[philmont] More information on trek 31

Joe, it's a subjective judgment on the part of Philmont, but mostly it's additional mileage and more climbing. Our trek went over Baldy, Comanche, Philips, Big Red, Black Mountain, Schaefer's and the Tooth. On paper, I think it was officially an 83-mile trek, but with our side hikes it came out to be about 102. We had a couple of 14-15 mile days About the only program opportunity we missed was the mine tour at French Henry on our way back to camp from Baldy. As others have stated, time management skills, backpacking experience, and physical conditioning are very important. Our troop backpacks regularly, and we had 5 Philmont returners. Everyone had good or excellent personal equipment. We brought everything with us with the exception of the sump strainer and the bear ropes, so we were familiar with our tents and other crew gear. Our wakeup times were always either 4:00 or 5:00 AM, and on average we broke camp and were on the trail in 45 minutes. Everyone was in good shape, and although we personally don't use the "caterpillar", we paced ourselves so that we could keep moving and make good time. On our last morning on Schaefer's, we were on the trail in 20 minutes (we usually eat breakfast on the trail after hiking about 20-30 minutes), checked in, showered, packed, and were eating pizza at Simple Simon's by 11:30. I wouldn't recommend it to anyone for their first Philmont trek, but for the right crews, the challenges are very rewarding. -Keith ASM, T-252 Kilgore, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: Joseph Jansen<mailto:jajansenjr@gmail.com> To: philmont List Member<mailto:philmont@troop47.com> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2007 4:42 PM Subject: [philmont] More information on trek 31 Keith, Curious as to how physically challenging a superstrenuous trek is. What makes a trek considered superstrenuous? Cover the same miles faster and/or cover longer distance? Joe JAJansenJr@gmail.com<mailto:JAJansenJr@gmail.com>

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