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:1. Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur while camping, including hypothermia, frostbite, heat reactions, dehydration, altitude sickness, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, and hyperventilation.
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: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..
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:3. Make a written plan for an overnight trek and show how to get to your camping spot using a topographical map and compass OR a topographical map and a GPS receiver.
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::a. Make a duty roster showing how your [[patrol]] is organized for an actual overnight campout. List assignments for each member.
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::b. Help a Scout patrol or a [[Webelos]] Scout unit in your area prepare for an actual campout, including creating the duty roster, menu planning, equipment needs, general planning, and setting up camp.
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#Camping merit badge is on the [[Eagle Scout]] required list (requirement 3.k.).
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# The [[Advancement Campout]] includes all of the camping skills through [[First Class]].
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::a. Prepare a list of clothing you would need for overnight campouts in both warm and cold weather. Explain the term "layering."
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::b. Discuss footwear for different kinds of weather and how the right footwear is important for protecting your feet.
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::c. Explain the proper care and storage of camping equipment (clothing, footwear, bedding).
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::d. List the outdoor essentials necessary for any campout, and explain why each item is needed.
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::e. Present yourself to your Scoutmaster with your pack for inspection. Be correctly clothed and equipped for an overnight campout.
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::a. Describe the features of four types of tents, when and where they could be used, and how to care for tents. Working with another Scout, pitch a tent.
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::b. Discuss the importance of camp sanitation and tell why water treatment is essential. Then demonstrate two ways to treat water.
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::c. Describe the factors to be considered in deciding where to pitch your tent.
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::d. Tell the difference between internal- and external-frame packs. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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::e. Discuss the types of sleeping bags and what kind would be suitable for different conditions. Explain the proper care of your sleeping bag and how to keep it dry. Make a comfortable ground bed.
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:7. Prepare for an overnight campout with your patrol by doing the following:
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::a. Make a checklist of personal and patrol gear that will be needed.
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::b. Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol equipment 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.
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::c. Prepare a camp menu. Explain how the menu would differ from a menu for a backpacking or float trip. Give recipes and make a food list for your patrol. Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers. Discuss how to protect your food against bad weather, animals, and contamination.
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::d. Cook at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner for your patrol from the meals you have planned for requirement 8c. At least one of those meals must be a trail meal requiring the use of a lightweight stove.
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::a. Camp a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights. Sleep each night under the sky or in a tent you have pitched. The 20 days and 20 nights must be at a designated Scouting activity or event. You may use a week of long-term camp toward this requirement. If the camp provides a tent that has already been pitched, you need not pitch your own tent.
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::b. On any of these camping experiences, you must do TWO of the following, only with proper preparation and under qualified supervision:
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:::3. Take a bike trip of at least 15 miles or at least four hours.
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:::6. Rappel down a rappel route of 30 feet or more.
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::c. Perform a conservation project approved by the landowner or land managing agency.
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:10. Discuss how the things you did to earn this badge have taught you about personal health and safety, survival, public health, conservation, and good citizenship. In your discussion, tell how [[Scout spirit]] and the [[Scout Oath]] and [[Scout Law|Law]] apply to camping and outdoor ethics.
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'''1'''. '''First Aid Videos and Links''': [[Hypothermia]] - [[Frostbite]] - [[Heat Reactions]] - [[Dehydration]] - [[Altitude Sickness]] - [[Insect Stings]] - [[Tick Bites]] - [[Snakebite]] - [[Blisters]] - [[Hyperventilation]]
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'''2'''. [[Leave No Trace]] - [[Outdoor Code]] <br>
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'''3'''. [[Maps|Topographical Maps]] - [[Compass]] - [[GPS]]<br>
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'''4b. [[Meal Planning]] - [[Cooking Gear]] - [[Campsite|Campsite Selection]] - [[Tent Setup]]<br>
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'''5a'''. Clothing for [[Warm Weather]] and [[Cold Weather]] - [[Layering]]<br>
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'''5b'''. [[Footwear]] links and videos <br>
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'''5c'''. [[Clothing]] - [[Footwear]] - [[Sleeping Bags]] - [[Sleeping Pads]]<br>
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'''5d'''. [[Outdoor Checklists]]<br>
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'''5e'''. [[Outdoor Checklists]] - [[Packing a Backpack]] - [[Clothing]] - [[Outdoor Gear]] - [[Footwear]] - [[Sleeping Bags]] - [[Sleeping Pads]]<br>
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'''6a'''. [[Tent Types]] - [[Tent Setup]]<br>
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'''6b'''. [[Hygiene|Sanitation]] - [[Water Purification]] including ways to purify water. <br>
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'''6c'''. [[Campsite|Campsite Selection]] - [[Tent Setup]]<br>
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'''6d'''. [[Backpacks]] with Internal- and External-Frame differences, advantages and disadvantages. <br>
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'''7b'''. [[Packing a Backpack]] - [[Shouldering a Pack]] including balance, etc.<br>
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'''8a & 8b'''. [[Backpacking Stoves]] - [[Cooking Gear]] <br>
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'''8c'''. [[Meal Planning]] - [[Recipes]] - [[Food Handling]]<br>
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'''8d'''. [[Cooking Skills]] - [[Backpacking Stoves]]<br>
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'''9b1'''. [[Hiking Skills]] <br>
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'''9b2'''. [[Backpacking Skills]] - [[Snow Sports]] <br>
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'''9b3'''. [[Cycling Skills]] <br>
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'''9b4'''. [[Canoeing]] - [[Whitewater]] - [[Small-Boat Sailing]] - [[Rowing]] <br>
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'''9b5'''. [[Cold Weather]] - [[TPF-Winter Camping|Troop Program: Winter Camping]] <br>
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'''9b6'''. [[Climbing]]<br>
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*[http://www.rei.com/LearnShareDetailArticlesList?storeId=8000&categoryId=Camping&url=rei/learn/camp/rtcmp2f.jsp How to Choose the Right Campsite]
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*[http://www.isu.edu/outdoor/ten.htm Camping Essentials]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tent#Current_tent_styles Types of Tents]
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*[http://www.rei.com/learn/Camping/rei/learn/camp/clwatertreatf?vcat=REI_EXPERT_ADVICE_CAMPING Water Treatment Basics]
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*[http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwrec/touch/camping/ext-vs-int.html Internal Frame vs External Frame]
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_bag#Design_types Sleeping Bags]
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*[http://www.sbcfire.com/fp/safety/campstoves.html Very Basic Camp Stove Safety]
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*[http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/tipcon/picnice.shtml Basic Outdoor Food Safety]
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*[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Fact_Sheets/Food_Safety_While_Hiking_Camping_&_Boating/index.asp USDA Food Safety While Camping]
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*[http://www.netwoods.com/d-cooking.html Ideas for Outdoor Meals]
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*[http://www.backpacker.com/ Backpacker Magazine]
*[http://www.backpacker.com/ Backpacker Magazine]
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Resources include the Camping merit badge worksheet Adobe Acrobat PDF, links, and cross-references to related badges and awards.  ◀Prev  -  Next ▶ 

Camping merit badge is required for the Eagle Scout rank.

Camping merit badge
Image:Camping.jpg
Status: Eagle-required
Created: 1911
Discontinued: no
BSA Advancement ID: 001
Requirements revision: 2007
Latest pamphlet revision: 2008

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“ Camping is one of the best-known methods of the Scouting movement. When he founded the Scouting movement in the early 1900s, Robert Baden-Powell encouraged every Scout to learn the art of living out-of-doors. He believed a young person able to take care of himself while camping would have the confidence to meet life's other challenges, too. ”

The Camping merit badge was one of the original 57 merit badges issued by the Boy Scouts of America in 1911.
Camping merit badge is required for the National Outdoor Badge for Camping.


Camping merit badge requirements

  1. Show that you know first aid for and how to prevent injuries or illnesses that could occur while camping, including hypothermia, frostbite, heat reactions, dehydration, altitude sickness, insect stings, tick bites, snakebite, blisters, and hyperventilation.
  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 show how to get to your camping spot using a topographical map and compass OR a topographical map and a GPS receiver.
  4. Do the following:
    a. Make a duty roster showing how your patrol is organized for an actual overnight campout. List assignments for each member.
    b. Help a Scout patrol or a Webelos Scout unit in your area prepare for an actual campout, including creating the duty roster, menu planning, equipment needs, general planning, and setting up camp.
  5. Do the following:
    a. Prepare a list of clothing you would need for overnight campouts in both warm and cold weather. Explain the term "layering."
    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. List the outdoor essentials necessary for any campout, and explain why each item is needed.
    e. Present yourself to your Scoutmaster 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, when and where they could be used, and how to care for tents. Working with another Scout, pitch a tent.
    b. Discuss the importance of camp sanitation and tell why water treatment is essential. Then demonstrate two ways to treat water.
    c. Describe the factors to be considered in deciding where to pitch your tent.
    d. Tell the difference between internal- and external-frame packs. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.
    e. Discuss the types of sleeping bags and what kind would be suitable for different conditions. Explain the proper care of your sleeping bag and how to keep it dry. 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. Pack your own gear and your share of the patrol equipment 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 for:
    1. Using a propane or butane/propane stove
    2. Using a liquid fuel stove
    3. Proper storage of extra fuel
    b. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different types of lightweight cooking stoves.
    c. Prepare a camp menu. Explain how the menu would differ from a menu for a backpacking or float trip. Give recipes and make a food list for your patrol. Plan two breakfasts, three lunches, and two suppers. Discuss how to protect your food against bad weather, animals, and contamination.
    d. Cook at least one breakfast, one lunch, and one dinner for your patrol from the meals you have planned for requirement 8c. At least one of those meals must be a trail meal requiring the use of a lightweight stove.
  9. Show experience in camping by doing the following:
    a. Camp a total of at least 20 days and 20 nights. Sleep each night under the sky or in a tent you have pitched. The 20 days and 20 nights must be at a designated Scouting activity or event. You may use a week of long-term camp toward this requirement. If the camp provides a tent that has already been pitched, you need not pitch your own tent.
    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 1,000 vertical feet.
    2. Backpack, snowshoe, or cross-country ski for at least 4 miles.
    3. Take a bike trip of at least 15 miles or at least four hours.
    4. Take a nonmotorized trip on the water of at least four hours or 5 miles.
    5. Plan and carry out an overnight snow camping experience.
    6. Rappel down a rappel route of 30 feet or more.
    c. Perform a conservation project approved by the landowner or land managing agency.
  10. Discuss how the things you did to earn this badge have taught you about personal health and safety, survival, public health, conservation, and good citizenship. In your discussion, tell how Scout spirit and the Scout Oath and Law apply to camping and outdoor ethics.


The official source for the information shown in this article or section is:
Boy Scout Requirements, 2012 Edition (BSA Supply No. 34765)

The text of these requirements is locked and can only be edited by an administrator.
Please note any errors found in the above requirements on this article's Talk Page.


Notes

Worksheet A FREE workbook for Camping is available here! Adobe Acrobat PDF
with the maps, charts, links, diagrams, and checklists you need!
Or click here to print just the Camping requirements. 		meritbadge.org has PDF and DOC versions of
Boy Scout merit badge workbooks,
Webelos workbooks, and Cub Scout workbooks.
  1. Per the BSA: "You should read the merit badge pamphlet on the subject." Pamphlets (books) are at local Scout Shops and online at ScoutStuff.org.
  2. "Get a signed Merit Badge application from your Scoutmaster." An online, printable Word doc file version is available.
  3. Camping merit badge is on the Eagle Scout required list (requirement 3.k.).
  4. The Advancement Campout includes all of the camping skills through First Class.
  5. The BSA Camping Troop Program Feature offers meeting and activity plans to include Camping as one of your monthly themes.
  6. Camping is a popular summer camp merit badge.


Requirement resources

Links and Video Links are available for

1. First Aid Videos and Links: Hypothermia - Frostbite - Heat Reactions - Dehydration - Altitude Sickness - Insect Stings - Tick Bites - Snakebite - Blisters - Hyperventilation

2. Leave No Trace - Outdoor Code
3. Topographical Maps - Compass - GPS
4b. Meal Planning - Cooking Gear - Campsite Selection - Tent Setup
 5a. Clothing for Warm Weather and Cold Weather - Layering
5b. Footwear links and videos
5c. Clothing - Footwear - Sleeping Bags - Sleeping Pads
5d. Outdoor Checklists
5e. Outdoor Checklists - Packing a Backpack - Clothing - Outdoor Gear - Footwear - Sleeping Bags - Sleeping Pads
6a. Tent Types - Tent Setup
6b. Sanitation - Water Purification including ways to purify water.
6c. Campsite Selection - Tent Setup
6d. Backpacks with Internal- and External-Frame differences, advantages and disadvantages.
6e. Sleeping Bags
7a. Outdoor Checklists
7b. Packing a Backpack - Shouldering a Pack including balance, etc.
8a & 8b. Backpacking Stoves - Cooking Gear
8c. Meal Planning - Recipes - Food Handling
8d. Cooking Skills - Backpacking Stoves
9b1. Hiking Skills
9b2. Backpacking Skills - Snow Sports
9b3. Cycling Skills
9b4. Canoeing - Whitewater - Small-Boat Sailing - Rowing
9b5. Cold Weather - Troop Program: Winter Camping
9b6. Climbing

Related awards

Outdoor-related awards


See also

Boy Scout portal
Varsity Scout portal
Venturing portal

Merit Badge information


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Merit badges required for the Eagle Scout rank
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First Aid  •  Citizenship in the Community  •  Citizenship in the Nation  •  Citizenship in the World
Camping  •  Communications  •  Family Life  •  Personal Fitness  •  Personal Management
Emergency Preparedness OR Lifesaving  •  Environmental Science (OR Sustainability, starting July 2013)
Swimming OR Hiking OR Cycling  •  Cooking (starting Jan 1, 2014)
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