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Wilderness Leadership

1. Have the following honors:

1. Backpacking
   
2. Camping Skills I-IV
   
3. Fire Building and Camp Cookery
   
4. First Aid
   
5. Hiking
   
6. Orienteering
   

2. Know and practice the principles of health, safety, and rules of conduct to be used when in the wilderness with a youth group.
3. Know and demonstrate the principles of signaling and rescue.
4. Assist in planning and participate with a group in a mock demonstration of what to do if lost, stranded, or injured in the wilderness. Assist in planning and participate as a leader in a search and rescue operation involving a hidden "injured" person.
5. Demonstrate some skills necessary for wilderness leadership in one of the following areas:

1. Tropical
   
2. Desert
   
3. Swamp
   
4. Mountain (rocks, ice, high altitude)
   
5. Temperate forest
   
6. Plain and tundra
   

6. Understand and demonstrate wilderness and camping etiquette regarding the preservation of the outdoors.
7. Identify in the wild, prepare, and eat ten varieties of wild plants.
8. Learn some of the wilderness leadership qualites of two of the following:

1. Moses
   
2. David
   
3. Elijah
   
4. Joshua
   
5. John the Baptist
   

9. Lead a group in a weekend wilderness camping experience, applying the principlesand skills learned in this honor.

Skill Level 2
Original Honor 1976

Wilderness Leadership, Advanced

1. Have the following honors:

1. Edible Wild Plants
   
2. Outdoor Leadership
   
3. Wilderness Leadership
   
4. Wilderness Living
   

2. Know and practice the principles of camouflage and tracking.
3. What physical and mental preparations are necessary before a wilderness experience?
4. Demonstrate some skills necessary for wilderness leadership in two of the following areas not completed for the Wilderness Leadership Honor:

1. Desert
   
2. Mountain (rocks, ice, high altitude)
   
3. Plain and tundra
   
4. Swamp
   
5. Temperate forest
   
6. Tropical
   

5. Demonstrate the construction and operation of two types of snares or traps.
6. Know the points of consideration in the following types of travel:

1. Glacial
   
2. Mountain
   
3. Snow
   
4. Water
   

7. Understand the principles of developing a faith in divine leadership as outlined in Psalms 91.
8. Understand what steps should be taken for the survival of the wilderness.
9. Assist in instructing one honor listed in requirement 1 of the Wilderness Leadership Honor.
10. Build a shelter from non-living but natural materials (such as a debris hut).
11. Plan and participate in a week's wilderness camping experience, applying the principles and skills learned in this honor.

Skill Level 3
Original Honor 1976

Recreation
General Conference
2001 Edition