[Philmont]: To Bill Summers in Ft. Worth

Bill,
  By chance, you weren't coming off Tooth Ridge on August 5th, were you? We got into base camp on August 4th and it was a crystal clear morning. I remember saying to our crew that I felt bad for any crews coming in "this morning" because if the fog.
   
  Pete Swiggum
  Troop 1173
  Green Bay
  Philmont 2005 - 724-M2

Bill Summers <bill.summers@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
        v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } I got to go to Philmont for the first time this past summer and we finished with the Tooth Ridge Trail. I hope to go back to Philmont a couple more times but I will not do that again! Been there, done that. I pampered my 54 year old knees through the first 10 days with liberal doses of Ibuprofen, Glucosamine/Chondroitin and the religious use of trekking poles. They held up very well those first 10 days only to be destroyed on the last day by that beast. It is long, it is downhill and it is extremely rugged. It was close to 4 weeks after we got home that I thought I might not live the rest of my life in pain from the ordeal. And here is the topper. We had our only hard rain of the trip the night before and that morning the Tooth Ridge was completely socked in.
 Visibility was probably 80 - 100 feet and it stayed that way until late morning when we had already hiked up to the Tooth and had seen nothing. I suspect that one of the trails down the west side wouldnt be much better, especially for people with bad knees because they are so steep.
   
  Dont get me wrong. I had a great time and Im ready to go back in 2007 if we are lucky.
   
  Bill Summers
  Fort Worth, TX
   
      
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  From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of Phil Brown
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 10:01 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Trail down the tooth

   
    Don wrote:
  That trail down from the tooth is long, those switchbacks go forwever. I would be tempted to take one of the trails down the west side next time and walk around. Anybody done that? On the map, it doesn't look too bad.
   
  We almost tried one this past summer. By the time we got to base camp I wished we had. I also would be interested if anyone has any comments on these trails.
   
  Phil Brown

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Received on Wed Dec 7 20:28:11 2005