From: smith.13@nd.edu
Date: Fri Dec 06 2002 - 10:17:11 CST
Our crew will also be facing an issue with a 20 year old ASM going as a
youth. But we also have a female leaders going too. So we already have to
carry 7 tents. That will not be an issue.
Where we may have the issue is that we have a youth that may not go an then
will be replaced with a 19 year old. The female leader will still need her
own tent so we still need 7 tents. What we would plan on doing is find a
rotation that would have a different youth sleeping alone each night.
In '99 we ran into a separate issue where after the 4th night, two tent
mates did not get along. I do not want to go into specifics, as it would
take a book to go through the cause of the issue, and the issue was not
going away on the trail. (Yes, all scouts were from the same troop.) But we
ended up with 3 scouts in a Philmont tent for the rest of the trek, and
they had no problem with the arrangement. I would doubt that the ranger
would allow you to leave base camp with 3 scouts assigned to a Philmont
tent, but you could ask... if the scouts did not mind very close quarters.
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Roman J. Smith
Scoutmaster Troop 505
roman.j.smith.13@nd.edu
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