Level: 3
Category: Recreation
Year: 1976

Wilderness Leadership Advanced

  1. Complete the Wilderness Leadership honour.
  2. Complete the following honours:
    1. Edible Wild Plants
    2. Wilderness Living
    3. Outdoor Leadership
  3. Know and practice the principles of camouflage and tracking.
  4. What physical and mental preparations are necessary before a wilderness experience?
  5. Demonstrate some skills necessary for wilderness leadership in two of the following areas not completed for the Wilderness Leadership honour.
    1. Tropical
    2. Desert
    3. Swamp
    4. Mountain (rocks, ice, high altitude)
    5. Temperate forest
    6. Plain and tundra
  6. Demonstrate the construction and operation of two types of snares or traps.
  7. Know the points of consideration in the following types of travel:
    1. Mountain
    2. Water
    3. Glacial
    4. Snow
  8. Understand the principles of developing a faith in divine leadership as outlined in Psalms 91.
  9. Understand what steps should be taken for the survival of the wilderness.
  10. Assist in instructing one honour from requirement #1 of the Wilderness Leadership honour.
  11. Build a shelter from non-living but natural materials (such as a debris hut).
  12. Plan and participate in a week’s wilderness camping experience, applying the principles and skills learned in this honour.