RE: [Philmont] : Trek 22

Trek 22 was our fifth choice on 6/25/2001. All of the others included Baldy
and walking in over the Tooth. In hindsight, Trek 22 was the best for our
crew (for a lot of reasons Bruce has mentioned already). Starting small and
working up to big days at the end worked well. Also, carrying gear and
sleeping at 11,700 was well worth it.

Other highlights not covered by Bruce:
- Using a Pilot-to-Bombadier "in the middle of no where" on the mesa ridge
overlooking Deer Lake (remember to use a stick to sweep spiders from under
the rim). Amazing views even from a sitting position.
- Walking through Hidden Valley (correct name?) between Ute Spings and
Lambert Mine. Beautiful trail.
- Spotting a bear at 30 yd. just down from the peak at Mt Phillips.
- Opportunity to really use compass skills to find a trail and get off mesa
between Trail Peak and Abreau.
- Getting a photo for my office of my son and me sitting on top of the
Tooth. I look at it often.

I want to go back.

Jim Spencer
Greensboro, NC

>From: "Bruce Wilson" <bawjen@attbi.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: RE: [Philmont] : Trek 22
>Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:53:07 -0800
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>We did trek 22 starting 7/13/2001, and had a fabulous time. Here are
>some notes about our adventures:
>Day2 VACA short hike; 875 feet elev gain; played cards with
>ranger
>Day3 DEER LAKE shotgun at Harlan was outstanding; beautiful
>wilderness
>Day4 UTE SPRINGS side hiked to Cimarroncito for extra rock climb
>(denied)
>Day5 LAMBERT MINE side hiked to/from Cyphers Mine (Great mine tour!)
>Day6 MT PHILLIPS worthy climb; beautiful sunset & sunrise; (note:
>swapped lunch/dinner meals since "dry camp")
>Day7 PORCUPINE black powder rifles & hatchet throwing at Clear Creek
>FUN
>Day8 BEAUBIEN hilarious campfire; great chuck wagon dinner; boot
>branding
>Day9 BEAUBIEN lumberjack service proj since stormed out prev day
>Day10 ABREU backpacked over Trail Peak, found own trails; VERY FUN!
>Day11 MINERS PARK Rock climbing excellent, but cut short due to storm
>Day12 BASE CAMP Hike in down Tooth of Time outstanding way to end it
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>It was very fun, and quite strenuous. We covered about 80 miles in 11
>days of backpacking, with the first two days being only 3.5 miles and
>2.5 miles, (gradual break in). Our last three days had long hiking
>miles ( 10.7, 9.8, 12.1 ), but we were pretty fit by then. Everyone
>complained a bit about sore feet on the last day, hiking into base camp.
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> Some high points of the trip: watching the sunset on top of Mt.
>Phillips (11,741 ft. elev); "mucking" our way out of a mine in total
>darkness; nearly getting zapped by lightning (20 feet away, it struck a
>cattle grate that we crossed not more than 10 seconds earlier. YIKES!);
>spending a morning being lumberjacks, cutting down two 25 ft. tall trees
>with an axe, for our service project; climbing 25 ft. tall trees on top
>of Trail Peak for a view as exciting as it was majestic; devouring ice
>cream back at base camp after all 80 miles was done. Our moving average
>on the trail was typically 2.6 miles/hr, which meant I had to run to
>catch up after stopping for pictures ( I took about 280 frames, and so
>did the other adult leader.
>
>--Bruce Wilson ASM Troop 999
>Livermore, CA
>
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>-----Original Message-----
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 10:57:29 -0500
>From: "phil" <phil@eisnc.com>
>Subject: Trek 22
>
>We are doing Trek 22 starting 7/9. I did not find much on Seldon's site
>about 22. Anyone have any comments on this trek?
>
>Phil Brown
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