Western Los Angeles County Council of Boy Scouts
High Adventure Team
Invites Interested Boy Scouts to
Junior Basic Backpack Awareness Course
This High Adventure Team course is designed for those youth who wish to learn about the fun that backpacking activities adds to the Scouting programs. Here is an opportunity to build on your outdoor skills and leader training. Expand your knowledge of the challenges with different terrain and develop the confidence to safely hike, backpack and camp with your unit.
The course will teach you how to prepare for and enjoy backpacking. The course subjects will teach map & compass, cooking, personal and troop gear, weather, health, safety, and all the other things you need to know in order to plan and conduct a safe, rewarding Troop outing.
| Who should attend: |
Any registered youth. Limited enrollment to 30 Scouts. [Sign up soon or be shut out; no registration at the door permitted; Scouts with incomplete forms will be sent home]. |
| Prerequisites: |
Must be First Class Rank or above and 13 years or older. |
| When: |
Indoor Session: March 1, 2008, 7:30 AM – 5 PM [the Council Office] Outdoor Session: April 5-6, 2008, full weekend |
| Where: |
Outdoor session location to be determined; parent transportation required. |
| Registration cost: |
Early registration $25.00 (prior to February 15th), Standard registration $30.00 (paid after February15th) This does not include the cost of the outdoor food, equipment or transportation. |
| Required to bring: |
Indoor Session: Class A uniform, compass, paper, pen or pencil. A completed consent form* and current class II**/class III*** physical form is required at the indoor session (no exceptions; parents must stay to take the Scout home until both forms are approved). An hour lunch break will be provided; please bring your own lunch. Outdoor Session: Class A uniform, transportation to and from the outdoor session. Any medications. Hiking clothing appropriate for weather conditions; equipment and items essential for a 2 day backpacking trip, including 10 + Essentials, stove, cook kit & utensils, backpacking tent and sleeping gear, plus three backpack meals for Saturday lunch, dinner and Sunday breakfast. |
For further information, please contact Tamber Johnson (818) 343-6578 or Vern Fagin (818) 766-4486; also vernfagin@roadrunner.com
You can download the above information, plus the registration form here, as a 28 KB PDF file
*You can download the WLACC Trip Slip and Authorization To Treat
Minor form
here
- 9 KB PDF file
**You can download the
Medical Exam,
Class 1 and 2 Form from the National Council Web site
- 50 KB PDF file
***You can download the
Medical Exam,
Class 3 Form from the National Council Web site - 40
KB PDF file