Fig. 1: Hiking-AT1-Front
- Cloth: Heavyweight tan right twill
- Embroidery: Silk continuous
Fig. 2: Hiking-AT1-Magnified
- Design: Shoe sole with heel
Fig. 3: Hiking-AT1-Reverse
- Back: Black imprint
Fig. 4: Hiking-AT1-error3-front
- Manufacturing error: Type 3 error; twill back
Fig. 5: Hiking-AT1-error3-reverse
- Back: Black imprint
Item Name: Hiking 1921 - 1933
Item ID: Hiking-AT1
Collector Rating: 1
Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge
Requirements January 1921 until October 1936
1. Show a thorough knowledge of the care of the feet on a hike.
2. Walk five miles per day, six days in the week, for a period of three months. This may include walking to and from school or work. He shall keep a record of his hikes daily, preferably in his diary, a transcript to be made an exhibit before the court of honor.
3. Walk ten miles on each of two days in each month for a period of three months; in other words, six walks of ten miles each during the three months.
4. Walk twenty miles in one day.
5. Locate and describe interesting trails and walk to some place marked by some patriotic or historical event.
6. Write his experiences in these several walking trips with reference to fatigue or distress experienced, and indicate what he has learned in the way of caring for himself as regards equipment such as camping and cooking outfit, food, foot-wear, clothing, and hygiene.
7. Review his ability to read a road map (preferably a Government topographical map), to use a compass, and shall be required to make a written plan for a hike from the map.