asm206 10 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 If a scout walks ten miles in one day while doing either 15 miles in three days or 30 miles in five days requirement for backpacking merit badge can he use it for hiking merit badge? Link to post Share on other sites
ljnrsu 10 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 It is up to the MB counselor what they will accept. As a Hiking MB I will accept up to 3 hikes used in Backpacking MB as long as the 10 mile requirement is met. Link to post Share on other sites
SWScouter 34 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 At http://usscouts.org/usscouts/mb/mb061.html there is a footnote for requirements 5 & 6 of the hiking MB that states: The hikes in requirements 5 and 6 can be used in fulfilling Second Class (2a) and First Class (3) rank requirements, but only if Hiking merit badge requirements 1, 2, 3, and 4 have been completed to the satisfaction of your counselor. The hikes of requirements 5 and 6 cannot be used to fulfill requirements of other merit badges. So if that is correct, then no, the hike for the Backpacking MB cannot be used for the Hiking MB too. SWScouter Link to post Share on other sites
SWScouter 34 Posted April 27, 2005 Share Posted April 27, 2005 I just checked meritbadge.com too. The same footnote for the Hiking MB is there too. http://www.meritbadge.com/mb/061.htm SWScouter Link to post Share on other sites
ljnrsu 10 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 SWScouter you are correct about the footnote. Except that in this case you are using Backpacking hikes for Hiking not the other way around. This is how it was explained to me by the Dean of MB counselors for my council since I do both badges. Link to post Share on other sites
Torveaux 10 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Semantics? The footnote clearly means that you cannot use the hike used for Hiking for any other MB. Turning the equation around does not change it, it is still being used for Backpacking as well. Is the goal the MB or is the goal the experience? Link to post Share on other sites
SWScouter 34 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Except that in this case you are using Backpacking hikes for Hiking not the other way around. Please explain how the hike is not being used for both the Hiking & Backpacking MBs. Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 In one case, the trek is for the proper distance with a backpack on. It could qualify for either MB. In the other case, it is only a hike. And therefore cannot possibly qualify for the backpacking MB. That is the difference as I understand it. But it is still up to the counselor, I think.(This message has been edited by packsaddle) Link to post Share on other sites
SWScouter 34 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 Packsaddle, I agree, a trek of the proper distance may qualify for either MB. The point of contention isn't whether it qualifies for either but whether it can be used for both. Because of the footnote in the Hiking MB, I don't believe it can. Link to post Share on other sites
Hunt 11 Posted April 28, 2005 Share Posted April 28, 2005 "If a scout walks ten miles in one day while doing either 15 miles in three days or 30 miles in five days requirement for backpacking merit badge can he use it for hiking merit badge?" I agree that the footnote makes the answer no. However, if he backpacks for 40 miles in 5 days, I think the Hiking MBC would be within the zone of reason in counding a 10 mile leg as a hike. Link to post Share on other sites
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