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1. Packing in Advance

Good preparation is important.

1. Make a packing list for a weekend camp at a fixed location.
2. Pack your own camp bag and explain to your leaders what you brought and why.

Packing also means making choices about what you do and do not take.

1. Pack your camp bag for a camp week at a fixed location and explain to your leaders what you brought and why.
2. Pack a daypack for use during a hike or trek and explain what you take.
3. Hand in your health form and discuss any special considerations, such as allergies and medication use.
4. Check the camp chest, first aid kit, and patrol tent.

If you go backpacking, you carry your own gear and must choose carefully what you do and do not take.

1. Pack your backpack for a trekker's camp of at least 7 days. Think about your personal gear as well as your share of the group gear (such as cooking gear and the tent).
2. Explain how you account for weight, size, and necessity.
3. Pack the first aid kit, decorations, game materials, and camp information for your patrol.

1. Camping and Equipment

Pitching a tent is a basic skill for camping.

1. Find a suitable place to pitch a tent so that you stay dry when it rains.
2. Pitch a tent together with your parents or your patrol and sleep in it for a night.
3. Help clean and store the tent neatly.

(Tip: this can be during a weekend or camp of your section in or around a clubhouse, but also at home or on a campground.)

You can camp in different ways, by sleeping in a tent, scout dinghy, or self-built shelter.

1. Spend at least a week overnighting in a tent or on a scout dinghy.
2. Pitch your own tent yourself. For a larger tent, do this together with your patrol.
3. Sleep at least two nights in a self-built shelter, such as a tarp shelter or "fry bag" tent.
4. Pitch a group or marquee tent with the leaders.
5. Explain how you maintain your tent, how you air the tent, what you do in bad weather, and what is and is not allowed.
6. Store the tent and explain why it is important for sustainable use to clean and dry a tent thoroughly after use.

An expedition is a special form of camping in which you move around and overnight at different locations.

1. Go on an expedition or trekker's camp for at least a week.
2. Sleep at least four nights in a self-built shelter.
3. Sleep at least two nights in the open air.
4. Show how different tents are pitched, such as lightweight tents, party tents, tarps, deck tents, group tents, and marquee tents.
5. Explain what conditions a tent must meet to cook safely inside.
6. Explain how to maintain tents sustainably.

1. Camp Sites

A good scout is aware of the environment and treats it well.

1. Make a map of the area where your tent is pitched, including buildings, roads, and facilities.
2. Make a list of what you consider the most important camp rules. Think about:

• How to treat each other and each other's belongings
• Keeping the clubhouse or campsite clean and tidy
• Safety
• Nature on and outside the campsite

A good layout of the campsite is important for safety, facilities, and atmosphere.

1. Make a layout plan of the campsite before setup.
2. Explain why you choose certain locations, taking into account water taps, a washing area, patrol tents and kitchens, leaders' tents and kitchen, play area, campfire site, and waste collection point.
3. Explain what you consider for the latrine (HUDO), a washing area, gas cylinders, axes, saws, and any mooring and storage places for boats and canoes.
4. Make a list of important camp rules for good and sustainable use of the campsite.
5. Consider noise, accessibility, and nature conservation.

Sustainable camping is important to minimize the impact on nature so that we can continue to enjoy camping in the future.

1. Come up with measures to minimize impact on the site (grass, trees, animals).
2. Create a plan for a camping trip abroad. Note what you want to do, how you want to travel, where you want to overnight, which facilities and materials you want to use, and determine what conditions the overnight locations must meet to make this possible.
3. Find suitable camping locations that meet your conditions.

1. Camp Kitchens

Eating well and healthily at camp is important; helping together and cleaning up is part of it.

1. Carry out all camp duties at least once during camp.
2. Help the cooking team with the preparation of a hot meal.
3. Help at least once with washing up after a hot meal.

Most campsites do not have ready-made kitchens; you must build them yourself.

1. Design a safe layout for a camp kitchen (no two-pole kitchen), build it with your patrol, and have it checked by the leaders. Ensure at least the following features:

- natural drain pit

- waste collection point

- place for the camp stove

- place for the fuel

1. Explain what is and is not allowed in a natural drain pit, which waste you must separate, and which dish soap is best to use.
2. Demonstrate placing a camp stove safely, connecting or filling it with fuel (or having it filled), using it, cleaning it, and maintaining it. Also explain the differences between various stoves and fuels.

When camping or on expedition, you can prepare your food in different ways.

1. Show how all stoves in your group must be used.
2. Research which stoves to use safely during a trekker's camp or expedition: placing, connecting or filling with fuel, using, cleaning, and maintaining. Think of a Primus, MSR or gasoline burner, Esbit, barbecue, Kelly Kettle, or Dutch oven.
3. Explain what waste may be left behind during primitive camping in nature.

1. Camp Hygiene

Good hygiene at camp is important to stay healthy.

1. Make a list of how you keep yourself clean and why that is important. Think of washing hands, washing/showering, brushing teeth, and changing clothes.
2. Make a duty roster for your section with the most important tasks for good hygiene during camp and discuss it with the leaders. Also consider the campsite and game materials.
3. Be able to explain why separating waste is good.
4. Make a drawing or (digital) collage showing which waste you can separate at camp.

Camp hygiene involves many different things.

1. Explain where and how you must store fresh food at camp.
2. Explain where and how you must store waste at camp and why you should separate it.
3. Explain when and why you should:

- air the tent

- clean the work surface and the kitchen chest

- wash your hands before and during food preparation

1. Also explain:

- the disadvantages of wearing the same clothes multiple times

- why it is not wise to sleep in your daytime clothing.

1. During a weekend or week camp, monitor hygiene and report briefly to the leaders daily. Think of keeping the washing area clean, cleaning up the campsite, food storage, waste separation, dishwater disposal, and airing the tents.

When you are frequently at different locations, hygiene often needs extra attention.

1. During an expedition, act as the Food & Hygiene Coordinator: purchase food and ensure it is stored and transported correctly.
2. Find out by natural means -- without artificial additives or use of a refrigerator or freezer -- how foods and ingredients can be preserved longer at camp or on expedition.
3. Explain how the different techniques work and try at least one during a camp or expedition.