From: Jim Payne (jrjpayne@midsouth.rr.com)
Date: Fri Aug 02 2002 - 19:25:50 CDT
I recently returned from a great trek at Philmont (33-FM), experiencing areas of the South Country that I hadn't seen before in my two previous treks. In 1997 and 2000 I was an advisor with my troop's crews and all participants successfully completed the treks without injury. This summer I was an advisor to one of our council's contingency crews and had two of our members leave the trail prior to finishing. One was a scout who injured his ankle and was taken to base camp and later to Taos for treatment. He completed his conservation project and left the trail on Day 6. The other member was one of the adult advisors and he left the trail because he "just didn't feel like continuing". He did have a head cold and left on Day 7. Neither returned to the crew to complete the trek. When checking in on Day 12, we received all 10 patches and the crew leader and myself were faced with deciding, based on the 6 requirements (page 4 of the Guidebook to Adventure), if the two had actually earned the arrowhead award, especially concerning the advisor. Apparently there are differing interpretations of the 6 requirements even at the Registration Building where I first went for assistance. I would be interested to know if others have been faced with similar situations and how they handle them. My issue was primarily how to interrupt requirement 2, "Completed a Philmont-approved itinerary (except for medical reasons) with your crew", but there may be differing interpretations for the other 5. For example, who decides if a participant "live the scout oath and law" which is the 6th requirement and can a patch be withheld from a scout or advisor if he/she misbehaves while at base camp or traveling to and from Philmont?
Jim Payne
701F-2
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