[Philmont] training treks

Coop - Ed Phillips here, sorry to bother you but don't have another
resource.

As the Old Dominion HAC rep I've received a question from someone who's
looking for advanced backcountry type training. Thought I'd turn him on
to the NCAC Philmont prep training for advisors but not sure that's what
he's looking for. Any suggestions? Thanks. Ed

Ed Phillips
Navy IPO
703.601.9767 DSN 329 Fax 9776

-----Original Message-----
From: Philmont@troop47.com [mailto:Philmont@troop47.com] On Behalf Of
coopwright@aol.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:28
To: Philmont List Member
Subject: [Philmont] training treks

The reason what troops don't do backpacking, even one trip a year is
because the adults are uncomfortable with leaving the comforts of car
camping, not because the kids don't want to do it. Unfortunately, the
current training offered by BSA doesn't help. Its focus is on camping
heavy, with chuck boxes, lanterns, coolers, lawn chairs, gateways,
weather rocks, you name it. How do I know this? Well I was the
Scoutmaster of such a troop. Thank goodness we were a rural troop with
lots of pick up trucks that could move our gear. As I was finishing up
my time as Scoutmaster, I took my first backpacking trip with some of
our older scouts. Boy were we a bunch of rookies!!! But we learned a
lot and soon began shedding some of the heavy personal and patrol
equipment we had accumulated. That summer, I took our older scouts to
the Northern Wisconsin Canoe Base. That was my first high adventure
trek as an adult and I haven't looked back.

Cooper Wright
Piedmont District Venturing Committee

 
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