[philmont] Back Burner Question

Back in February 2008 this list had a discussion on on
reserving and staying on the trek you want and get.

John Guerin made it very clear with his repley back in
February.

Stanley Turk
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Hear hear!
 
As I said in my original post.....if you want the
activity, reserve the trek!
 
Our crew could have hiked lots more miles but decided
that they wanted to pursue activities. We had a
mostly older crew and everyone could have handled a
LOT more wear and tear. But they wanted to have FUN
at Philmont! We reserved, based upon the WONDERFUL
comparison spreadsheet obtained here on the LIST, the
trek with the most towns with activities. We HAD A
BLAST!!! We live in GA and if we want to hike 100
miles we can go to the Applachian trail any time!
 
So why should crews who want to "have it all" by
reserving many miles with no activities be permitted
to displace those crews who expressly reserved the
activities?
 
I could go on, but I'll shut up. Book the trek you
want and stick to it. If you pick up extra activities
AFTER CREWS WHO RESERVED THE ACTIVITIES are finished,
then more power to you. But don't whine if you can't!
 
John Guerin
 
----- Original Message -----
From: Turk Stanley
To: philmont List Member
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 1:44 PM
Subject: [philmont] Ponil Cantina Show Venue

John,

Before you pass judgment, I stayed at the adviser
coffee area and let the crews go to the show most
never get in. By the way, I have taken crews
scheduled for rock climbing which on their trek and
were turned away because crews beat us to the activity
and that activity was not on their itinerary.

Please stay on your itineraries so everyone can have a
good time without disappointments.

Stanley Turk

--- Rich Edmondson <Rich.Edmondson@polarissensor.com>
wrote:

> No doubt that's our plan (to be up and on the trail
> early), and our crew can be good at it if they are
> properly motivated. Note: in a driving December
> rain storm in Alabama they aren't particularly
> motivated to get up and on the trail :-)
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> Subject: [philmont] Back Burner Question
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> Rich,
> You more or less answered your own question. It
> depends on the staff and the particular activity.
> That said you should inquire at logistics on your
> first day as to the time frames for those special
> activities. Experience shows that logistics info as
> to this type of info is less reliable than their up
> to date info on the water status all along the
> trek, but at least your crew chief will have some
> idea.
> BTW if you have been reading this forum for four
> months you will realize almost everyone agrees to be
> yet and ready to walk at daybreak and walk in the
> cool of the morning rather tan the heat of the day.
> That was our goal the last two years. It did not
> always work out. And every time it did not we paid
> the price.
> With regard to Harlan I found them very
> accommodating the last two years and we did the
> program late afternoon ( 3:00 - 4:00) both times.
> Ted Cotter
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> trek 28 2007
> Sea Base 2008
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Received on Mon Apr 7 09:34:00 2008