Non-Negotiables
Desert Trivia
Best Practices
Skills!
Medical
100

Done before or after every meal.

What are cup checks and spoons cleaned?

100

This rock did not naturally occur in our desert area, but we find it all over!

What is obsidian?

100
Temperatures that Outback groups cannot hike.

What is above 85 degrees in the shade and below 10 degrees with wind chill?

100

Students can make this as a replacement for their boots.

What are moccasins?

100

The three colors we use to signify medical urgency.

What are green, yellow, red?

200

CALL YOUR NAME!

What is Every 10 seconds?

200

The petroglyphs are found in this canyon.

What is Judd?
200

This must be offered to every student twice per week.

What are showers?

200

This tool uses leverage to throw a dart or javelin.

What is an Atlatl?

200

Treatment for this condition involves a Hypo-wrap.

What is hypothermia?

300

The N, the H, the second S, and the G of Sage Hands.

What are: never in ground or trees, have new wood below, stop hacking, and gloves on both hands.

300

This Utah Desert animal's closest living relative is the Giraffe.

Who are Pronghorns?

300
100 yards from the road.

Where should main camp be placed?

300

All the skills required to get out of first camp.

What are Keeper Pouch, Pack, Spoon, Bust A Coal/ Blow into Flames, (First Camp Book)?
300

Soak these in Epsom Salts.

What are infections/ingrown toenails?

400

Done three or four times per day.

What are foot checks?

400

This insect rates a 3 out of 4 on the Schmidt Pain Index and has the longest stinger to body ratio of any insect.

Who are Velvet Ants?

400

We must have four of these per student per week.

What are pictures?

400

Process of making arrowheads.

What is knapping?

400

The four methods of medical evacuation.

What are OTE transport, ground ambulance, lifeflight/airmed, search and rescue?

500

Stand up in front of everyone and confidently run through all of WHILDFACTME.

What are Watches, Hydration (Pulse Check), Intentional Knife Safety, Leave No Trace, Dailies Done Daily, Foot Care Protocols, Alone Never, Cups and Spoons Clean with Every Meal, Twice Daily Call In, Medication Protocol, Every 10 Seconds?

500

The four main mountain ranges of our field area.

What are the Simpson mountains, the Davis Mountain, the Sheeprocks, and the Kegs?

500

Every staff must carry this every shift.

What is a timepiece? (Also headlamp/ lighter)

500

3 alternative primitive fire making methods to the bow drill.

What are: fire with water/ice, hand drilling, rudiger roll, pump drill, fire plow (the Tom Hanks), flint, fire saw?

500

This fluid can be used to instantly treat large blisters.

What is Benzoin?

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