page_title: Pioneering (scouting)
section_title: Pioneering projects
hierarchical_section_title: Pioneering (scouting) / Pioneering projects
caption_attribution_description: English: A Boy Scout foil cooks his patrol's lunch on a Double Tripod Chippewa Kitchen.
context_page_description: Pioneering is the art of using ropes and wooden spars joined by lashings and knots to create a structure. Pioneering can be used for constructing small items such as camp gadgets up to larger structures such as bridges and towers. These may be recreational, decorative, or functional.
  Pioneering is used to teach practical skills, teamwork and problem solving. It is widely used in Scouting and Girl Guiding. Many Scout and Guide groups train their members in pioneering skills and construct projects, both small and large. In camp, they may construct functional items like tables, camp dressers and gadgets, as well as decorative camp gateways. Pioneering is a common merit badge in many countries, and was required for the Eagle Scout rank in the 1920s and 1930s.
  The name comes from the 18th and 19th century military engineers who went ahead of an army to "pioneer" a route, which could involve building bridges and towers with rope and timber.
  Pioneering skills include knot tying, lashing, whipping, splicing, and skills related to the use, care and storage of ropes, spars and related pioneering equipment.
context_section_description: Aerial runways
  Ballistae
  Benches
  Bridges
  Camp gadgets
  Camp gateways
  Catapults
  Chairs
  Chippewa Kitchens
  Dressers
  Ferris Wheel
  Flagpoles
  Merry-Go-Rounds
  Rafts
  See Saws
  Swing Sets
  Swinging Ships
  Tables
  Towers
  Trebuchets
  Tacky Taun-Taun
caption: A Boy Scout foil cooks his patrol's lunch on a Double Tripod Chippewa Kitchen.
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