The best help is, of course, fellow Scouters who are experienced in High Adventure type activities. There are also a number of excellent publications on High Adventure activities; the following are particularly recommended by experienced High Adventure Teams.

WLACC Flyers and Handouts

• What is HAT? handout
• 2010 tri-fold color training brochure
• Outing Leader flyer
• Basic Backpacking flyer
• Winter Awareness flyer
• Desert and Astronomy Awareness flyer

Boy Scouts of America, National Council

Campways, Tours and Expeditions Information on many types of tours, planning, motor travel, etc.

• Council Guide to Promote and Organize National High Adventure Programs On organizing and promoting tours to National High Adventure Bases
• Promoting High Adventure Promotion of National High Adventure Bases
• Guide to Safe Scouting

Los Angels Area Council

2333 Scout Way, Los Angeles, California 90026 (map)

• Hike Aid No. 1 Hiking and Mountaineering for Scouts and Explorers, basic ideas plus some Awards
• Hike Aid No. 2 Training Hikes with equipment supplement
• Hike Aid No. 3 Weekend Hiking Program
• Hike Aid No. 4 Long Term and High Adventure Hiking Program
• Hike Aid No. 5 Forest Conservation and Trail Blazing

The LAAC Hike Aids are available online here .

San Diego County Council

1207 Upas Street, San Diego, California 92103 (map)

• Trek Aid No. 1 Four part trail guide to the High Sierra of California.
• Trek Aid No. 2 Equipment for High Adventure based on backpacking in the High Sierra Nevada.
• Trek Aid No. 3 Food for High Adventure; planning, purchasing, repackaging for tours, cooking, etc.
• Trek Aid No. 4 Planning for a High Sierra Trek: including trail customs and courtesies, emergency procedures, etc.
• Trek Aid No. 5 High Adventure Health and Safety: preparation, prevention, "when prevention fails", "Hypothermia to Heat Stroke", etc.
• Trek Aid No. 6 Leadership for High Adventure tours, leadership hints, check-off lists, briefings and leadership positions.
• Trek Aid No. 7 "Planning and Preparing for Your Troop's High Adventure Trek" Trek Aid No. 4 rewritten especially for Scout Troops.
• Trek Aid No. 100 High Adventure Awards of the S,D.C.C. plus other popular Awards; General and specific Award requirements, black 6 white sketches of awards.

The SDCC Trek Aids are available online here .

Commercial and Organizational Publications

• Backpacking One Step at a Time
  Paperback by Harvey Manning of the Seattle Mountaineers; an excellent book on backpacking.
• Basic Mountaineering
  Paperback the textbook of the Sierra Club Basic Mountaineering. Excellent information.
• Fundamentals of Outdoor Enjoyment
  Paperback by Jim Mitchell and Jean Fear, Survival Education Assoc 9035 Golden Givens Road, TACOMA WA. 98445. A book of the excellent Survival Education Assn. series. Recommended by the National Association for Search and Rescue.
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    • Medicine for Mountaineering
      Current edition, by The mountaineers edited by Dr. James R. Wilkerson an outstanding and comprehensive text on "when prevention fails' i.e First Aid and "beyond First Aid".
• Mountaineering Medicine
  Paperback Skagit Mountain Rescue Unit, P.O. Box Z MT. VERNON, 98273 by Dr. Fred T. Darville. An excellent guide on wilderness medicine written by a physician member of 3 Mountain Rescue Team. Keep one in your First Aid kit.
• Pleasure Packing
  Paperback by Robert S. Wood. Excellent and easy to read, one of the best.
• Outdoor Living
  Tacoma Unit, Mountain Rescue Council, P.O. Box 696, TACOMA WA. 98401. One of the best books on wilderness adventure by experienced adventurers problems, solutions and guidelines.
• Supermarket Backpacker
  By Harriett Baker. "Do-it-yourself" guide to supermarket foods for light weight, inexpensive, nutritious high adventure meals. One of the better books on making your own from inexpensive sources.
• Wilderness Emergency
  From the Survival Education Assn.. 9035 Golden Given Rd., TACOMA, WA. 98445) by Gene Fear. Surviving the unexpected with sections on anticipating, analyzing, indicators, psychological stress , body emergency, etc.
• What to Do About Bites and Stings of Venomous Animals
  By Dr. Hubert E. Arnold. A guide to the treatment of bites and stings of venomous reptiles, insects and marine animals of North America. What to do and what not to do.

Slide Shows

Some Council High Adventure Teams have developed slide shows on High Adventure Awareness and Training. A descriptive inventory is a current Region project. Write to the Western Region High Adventure Team if your Council High Adventure Team has made up a set or if you would like information on one. The national Council has several slide and strip films on the National High Adventure Bases.

Movies

The National Council has several movies on National High Adventure Bases Inquire of your Council. Two excellent 30 minute color sound movies on hyperthermia and hypothermia are available on loan for the cost of mailing from Safeco Insurance Co. Inquire of local agents. By Nature's Rules an outstanding movie on hypothermia. It takes a small backpacking party through an early fall storm in which two members become victims of hypothermia. it illustrates "prevention" and shows what to do when prevention fails.

The Thermal Wilderness a good movie on hyperthermia and lesser heat problems takes a small backpacking group through a heat wave illustrating "prevention" and when prevention fails": but with over emphasis on salt and under emphasis on replacement of the body electrolytes. Indicated "recovery rates" of victims are for recovery purposes and too short for practical application in many cases.