RE: [Philmont]: Crew Gear 2nd Try

Leave the bear bags at home and use Phimont's. The wear and tear alone...
We brought my tarp, but that was only because it was silnylon and it weighed
practically nothing compared to Philmont's, and it was larger. The bear
bags they provide are nylon potato bags and they seriously get abused, but
they still hold up. Spend your hard earned $$ on improved personal gear
(lightweight pad, non-cotton clothes).

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Rob Phipps
Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 4:32 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Crew Gear 2nd Try

I appreciate all of the responses I got on the Crew Gear question, but
unfortunately they basically boiled down into 2 camps. Use everything
Philmont gives you and bring everything yourself. We have a very young
troop at the moment and we haven't done much high adventure as a
consequence. However, as the troop ages, I expect this to change. This
year my son and I are going to Philmont with a council contingent, in a
couple of years I want to return with a troop crew ( and every couple of
years thereafter, too :-) ). Given that goal, I want to get to the point
where the troop has all of the equipment necessary to do Philmont and
similar trips where being supplied with the equipment is not an
option. What I would really like as answers here are a list:

Bear bags - soccer ball bags cost $$ saved X lbs.
Tarp - we got ours from YYY cost $$ saved X lbs.

So that with a limited amount of funds for this trip, I can save the most
weight and start building the troop equipment for the next trip. Thanks for
your help,

Rob Phipps
SM, T325
710-I1, Trek 24

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