Task
5. Write a short report on each hike
Required Often forgotten
One per hike: the date, a description or map of the route, the weather, anything interesting you saw, and any challenges and how you got past them. It may include what you learned about yourself, the outdoors, or the people you hiked with.
Notes and warnings
Note. Write each report soon after its hike, or during it if you are on a continuous trek. Five reports reconstructed from memory at the end is the hardest way to do this, and the weather in particular is not something anyone recalls accurately months later.
Where this step comes from
- Hiking Merit Badge Requirements (Merit Badge Hub, last modified 2026-02-19), Requirement 5 · States its own dependency. The reports are written after each of the hikes in requirement 4, or during one if it is a continuous trek.