From: Wayne Rascati (wrascati@cox.net)
Date: Fri Feb 14 2003 - 01:14:53 CST
This past August at Fish Camp I had the opportunity to talk to a crew leader
of one of two crews travelling together. They had chosen the same itinerary
even though the groups were not equal in age and capability. The older,
more experienced crew was up early, out on the trail early, and not
experiencing any significant lags EXCEPT for the sister crew. The second
crew was at least one hour later in arriving at Fish Camp than their more
experienced counterparts. From my observation, neither crew (adults and
youth) were have a great Philmont experience.
As our unit had only one crew travelling, I can only report from this
experience. I would recommend that each crew go their different way, and if
by chance they can cross-paths once or twice during the trek, that would be
great.
Wayne Rascati, Crew 105 (805-Q)
Los Padres Council
Santa Barbara, CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Calvin H. Gray" <405geezer@igg-tx.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:10 AM
Subject: [Philmont]: Sister crews
> If the youth members of both crews are approximately the same age and
> have gone through similar pre-trek preparations, I don't see anything
> wrong with choosing the same itinerary (sister crew) IF that is what the
> youth members want to do.
>
> Now, if the crews vary in age and experience, I'm against having sister
> crews. For example, if one crew is made up of younger youth members
> (high school freshmen) and the other crew is older members (high school
> juniors), I would encourage them to refrain from requesting the same
> itineraries. But, if they wanted to be on the same itinerary, I would
> support that.
>
> Even if crews from the same troop have different itineraries, there are
> possibilities to meet and enjoy fellowship along the way as the Philmont
> TREKS booklet will have a list of "rendezvous" camps at which crews may
> be able to meet during their ten days in the back country. Check this
> out when you receive the booklet and let the YOUTH MEMBERS make the
> final decision as to whether or not they want to operate as sister
> crews.
>
> YiS,
> --
> Calvin H. Gray
> Scoutmaster, Troop 405
> Associate Advisor, Venturing Crew 405
> Georgetown, Texas
> I used to be an Owl (WM-62-2-98 @ Philmont)
> http://www.troop405.org/
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