Adventure Training and Camp Craft
What the exam tests
This domain tests adventure activities, campsite selection, tent pitching, camp hygiene, fire safety and basic knots and lashings.
Core rules
Adventure training builds courage, teamwork and endurance through trekking, rock climbing, rappelling, river rafting and similar activities, always under qualified supervision. Camp craft begins with a safe campsite: high, level ground; away from flood channels, dead trees and insect nests; near water but not on the bank; with latrines downwind and away from the kitchen. A ridge tent is pitched with the ridge line taut, pegs at correct angles and guy lines evenly tensioned. Camp hygiene requires safe drinking water, waste disposal and hand hygiene. Useful knots include the reef knot for tying bandages, clove hitch for starting lashings and bowline for a fixed loop.
Worked example
A patrol must pitch a ridge tent on sloping ground. Reasoning: first choose the flattest available patch and clear stones and thorns. Lay the tent with the door away from the prevailing wind, peg the corners, raise the ridge, then tension guy lines evenly. Do not dig a deep trench around the tent unless instructed; it can channel water into the tent. The patrol checks that the tent is not in a dry stream bed.
Traps
Do not camp in a dry riverbed or at the foot of a landslide slope. Do not light a fire close to tents or leave it unattended. Do not peg guy lines loosely or unevenly. Do not use a reef knot where a fixed loop is needed. Do not ignore sanitation or waste disposal. Do not attempt adventure activity without supervision and safety equipment.