[philmont] Trekking poles and mistakes made

Al Thompson writes -------
   
  The "trail" on the north side of Baldy is a steep slope of loose rock - I have only gone down
  it with a take a step, slide a foot, take another step technique.
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  This is where trekking poles come into their absolute best use. As brakes on the downhill trail.
   
  Al Thompson writes----------
   
   If you choose the switchback, make sure your horses in the front realize that
  halfway down they have to make a 90 degree left turn (the switchback) to get
over to the other trail. My crew in 2001 and the three others going down
the same time all blew right past it - if they miss it, the slope gets
steeper and the footing worse, eventually dumping you at a small creek where
a trail was being created by all the crews trying to find their way to Copper Park.
   
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  This is an example of where you as an adult advisor have to do one of the hardest things on your trek. LET THE YOUTH LEAD. You have to let them make the mistake, take the wrong trail, discover their mistake and then correct it EVEN if it means double backing many miles and many hours to correct their mistake.
   
  DO NOT command "be sure to turn right at the bottom of the hill". Hard as it seems, this is the absolutely WRONG thing to do.
   
   
   
  John LeBlanc.

       
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Received on Sat Apr 28 12:04:20 2007