NOTE TO ALL SCOUTS
INTRODUCTION TO THIS MERIT BADGE
Pioneering Merit Badge Requirements (2019)
SAFE PIONEERING
ROPES AND POLES
— Video: Lashing Ropes and Pioneering Spars
Coiling and Throwing Rope
Types of Rope
Care of Rope
Preparing Manila Lashing Ropes
Get Pure Manila and Don’t Be Fooled
Making Rope
Poles for Pioneering
Basic Knot-Tying Terminology
Glossary of Knot-Tying Terms
PIONEERING KNOTS
PIONEERING KNOT Information
Clove Hitch and Half Hitches
— Video: Clove Hitch and Half Hitches
Clove Hitch on a Bight
– Video: Clove Hitch on s Bight
Butterfly Knot
– Video: Butterfly Knot
Roundturn with Two Half Hitches
– Video: Roundturn with Two Half Hitches
Rolling Hitch
— Video: Rolling Hitch
Draw Hitch
— Video: Draw Hitch
Constrictor Knot
— Video: Constrictor Knot
Carrick Bend
— Video: Carrick Bend
Water Knot
— Video: Water Knot
— Video: Timber Hitch
— Video: How to ALWAYS Tie a Square Knot Right
LASHINGS
LASHING Information
Mark II Square Lashing
— Video: Square Lashing
Traditional Square Lashing
Diagonal Lashing
— Video: Diagonal Lashing
Round Lashing
— Video: Round Lashing
— Video: West Country Round Lashing
Shear Lashing
— Video: Shear Lashing
Tripod Lashing
— Video: Tripod Lashing
Floor Lashing
— Video: Floor Lashing
MISCELLANEOUS
SPLICING ROPE
Splicing Information
Back Splice
— Video: Back Splice
Eye Splice
— Video: Eye Splice
Short Splice
— Video: Short Splice
Whipping Rope
– Video: Sailmaker’s Whipping
Rope Tackle
– Video: Rope Tackle
CAMP GADGETS
CAMP GADGETS Information
Camp Table
Camp Seat
Wash Station
Flagpole
PIONEERING PROJECTS
PIONEERING PROJECTS Information
Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge
Walkways
Single Lock Bridge
Single Trestle Bridge
Single A-Frame Bridge
– Video: Single A-Frame Bridges at the Jamboree
4×4 Square Climbing Tower
Double Tripod Chippewa Kitchen
Four Flag Gateway Tower