There are a couple of ways this can be handled.
There is a course that is available, I think from Silva. It consists of a
100 ft. rope, with each 5 ft. marked off with a brass marker with a number
on it. One end has the number 1 going up to 20. They provide a number of
course directions that will say something like this:
Start @ number 5.
go 56 degrees for 88 feet
go 165 degrees for 75 feet
go 320 degrees for 25 feet (not a real example, so this may not work)
After following the directions you SHOULD wind back on the rope at some
other marker (may be the same one). You then tell the course operator the
number you started on, and he will tell you if that is the right one or
not. When we ran this at pow-wow, you got 15 points if it was the right
one, 10 points if you were one off to the left or right, 5 points if you
were 2 off, etc.
Another way we have done this in advancement outings is to set up a course
before hand, where you will start at a designated point and go in a given
direction for a given number of feet. Do this three times and find out
where you end up. A marker will have been placed at the correct ending
point. The participants should end up close to that marker if they have
run the course right.
Try not to make the ending marker something that can be easily
distinguished. Make it something low to the ground, so they are not
tempted to find it and walk toward it and say "I made it". You can also
put markers at the other points along the way.
You can also create the course with more than one 3-point course, using
different colored markers for each course. This way if you have a few
Trailblazers, you will have them running different courses, and they will
not be tempted to follow each other.
Hope this helps.
james baney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 11/26/2000 02:49:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: (bcc: Robert D Hamilton/Page Digital)
Subject: [RR] Trailblazer help needed
I was looking at the Trailblazer 2nd class
requirements. Under Compass, it asks the Recruit to
run a 3 point compass course. I cant find any
information on that compass course in the TB Handbook,
Adventures in Camping or the Leader HB. Can anyone
help?
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James Baney
OP 4 - Arizona District
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