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Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge
Adjusting knots and lashings after the first test crossing. The well-known, time-tested, traditional Monkey Bridge is perhaps the most familiar of all Scout pioneering projects. It’s frequently...
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Wash Station
Washing up before lunch. This wash station is the ideal First Class Camp Gadget! It’s sturdy, portable, and very useful when camping away from washroom facilities. Inherent in its design is a sound...
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Double Tripod Chippewa Kitchen
CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS, FURTHER INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS! CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS, FURTHER INFORMATION AND ILLUSTRATIONS! CLICK HERE FOR INSTRUCTIONS, FURTHER INFORMATION AND...
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Introduction to Pioneering
The following text is by Adolph E. Peschke as presented in the 1998 printing of the 1993 edition of the Pioneering Merit Badge Pamphlet: Pioneering is the knowledge and skill of using simple materials...
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A Better Clothes Drying Rack
A Sturdy Clothes Drying Rack with Six Sides You’ve got to love this design. It’s compact, it’s sturdy, and it’s ingenious! This drying rack is based on suspending two concentric, equilateral triangles...
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Safe Pioneering
As always, in all Scouting activities, safety must come first. In and through the challenges, fun, and rewards that go hand in hand with Pioneering, there can be no substitute for prudent behavior and...
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Pioneering Stumbling Blocks (For Those Who Haven’t Gotten Started Yet)
Because it’s FUN! As John Thurman so succinctly states: “Why Pioneering? To me the overriding reason for presenting Pioneering is that boys like it.” We know with certainty that the majority of Scouts...
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1974 Pioneering Pamphlet Revision with Some Vintage Action Photos!
Though there have been some changes and modifications through the years, in most respects, pioneering in the Boy Scouts remains constant. Why Pioneering! The following text has been extracted from the...
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Single Trestle Bridge: Photos & Commentary
Camp Coker Pioneering Merit Badge Class: Single Trestle Bridge Over a Shallow Creek CLICK HERE FOR SINGLE TRESTLE BRIDGE PROCEDURE, MATERIALS, AND INFORMATION. Positioning the Trestle and Lashing both...
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Single A-Frame Bridges at the Jamboree
A Triumphant Success—posing on their Single A-Frame Bridge In the Pioneering Area of the 2013 national jamboree, we put together a couple of Single A-Frame Bridge kits, so Scouts and Venturers could...
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