Scout Pioneer Badge

Scout Pioneer Activity Badge

With a few basic materials and a lot of skill, you can create amazing structures both fun and functional.

How to earn the badge:

1. As a member of a group, take part in:

• an indoor pioneering project, like constructing a guided catapult or chariot
• an outdoor pioneering project, like building a monkey bridge, a raft or parallel runway

2. Show the correct way to do these:

• a whipping or safe rope sealing
• a splice
• coiling and storing a rope
• using levers to extract objects or move heavy weights
• being safe in pioneering projects. Explain why it’s important

3, Name and tie at least six knots and three lashings that are useful in pioneering.