RE: [Philmont]: caterpillar

If your crew is all strong hikers, there may be little need. We did not use
it in 2003, but in 2001 it worked great for us. It was getting late, we had
a long day with a very tired crew and used it on the steep parts of the
trail from Baldy to Copper Park. It really picked up the crew and got us
moving. I plan to teach it to our crew for 2005. This will be a co-ed crew
and we have a number of smaller crew members and a lot of variation in
experience and ability. I see the caterpillar as a good technique to have
in your bag of tricks if and when the need arises.
 
Phil Brown
 
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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Jackson Morris
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:27 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: caterpiller
 
i guess i am a little confused. i and my crew are from florida, so i guess
it is to be expected. i had read about caterpillaring for several years,
but always figured it was an old technique for the old trails now filled in
with brush and not the new ones at about 7 percent grade. i had never
actually seen it done, after 2 treks. this year, we passed a crew between
aspen springs and cito doing the caterpillar (as we returned to cito from a
resupply at ute gulch in a little more than 2 hours round trip), but the
crew advisers were really old (older than my 60 years) so i figured they
were entitled. my florida crews have always streaked up and down the hills.
i and at least one other crew adviser are usually a little slower, but not
so slow as to be very far behind. so what's the need to caterpillar with
the new trails? maybe up the west side of phillips or over black mountain,
but otherwise i don't see the need. is everyone doing it everywhere anyway?
or is it really uncommon? jackson morris, contingent leader, 608-k, gulf
ridge council, florida

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Received on Tue Aug 10 18:51:21 2004