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Books
Backpacking and Hiking merit badge pamphlets
Scouts BSA Handbook
Fieldbook
Websites
Backpacker Magazine
Trails.com
Related Program Features
Camping, Geocaching, Hiking, and Orienteering
Photo and Illustration Credits
(matches, BSA file; Shutterstock.com, courtesy: backpacker, ©Florin Stana; hiking equipment, ©EloPaint; hat, ©Michaelpuche; sleeping bag, ©Konjushenko Vladimir), (BSA file), (backpackers, BSA/Brian Payne; clothing, rain gear, flashlight, and boots, BSA file; backpack,
Omega Studios) (illustrations, BSA/John McDearmon), and (Shutterstock.com, courtesy: stopwatch, ©edel; soccer ball, ©pnDI)
Acknowledgments
We are grateful to writer Mark Ray, Louisville, Kentucky, who helped develop the Backpacking program feature.