[philmont] philmont-issue dining fly

On our last trek (2006), I carried 65 pounds. The other adviser was in his
early 60s (he'd done a trek in 2003 and been fine)
and had no problems on our preps. He was *very* challenged on our trek, so
several of us off-loaded most of his
weight. I normally would have carried about 50. Part of the problem was
the boys decided to set a rather challenging
pace and my co-adviser, taking the #3 position in line each day, was a bit
too proud to make them slow down. I
tried, but he wouldn't have it.

I didn't really have any problem with it and I am in awful shape.
Don Roberts
  Joe Johnstone <joe.johnstone@gmail.com> wrote:
    60 lbs is pretty stout pack. Especially going up Trail Peak from Fowler
Pass, or up Mt Phillips from Clear Creek.

    Andre Houser wrote:

    When we went in 2005, none of our crew's packs weighed over 50 pounds,
with just under 5 days of food. I kept hearing advisors at some of the
staffed camps say things like "I carried 75 pounds over the mountain today",
to which I said, "Why?"

    This was the first ever trek for most of us. (And we went up Mount
Phillips from Clear Creek).

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Received on Mon Apr 14 16:28:29 2008