Task · part of 8. Stoves, fuel, three cooked meals and clean gear
8(d). Clean gear and proper food storage, on a trek
Required Often forgotten
Cooking and eating gear kept clean and sanitary, and proper food storage practised while on a backpacking trek. Like 6(b), this one needs you to be out there.
Notes and warnings
Warning. The food-storage half of this part is to be practised WHILE ON A BACKPACKING TREK. Like requirement 6(b), it needs you to be out there, and like 6(b) it sits among parts that are all indoor work. Schedule both onto the same trek and neither gets lost.
Where this step comes from
- Backpacking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 8(d) · Puts the food-storage half of the part on a backpacking trek.