Task · part of 6. Navigation, and one part of it that has to happen on a trek
6(b). Fix your position at three locations, WHILE ON A TREK
Required Often forgotten
Map and compass on the ground, or a GPS receiver used to place yourself on a topographic map and on the ground. Three different locations, and the requirement puts you on a trek to do it.
Notes and warnings
Warning. THIS CANNOT BE DONE AT A MEETING. The requirement puts you on a trek to establish your position on the ground at three different locations. Its neighbours 6(a) and 6(c) are both indoor work, which is exactly how this one gets ticked in someone's head and never actually done. Put it on your FIRST trek under requirement 10: it costs twenty minutes there, and it costs a whole extra outing if you reach the end of requirement 11 without it.
Where this step comes from
- Backpacking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 6(b) · Places the work on a trek and asks for three different locations, by map and compass or by GPS receiver.