H.A.C. -Cycling Traditional Geocache
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This cache is placed along the Herbert Hoover trail. This is a
great trail multi-use trail. You will be looking for a 30 cal. ammo
can. There is no need to cross any fences. Happy caching!!!
Since 1911, hundreds of thousands of Scouts have made the most of
their two-wheel adventures by earning the Cycling merit badge.
Whether you just got your first bicycle or have been cycling for
years, you will learn more about your bike and what it can do by
working on the requirements for this badge.
Requirements for the badge, not the cache:
1. Show that you know first aid for injuries or illnesses that
could occur while cycling, including hypothermia, heat reactions,
frostbite, dehydration, insect stings, tick bites, snakebites,
blisters, and hyperventilation.
2. Clean and adjust a bicycle. Prepare it for inspection using a
bicycle safety checklist. Be sure the bicycle meets local
laws.
3. Show your bicycle to your counselor for inspection. Point out
the adjustments or repairs you have made. Do the following:
-Show all points that need oiling regularly.
-Show points that should be checked regularly to make sure the
bicycle is safe to ride.
-Show how to adjust brakes, seat level and height, and ?steering
tube.
-Describe how to brake safely with foot brakes and with hand
brakes.
-Show how to repair a flat. Use an old bicycle tire.
6. Take a road test with your counselor and demonstrate the
following:
-Properly mount, pedal, and brake, including emergency stops.
-On an urban street with light traffic, properly execute a left
turn from the center of the street; also demonstrate an alternate
left-turn technique used during periods of heavy traffic.
-Properly execute a right turn.
-Demonstrate appropriate actions at a right-turn-only lane when you
are continuing straight.
-Show proper curbside and road-edge riding. Show how to ride safely
along a row of parked cars.
-Cross railroad tracks properly.
7. Describe your state's traffic laws for bicycles. Compare them
with motor-vehicle laws. Know the bicycle safety guidelines.
8. Avoiding main highways, take two rides of 10 miles each, two
rides of 15 miles each, and two rides of 25 miles each. You must
make a report of the rides taken. List dates, routes traveled, and
interesting things seen.*
9. After fulfilling requirement 8, lay out on a road map a 50-mile
trip. Stay away from main highways. Using your map, make this ride
in eight hours.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Onfr bs cvar gerr.