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Description

Incident hike

Add a twist to a planned hike with surprise games and encounters along the way.

Resources

- Compass
- Paper maps
- Specific equipment for the games and activities
- Tokens to reward successful teams

Instructions

Planning your hike
- Plan a route around the local area with checkpoints. It's up to you how long the hike is and how frequent the checkpoints are.
- Make sure the checkpoints are positioned to allow the game or activity to be played without affecting access to the path.
- Plan activities at each checkpoint. We've included links to some games below.
- Make sure leaders are happy with the activities they're running and have all equipment ready before the hike begins.
- Make sure you have enough adults to run each checkpoint, as well as supervise the hike.
- Consider asking young leaders to help run the checkpoints.
- Decide on whether you are theming your hike. We've included a Pokémon themed example below.
- If you are providing reward tokens, make sure that there’s a scoring system in place that adults are informed of.


Idea 1 - Mini Shelter building.
You will need:
- Marshmallows
- Natural materials, such as dead wood and rocks
- Water
+ Give the team five minutes to make a mini-shelter for a marshmallow. When their time is up, place the marshmallow inside the shelter and pour water over it to see if the marshmallow stays dry


Idea 2 - Riddle Me This
Ask the team to solve a riddle of your choosing. Here are a few examples:

Q: Take two apples from three apples and what do you have?
A: Two apples.

Q: What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in an hour?
A: The letter M.

Q: I have cities but no house. I have mountains but no trees. I have water but no fish. What am I?
A: A map.


Idea 3 - First Aid Memory Game
You will need:
- First aid kit
- A way to hide the kit, such as a towel or coat over a tray
+ Lay out the contents of a first aid kit. Give the team 30 seconds to look at the items before hiding them. The team should try to name as many items as they can remember.


Idea 4 -Noughts and Crosses Relay
You will need:
- Hoops, sticks, chalk or similar to mark out a grid
- Cones or bean bags
+ Lay out a 3x3 three grid on the floor using the hoops, sticks or chalk.
+ Challenge the team to play giant noughts and crosses against the person running the checkpoint, with the team working in a relay for each move.


Idea 5 - Paper Plane
You will need:
- Scrap paper
- Measuring tape
+ Challenge the team to make a paper airplane that will fly across a distance of your choosing.


Idea 6 - Promise and Law
Challenge a member of the team to recite their:
- Cub promise
- Cub Scout Law
from memory.


Set the scene
1. Everyone should split into small groups.
2. Each group should receive a compass and a map showing the route, but don’t include the checkpoints. This is so each encounter will be a surprise.
3. Make sure everyone is ready to walk. Have they got everything they need? Are they dressed appropriately for the weather and time of year?
4. You might want to read everyone a story to set the scene for the theme of the incident hike.


Run the hike
1. Each team should start the hike with a leader. They should have a map marked with the checkpoints, so they know when to anticipate the next activity.
2. Consider staggering the start times, or starting the groups at different points along the route so that groups are less likely to bump into each other. Allow time for the checkpoint activities to be completed.
3. Everyone should participate in the activities at the checkpoints.
4. When everyone returns at the end of the hike, check everyone’s scores and see how all the teams have done.

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Badge Links

• Adventure - Adventure
• Air Activities - Paper
• Navigator - Locate
• Navigator - Use map
• Team Leader - Lead
• Teamwork - Team game
• Teamwork - Team-building