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Basic Backpacking Awareness Description

BSA High Adventure Okpik, Cold Weather Camping Awareness Basic Backpacking Awareness Paddle Sports Awareness        

BASIC BACKPACKING AWARENESS (BBA)
TREK PLANNING
· Plan and Organize
· Trek Leadership

PERSONAL GEAR
· Clothing and Boots
· Backpacks
· Sleeping Bags and Pads

GROUP EQUIPMENT
· Tents
· Stove and Fuel Safety
· Stoves & Cooking Gear
· Water Treatment
· Equipment Repair Kit

FOOD
· Planning, Purchasing, Packaging, Preparation, & Polishing Off

WILDERNESS NAVIGATION
· Compass
· Maps
· Hands-on Navigation

WILDERNESS SAFETY
· Weather and Lighting
· Lost and Evacuation
· Stream Crossings
· Wildfires

WILDERNESS MEDICINE
· Health, Safety and Prevention
· Wilderness Emergencies
· Hypothermia & Hyperthermia

BACK COUNTRY LIVING
· Back Country Living
· No Trace Camping
· Wilderness Photography
· Trail Customs & Courtesies
· Conservation
· Scouts Own
· Back Country Travel

WHERE TO TREK & AWARDS


email HAT-BBA at backpack(at)gec-hat(dot)org for more information
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This page revised April 23, 2008

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