on a rainy day, you would get, prepare, and protect your wood.  Show how you would get, prepare, and protect your wood on a rainy day. Show how you would prepare a meal properly when it’s raining.<> (e) Build three kinds of top-of-the-ground fires.  Use charcoal for one.  Show how to put out a fire properly.  (Where open fires cannot be used, show how to build the fires, but don't light them.)
(f) Show the right way to protect your camp, including food and gear, against animals, insects, and wet or bad weather.  Discuss how you would protect yourself against kinds of weather if caught out on the trail with only a pocketknife.
(g) Strike camp.  Fold or roll your tent for packing.  Pack all gear.  Leave a clean camp.  Show the right way to get rid of garbage and rubbish.

9. Show experience in camping by doing the following:

(a) Camp out a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights.  Sleep each night under the sky or under a tent you have pitched.  (You may use a week of summer camp as a part of the 20 days and 20 nights.)
(b) On one of these camping trips, hike 1-1/2 miles or more each way to and from your campsite.  Pack your own gear plus your share of patrol gear and food
(c) Serve as one of the cooks for your patrol for at least five meals prepared in camp.

10. Discuss how the things you did to earn this badge have taught you personal health and safety, survival, public health, conservation, and good citizenship.

Requirements January 2000 until January 2005

1. Show that you know first aid for injuries and illnesses that could occur while camping, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite, dehydration, sunburn, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, and blisters.

2. Learn the Leave No Trace principles and the Outdoor Code and explain what they mean. Write a personal plan for implementing these principles on your next outing.

3. Make a written plan for an overnight trek and explain how to get to your camping spot using a topographical map and compass.

4. Make a chart showing how a typical patrol is organized for an overnight campout. List assignments for each member.

5. Do the following:

(a) Prepare a list of clothing you would need for overnight campouts in warm weather and in cold weather.
(b) Discuss footwear for different kinds of weather and how the right footwear is important for protecting your feet.
(c) Explain the proper care and storage of camping equipment (clothing, footwear, bedding).
(d) Explain the term “layering”.
(e) Present yourself with your pack for inspection. Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight campout.

6. Do the following:

(a) Describe the features of four types of tents and how to care for tents. Working with another Scout, pitch a tent.
(b) Discuss the reasons and methods for water purification. Discuss camp sanitation.
(c) Tell the differences between “internal” and “external” frame packs. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
(d) Discuss the types of sleeping bags and what kind would be suitable for different conditions. Explain the proper care of your sleeping bag. Make a comfortable ground bed.

7. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following:

(a) Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed. 
(b) Prepare a camp menu that is right for backpacking.  Give recipes and make a food list for your patrol.  Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers. Plan how to protect your food against bad weather, animals, and contamination.
(c) Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol gear and food for proper carrying.  Show that your pack is right for quickly getting what is needed first, and that it has been assembled properly for comfort, weight, balance, size, and neatness. 

8. Do the following:

(a) Explain the safety procedures when using a:

(1) Propane or butane/propane stove
(2) Liquid fuel stove

(b) Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of lightweight cooking stoves.
(c) Cook for your patrol a trail meal requiring the use of a lightweight stove.

9. Show experience in camping by doing the following:

(a) Camp out a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights.  (You may use a week of long-term camp as a part of the 20 days and 20 nights.) Sleep each night under the sky or under a tent you have pitched. 
(b) On any of these camping experiences, you must do Two of the following, only with proper preparation and under qualified supervision:

(1) Hike up a mountain, gaining at least 2,00 vertical feet.
(2) Backpack for at least four miles.
(3) Take a bike trip of at least 15 miles or at least four hours.
(4) Plan and carry out a float trip of at least four hours.
(5) Rappel down a rappel route of 30 feet or more.
(6) On one of your campouts, perform a conversation project approved in advance by the private landowner or public land management agency.

10. Discuss how the things you did to earn this badge have taught you personal health and safety, survival, public health, conservation, and good citizenship.