I am the Hiking Merit Badge Counselor. If you are interested in earning the Hiking Merit Badge please email me ASAP at mikeeno@gmail.com. Or if you have questions email me.
Once I get a list of Scouts who are interested in the Hiking Merit Badge I will send more information to them only on how I plan on helping you earn this merit badge.
Read the requirements below.
YIS,
Mr. Eno
Requirements
1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that could occur while hiking, including hypothermia, heatstroke, heat exhaustion, frostbite, dehydration, sunburn, sprained ankle, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, hyperventilation, and altitude sickness.
2. Explain and, where possible, show the points of good hiking practices. including the principles of Leave No Trace, hiking safety in the daytime and at night, courtesy to others, choice of footwear, and proper care of feet and footwear.
3. Explain how hiking is an aerobic activity. Develop a plan for conditioning yourself for 10-mile hikes, and describe how you will increase your fitness for longer hikes.
4. Make a written plan for a 10-mile hike, including map routes, a clothing and equipment list, and a list of items for a trail lunch.
5. Take five hikes, each on a different day, and each of at least ten continuous miles. Prepare a hike plan for each hike.*
6. Take a hike of 20 continuous miles in one day following a hike plan you have prepared.*
7. After each of the hikes (or during each hike if on one continuous "trek") in requirements 5 and 6, write a short report of your experience. Give dates and descriptions of routes covered, the weather, and interesting things you saw. Share this report with your merit badge counselor.
*The hikes in requirements 5 and 6 can be used in fulfilling Second Class (2a) and First Class (3) rank requirements, but only if Hiking merit badge requirements 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been completed to the satisfaction of your counselor. The hikes of requirements 5 and 6 cannot be used to fulfill requirements of other merit badges.
I am gathering photos from our camp outs for a slide show. I have the links for Mr. D's photos already. If you have photos you can share from any of our trips, please email them or send a link to mikeeno@gmail.com or mail them to a CD to 104 Lady Slipper Lane, Chester NH 03036.
If any Scout is interested in earning the Historic Trails Award let Mr. Eno know and he will look into planning an event for the Spring or over the Summer.
To Earn this award, members of your unit must plan and participate in a historic activity. A unit historic activity requires members to:
1, Locate a historic trail or site and study information relating to it. (The information may be obtained from an adult historic society, public library, or people living near the trail or the site. 2. Hike or camp 2 days and 1 night along the trail or in the vicinity of the site. 3. Cooperate with an adult group such as a historic society to restore and mark all or part of this trail or site. (This may be done during the hike or overnight camp.) Or cooperate with such a group to plan and stage a historic pageant, ceremony, or other public event related to this trail or site -- such event should be large enough to merit coverage by the local press. 4. Your unit leader must then file the Historic Trails Award application with your council service center.
