[Philmont]: Philmont Provided Equipment

This is from my complete equipment list posting:

Philmont Optionally Provided Items: If needed, Philmont will provide
the following items to any crew, without charge (i.e., it's included in
the fees):

        Backpacker's Shovel, bear-bags (5 - 7 nylon weave seed-bags), bear-bag
rope (100 foot long, plus an "oops" rope and "oops" carabiner), cleaning
gear (CampSuds, a sump "frisbee", 2 green scrubbies, a rubber policeman,
and 4-6 trash-bags), cook-kits (2, somewhat abbreviated), matches (1
box), a salt, pepper, and sugar kit, a tarp and 2 expandable tarp poles,
plus parachute cord (but no stakes!, must bring 10 heavy-duty stakes for
the tarp), tents (but again, no stakes!, must bring 8 stakes for each
tent), 2-3 rolls of toilet paper, a bottle of Purell, an abbreviated
utensil kit (including 1 hot-pot tongs), water purification tablets
(Micro-Pur), and a handful (6 - 10) of 1-gallon size zip-lock bags. As
noted above, the TP, Polar Pure, Purell, a sump "frisbee", and a rubber
policeman, are given to each Crew whether they need or want it or not;
however, if you already have these items, you can store the Philmont
provided gear in your BaseCamp locker.

Philmont will also provide the following items, as needed, for purchase
or rental:

        Backpacks (rental), Coleman fuel (purchase, 2005 price was roughly
1.00/pint (seemed to vary depending on where you got it), Gaz and
PowerMax also available, and stoves (Coleman Peak Ones, rental). Rental
prices are reasonable, but - beware! - repair/replacement costs are
exorbitant!

        Finally, also note that many other routine items (e.g., clothing items,
batteries, canteens, compasses, fuel bottles, LED headlamps, knives,
maps, mess-kits, ponchos, spice kits, Ridge-Rests or Therm-a-Rests,
water jugs, many, many others) are available for purchase from the
Basecamp trading post, and - but to a much lesser extent - at some
backcountry trading posts. Prices are high but not ridiculous.

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Received on Wed Aug 31 21:32:46 2005