Hiking Merit Badge

Hiking
Merit badge requirements
(Option, this or Cycling or Swimming required for Eagle)
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  1. Explain and show, where possible, the main points of good hiking practices.

  2. Make a written plan for a 10-mile hike. Include map routes, a clothing and equipment list, and a list of things for a trail lunch.

  3. Take five hikes of 10 continuous miles each, on 5 days.

  4. Take a hike of 20 continuous miles in 1 day.

  5. Within a month of the last hike and after taking all six hikes, make a short report of each of the six hikes. Give dates, routes covered, weather, and any interesting things you saw.

Merit badge requirements courtesy of Troop 586 Farmington