From: Larry Stout (larry@cms-stl.com)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 08:42:26 CST
The "Guidebook to Adventure" clearly states that everyone must sleep in a tent.
This eliminates the Bivy Sacks. It also states that all tents must be two-man (
two-person ? ;-) ) tents. That would eliminate one-man bivy tents as well. In
2001 I carried what was called a two-man bivy and slept alone, as did the other
adults in our crew. No problem and the weight was only about 5#. I really
appreciated the extra room and privacy. If you go with a bivy, I strongly
recommend one with aluminum poles. They are lighter than fiberglass, and after
repeated bending during the trek, we had a couple of fiberglass poles begin to
de-laminate and crack.
APLS Mountaineering has a new 2-man Mystique bivy style tent that I would highly
recommend. Scouts get a 45% discount which makes the price about $ 70.00. Check
them out at their WEB site
APLSMOUNTAINEERING.COM. Our troop has purchased several items from them and
have never been disappointed.
I would also recommend going to the Scouts only site www.ScoutDirect.com This
give you a lot more information regarding the scouting programs offered by ALPS.
They have one program which allows you to purchase items at a 60% discount of of
list. I think it would be worth your time to investigate. I have no financial
interest in APLS. Just a very satisfied customer.
Good Luck !!
Larry Stout
St. Charles, MO.
I used to be an Owl
Goin' back in 2003
messageboard@philmont.com wrote:
> I was reading somewhere no bivy sacks allowed because bears might mistake
> it for a log or something. I can't remember now if it was Philmont or
> not.
> What's the scoop on that?
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