Climbing — Merit Badge — Scout Troop 79

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Requirements

From the official BSA merit badge pamphlet — wording is paraphrased here. Confirm against the current pamphlet for sign-off.

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For the whole badge

Explain climbing/rappelling hazards and how to anticipate, prevent, and respond

Show first aid and prevention for climbing injuries (fractures, rope burns, etc.)

Identify the conditions that must exist before performing CPR

Explain the Leave No Trace Seven Principles and the Outdoor Code

Present yourself properly dressed for belaying, climbing, and rappelling

Explain climb difficulty classification; apply it to your climbing site

Explain top-rope climbing, lead climbing, and bouldering

Evaluate the safety of a climbing area (weather, surface, hazards)

Determine how to summon aid; discuss medical training for remote climbs

Climbers

Rappellers

Belayers

Boulderers and their spotters

Describe rope acceptable for climbing and rappelling

Show how to examine a rope for wear or damage

Discuss ways to prevent rope damage

Explain when and how a rope should be retired

Properly coil a rope

Figure eight on a bight

Figure eight follow-through

Water knot

Double fisherman's (grapevine) knot

Prusik hitch applied to rope

Commercially made climbing harness

Climbing helmet

Climbing or rappelling gloves

Identify the elements of the CHECK system and describe each

10a

Explain the importance of belaying and when it is necessary

10b

Belay three different climbers on three different routes

10c

Serve as backup belayer on three different climbs

10d

Belay three different rappellers on three different routes

10e

Serve as backup belayer on three different rappels

11a

Show the correct way to tie a belay rope directly to your harness

11b

Climb three routes with good technique and verbal signals

12a

Show the correct way to tie a belay rope directly to your harness

12b

Attach a rappel rope to your harness with carabiner and rappel device

12c

Rappel three faces or routes with verbal signals and good technique

Demonstrate ways to store rope, hardware, and other climbing gear