RE: [Philmont]: Crew gear suggestions

If you have a coed crew it would be difficult to change outside.

Phil Brown

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Kevin Caine
Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:11 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Crew gear suggestions

I would agree that different Rangers will focus on different things, but
there should be a standard bear safety process that is covered. Changing
clothes in your tent is just a bad idea - especially as the trek progresses.
On the three treks that I've been on, more and more clothes ended up as
smellables due to food getting on them, Going into your tent to change out
of clothes that will then be put in the bear bag raises the risk of
transferring the food smells to your tent or sleeping bag. I train my crews
that the only items that go in your tent are the sleeping pad, sleeping bag
and sleep clothes. If the Ranger fails to cover that (as ours did in 2004),
everyone already knows what the correct procedure is.

YIS,

Kevin Caine

Philmont Coordinator

Greater Cleveland Council

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Received on Sat Apr 2 21:14:17 2005