Re: [Philmont]: "Gearing up"

Between the troop and the venturing crew we have lots of Alps gear.
Twelve of the Mystique 2.0 tents went to Philmont this year, six of them
for the second time. Several youth had Red Tail or Cascade packs from
Alps, several had air pads and quite a number used Alps sleeping bags.
All that doesn't include compression sacks, packs covers and stuff
sacks. For regular camping use the troop has about thirty of the Alps
Meramac tents. These are used monthly and at our council's winter camp
(we use canvas wall tents at summer camp, if available). At Philmont
this year our ranger admired our tents so we got back and sent him an
Alps Mystique 1.5.

We watch for the Alps sales and put together orders at least a couple of
times each year, especially in the spring after Webelos cross over.

Our experience has been great. The only negative I'd mention is boys
keeping up with stakes. :-D

Gary Boyd
Troop 151 SA
Crew 151 CC
Philmont 622-N-01
Georgetown, Texas

Joe Tavares wrote:

> I'll second that motion. The ordering process is a little convoluted,
> but the products and the prices are second to none. Leaders, you have
> the option, once per troop, to try out anything for 60% off list, the
> rest of the troop, and any subsequent orders are all at 45% off list.
>
> Joe T
> Wood Badge @ Zastro '00 ..used to be a Bob White
> Lead Advisor 808-L3 '04
> Lead Advisor 614 '06 (sooner than I think)
>
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> *From:* owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]
> *On Behalf Of *Randal Miller
> *Sent:* Monday, August 29, 2005 2:10 PM
> *To:* Multiple recipients of list philmont
> *Subject:* [Philmont]: "Gearing up"
>
> All,
>
> As our crew enjoyed our trek, we had the opportunity to discuss gear
> provisioning with quite a few crews who like us, had more than one
> member who really struggled to afford the appropriate gear. I know
> personally, I had the "pleasure" of buying two of everything as I was
> provisioning for my son too. For those of you preparing for 2006, I
> figured I'd share our good fortune with you.
>
> We were fortunate enough to discover Alps Mountaineering's Scout
> Direct discount program ( www.alpsmountaineering.com
> <http://www.alpsmountaineering.com> & www.scoutdirect.com
> <http://www.scoutdirect.com>) prior to outfitting the crew. We saved
> a tremendous amount of money on backpacks, sleeping bags, tents and
> compression bags.
>
> We found the quality to be at least as high as other brands. We took
> advantage of specials they run in addition to their normal discount as
> well. Watch for them....
>
> Yours in Scouting,
>
> Randy Miller
> Advisor 803-F, Trek 22
>
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Received on Tue Aug 30 08:11:00 2005