RE: [Philmont]: Contact Lenses

> I have a 17-year-old scout who's looking for guidance as to
> whether he
> should bring his contact lenses on our trek, or just his
> glasses. Anybody
> have any words of wisdom for him?

In our crew we had several members who wore contacts with no problems.
We did include a small bottle of wetting solution in our first aid kit
as an extra precaution because of the low humidity. I also wore my
contacts without any problems. And they were much less hassle than
glasses since I didn't have to worry about prescription sunglasses or
clip-ons.

Our other advisor is an opthomologist, so we did have a bit of a safety
net, but it wasn't needed.

I would take the glasses in case of a damaged/lost lens or an eye
irritation though.

Happy Trails,

Roy Fisher

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Received on Thu Apr 14 04:18:00 2005