RE: [Philmont]: Small Scouts

I agree. I was 11 when I did my first 50 miler, a lot less than 100 lbs,
can guarantee you that the gear was no where near as light as it is today
and we carried 8 days of food. I haven't stopped since.

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of John LeBlanc
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 11:39 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Small Scouts

Take your small Scots to Philmont. It may be the biggest thing you ever do
for them.

I was the smallest Scout in the contingent at age 14 back in 1959. I did a
lot better than many youth twice my size and a lot better than ALL of the
adults. Remember that key point.

Size has nothing to do with ability and desire.

Small kids are people too.

Just take them.

John LeBlanc

Philmont 1959 2002

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Received on Wed Dec 10 19:18:08 2003