[Philmont]: Hot Showers

Dr. Bob,
Although I think I know what you mean by "navy shower", for my benefit and
the benefit of others who may not know for sure, please explain what it is.

It's important for a Scout at Philmont to be "clean", but a Scout also
needs to be "thrifty" with the water and "courteous" of the other Scouts and
adults when it comes to shower time.

Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
2005 Philmont Crew 724-M2
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dr. Bob Klein" <drbob@troop111.org>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2005 6:01 AM
Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Hot Showers

> A few comments responding to various messages:
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> Sunshine is needed for the wells, not the showers. No water, no showers.
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> The concept of a "navy shower" is certainly one of the least understood
> at all Philmont. (...and requests for instructional placards is one of
> my perpetual requests on my eval forms.) There are few things more
> frustrating than sitting outside a shower house while half a Crew takes
> 45 minute long hot showers. This has happened to me on a number of
> occasions through the years, but has been particularly annoying during
> the late 90's early 2000's, when drought conditions meant you might get
> only a single shower during your entire trek. Now you know why my
> diaries include me taking a no-soap, in my clothes mountain shower every
> once in a while, when I get a little too grungy. Hold the hailstones,
> please. While this sounds brutal, it's basically about the same as
> taking a cold-water shower at a bath-house, so it's hard (for me at
> least) to care. [Be careful to do this only during internittent
> rainstorms, not perpetual rain - you don't want to get soaked with no
> chance of getting dry or warm again afterwards.]
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> Clothes washing is another source of hot water abuse, that hasn't been
> mentioned so far. I have seen numerous occasions where Scouts and
> leaders used enough hot water for a shower just to clean some socks
> (they just let it run!) IMO, Philmont should turn off the hot water to
> the sinks, or insist on no clothes washing except in basins that have to
> be well removed from the shower houses. Something else I suggest in my
> evals. Again, instructional placards would go a long way.
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> In short, please educate!
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> - Dr. Bob
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Received on Sun Apr 10 11:12:53 2005