RE: [Philmont]: Opinions on Treking Poles #2

To make dining fly higher off the ground you need 6 poles, we put treking
poles in each of the 4 corners of fly and 2 for the peak of roof line.

Kim Pigorsch
Membership Chairmun (sic)
and Eagle Scout Advisor
Troop 681

>From: "Troop 681 scout" <troop681@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: Philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list Philmont <Philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Opinions on Treking Poles
>Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2003 23:21:20 -0500
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>I hiked Philmont in 1999 and 2003 with TREKING Poles.
>I agree with everthing already said...........don't leave home without
>them. We had adults and youth that used them this past summer.
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>Helps the knees and also can be used to put up the Dining FLY...........so
>you have one less item to check out and carry for crew gear. Also treking
>poles allow you to make the dining fly higher off the ground so that it is
>easier to work and sit under.
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>I have GREAT photos our our guys this past summer playing CEO (a card game)
>under the dining fly in the rain, all sitting on cut log stools. They
>found the log stools close to our campsite near Philips Junction.
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>TREKING poles are GREAT!!!
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>Got mine at REI...............looking forward to a BIG REI rebate amount in
>2004 from all the stuff I bought in 2003 for my philmont trek.
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>Kim Pigorsch
>Membership Chairmun (sic)
>and Eagle Scout Advisor
>Troop 681
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Received on Tue Dec 30 22:51:26 2003