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Task · part of 8. Choose one of four routes, and three of them carry a clock

8(b). Travel Bug: create one, release it, follow it for 30 days

Optional May not apply Often forgotten

This may not apply to you. You have not answered "Requirement 8: which of the four routes?" yet. Answer it and this step will either settle or drop off.

It has to promote one of the values of Scouting. Released into a public cache, monitored with your parent or guardian's permission, logged, and shared with your counselor at the end of the thirty days.

Note. Thirty days of monitoring with a log kept throughout, shared with your counselor at the end of the period rather than during it. It needs a parent or guardian's permission for the online part.

Where this step comes from

  1. Geocaching Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2025-09-19), Requirement 8(b) · Sets the monitoring period at 30 days and requires a log shared with the counselor at the end of it, with a parent or guardian's permission for the online monitoring.

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