You forgot one.
11. Go camping in the rain without complaining.
rick/eagle feather
>My trailblazer son and I were looking through the merits for some
>ideas of
>what to do with his patrol. We found merits for hiking, camping, and
>winter
>camping, but we noticed that our most common type of camping was not
>represented, i.e. rain camping.
>We would like to submit for your consideration the Pacific Northwest
>Rain
>Camping Merit:
>
>1. Explain the four types of rain: fall, winter, spring, summer
>
>2. Camp out a total of three nights without you, your shelter, or
>your
>supplies floating away.
>
>3. Discuss the merits of the following types of footwear: galoshes,
>sandals, and flippers. State your preference and explain why.
>
>4. Define mossytoe. Explain how to treat first-, second-, and
>third-degree
>mossytoe and how to prevent mossytoe.
>
>5. Demonstrate your ability to light a fire under water.
>
>6. Prepare and serve a three-course meal, using the following cooking
>methods: poaching, steaming & boiling
>
>7. Demonstrate your ability to read tracks in a mud puddle.
>
>8. Explain the advantages of webfeet.
>
>9. Explain the advantages of staying on the trail while treading
>water.
>
>10. Demonstrate your ability to talk your commander out of his dry
>sleeping
>bag and your patrol leader out of his last pair of dry socks.
>
>I realize that this merit may seem difficult for those outposts in
>dryer
>climates, but I think most conditions could be simulated by the use of
>
>firehoses and sprinklers.
>
>David Weiser, Ranger Dad,
>Vancouver, WA
>
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