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Troop 701


Brevard, NC
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Venture Patrol Essentials


 These merit badges constitute the basic skills needed for high adventure trips. Venture Patrol trips can be planned so as to cover the requirements for all of these merit badges in one year.

Backpacking

  • three hikes- 3 days, 2 nights each, cover 15 miles
  • one hike- 5 days, cover at least 30 miles

Camping

  • campout for 20 days & 20 nights

Canoeing

  • tandem & solo canoe techniques

Climbing

  • learn techniques, including belaying
  • three climbs
  • three rappels

Cooking

  • plan & cook cook three dinners, one lunch, one breakfast

Hiking

  • five 10-mile hikes
  • one 20-mile hike

Orienteering

  • three orienteering events
  • set up and run an orienteering event

Pioneering

  • knots & splices
  • project

Whitewater

  • earn Canoeing MB
  • learn whitewater skills
  • one beginner level trip