[Philmont] Rayado Trek limits

That's amazing to carry a backpack in your hands. It might work to
sling the left strap of one pack over your right arm and the right
strap of the other pack over your left arm - the two packs will tend
to come together from the fulcrum effect with only one strap from each
pack being used. To do this you would need to have extra padding
under each strap since each strap is seeing the full weight of each
pack. You could keep the backpacks from "flopping" by tying them
together where they touch each other.

A better idea would be to redistribute the gear from the one pack
among everyone and lash the empty pack to the back of a comparable
sized backpack.

Joe
JAJansenJr@gmail.com

On 8/17/07, Norwood, Anthony (CIV) <Anthony.Norwood@usdoj.gov> wrote:
>
> We have several scouts who are interested in a Rayado trek next year. We
> have one scout who did Rayado two years ago and then was a ranger at
> Philmont this summer. He hiked with our crews for a few days this summer
> and he has encouraged several boys to apply. Is there a limit on the number
> of scouts from a troop who can apply to Rayado? I know that they want to
> put Rayado crews together who do not know each other, but is there a
> limitation on the applications or recommendations? My inclination is to
> write an honest recommendation for every boy who asks me, and then let
> Philmont sort it out.
>
> I enjoyed the pack discussion. We all had internal frame packs this summer
> except for the biggest and strongest. He had an old external frame pack and
> once carried two packs up a mountain, one in his hands. I love my internal
> frame pack and put the tent on top of the pack and the thermarest on the
> bottom, no problems. I put the Philmont food inside on top and don't
> remember any damage. The only equipment I tell the boys is forbidden is an
> old summer camp sleeping bag. The can't bring their Webelos sleeping bag.
> But then again, nobody hiking with me has tried to bring equipment from the
> 1950's and 1960's.
>
> Tony
>

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Received on Fri Aug 17 17:12:08 2007