Outdoor Skills Badge #22

Outdoor Skills Badge #22
May 16, 2015


For requirement #22, I had to design and build a tent-like structure only using a tarp, knots that I have learned, and wooden stakes that me and my Dad cut.

Before

After

Outdoor Skills Badge #29

Outdoor Skills #29
May 13, 2015



Requirement #29 wants me to explain how to determine the time without using a timepiece and how determine north by day and night without using a compass.

Timepiece
Definition: a clock or a watch

Compass
Definition: an instrument for determining directions, as by means of a freely rotating magnetized needle that indicates magnetic north
 
How to determine time without using a timepiece
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMXEuFAhse4

How to determine north by day and night without using a compass
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoKQMwUx2gA, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzGKAqEC2hg, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DjJ3r4XG0E, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUSx0BHYTJ8 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKNxj-DUiPw 

Outdoor Skills Badge #30

Outdoor Skills #30
May 13, 2015

For number 30, it ask me to explain what minimum impact mean.

Minimum Impact
Definition: Minimum-impact camping means using outdoor living skills that have little affect on the soil, water, plants, and animals in an area. This practice is sometimes called “no trace” or “low impact.” The ACA Outdoor Living Skills program uses the term “minimum impact” because it is more realistic; it is impossible for camps not to show wear after a summer of activities. Therefore, ACA promotes responsible use of the outdoors. By practicing minimum-impact skills in camp and out of camp, you can limit your impact.

Here are two websites I found information about minimum impact.
website: https://www.wilderness.net/toolboxes/documents/fire/MIST_implementation.PDF & http://www.acacamps.org/campmag/009impact

Outdoor Skills Badge #25

Outdoors Skills #25
May 13, 2015



For number 25, I needed to tell the difference between a planimetric and a topographical map. Also when each is best used.

Definition for planimetric: the measurement of plane areas

Definition for topographical: the detailed mapping or charting of the features of a relatively small area, district, or locality


Planimetric map
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHulfM0stAI

Topographical map
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-UXrpAjyl0

Outdoor Skills Badge #21

Outdoor Skills #21
May 13, 2015


For number 21, I needed to learn and demonstrate five different lashings.


Square Lashing
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zH1kNrGQSRA

Diagonal Lashing
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-fF4BG0rlk

Shear Lashing
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAS7LO7Vsps

Continuous Lashing
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIHAM3E-gUc

Floor Lashing
Link: http://www.instructables.com/id/Improved-Floor-Lashing/

Here the link where I found some of the knots.
link: http://www.animatedknots.com/

How to make a camp tripod
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4h0xJGYSAYs















My tripod that I made with my Dad.

Outdoor Skills #20

Outdoor Skills #20
May 3, 2015



For number 20, I had to learn and demonstrate how to do to the following knots.

Overhand Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwdJ5op25SM

Square Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOXALMKsUhQ

Half-hitch Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q93YpbVEXAM

Clove Hitch Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aewgmUeHpuE

Taut line Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jkN3K5G8eE

Bowline Knot
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIdsTZTUl6E

Common Whipping Knot
link: http://www.netknots.com/rope_knots/common-whipping