[philmont] Recommendations on Boots?

I took a crew last summer in 07 and we had a great time. I really used
the list to help bring my thinking up to what crews were doing as technology
has advanced and the practices in the back country tend to change accordingly.
 I also took a crew in 03. Prior to that, well, uh 71 or so.
 
In 03 we were on day 8 and were doing our cons. one of our adult leaders
got a nasty blister on his heel hiking out to cons which was trail building.
We only had 2 short days left as our trek was decending from Baldy towards
Ponil. He had a pair of camp shoes that were solomans " water shoe". We
duct taped the shoes to his feet colapsing the heel part to take all the
pressure off and we made it fine. Trail shoes were recommended "closed toe" and
still are. There were many Tevas spotted in the back country and I took a
pair as well.
 
In 07 being a little older and over 50, pack weight was a big consideration.
  I bought a pair of croc like shoes and took as my camp shoes. My boots
were well broken in and actually the same ones I wore in 03. I was
comfortable to know that for activities that I would wear my boots and only were the
crocs around camp to lounge in and rest my feet. Worked fine.
 
Most of our scouts all brought light weight running shoes for activites,
etc. and they worked fine. My suggestion is most scouts will buy boots about 6
months out or so and were on practice hikes. They just don't get them
broken in enough to realize the daily pounding. Some boots will break in much
easier than others. This is usually the problem or a higher potential problem
than a boot failure.
 
I would suggest considering these factors when making a decision about what
type of camp shoe you want to carry. I hope this helps.
 
Keith Mandrell
ASM Troop 20
YIS 71, 03, 07

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Received on Sat Dec 8 13:01:45 2007