Fig. 1: Hiking-C1-Front
- Cloth: Heavyweight tan right twill
- Embroidery: Continuous loop silk
Fig. 2: Hiking-C1-Reverse
- Back: Black imprint with starch
Item Name: Hiking 1936 - 1937
Item ID: Hiking-C1
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.
Requirements October 1936 until December 1943
1. Walk ten continuous miles on each of two days each month for a period of three months; in other words, six walks of ten miles each during the three months. He shall submit to the Merit Badge Counselor, a report of the hikes taken, including dates, routes traveled, and interesting things observed.
2. After the three-month conditioning period in Requirement No. 1, walk twenty miles in one day.
3. Describe to the Counselor the location and interesting features of trails over which he has hiked; and hike to some place marked by some patriotic or historic event, and product photographs, nature specimens or other interesting exhibits secured on such hike.
4. Write his experiences in these several walking trips indicating 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. He shall show a thorough knowledge of the care of the feet on a hike.
5. Demonstrate, in connection with the fulfillment of the first three requirements, his ability to read a road map (preferably a Government topographical map,) to use a compass, and make a written plan for a hike from the map.