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HIKING
Either this Merit Badge
or Swimming MB or Cycling MB
is Required to earn the Eagle Scout Rank
REQUIREMENTS were REVISED as of January 1, 2000.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Take five hikes, each on a different day, and each of at least ten continuous miles. Prepare a hike plan for each hike.*
- Take a hike of 20 continuous miles in one day following a hike plan you have prepared.*
- After each of the hikes (or during each hike if on a continuous trek) in requirements 5 and 6, write a short report of you