Re: [Philmont]: RE: Pack Weight

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From: Steve Mac Intyre (smacintyre.asm@attglobal.net)
Date: Tue Feb 11 2003 - 18:19:48 CST

A head lamp (led) is what we use. This way you have both hands free to do
what ever. The flash light thing we found was you had to hold it in your
mouth (where or in what did you drop it last?) or strap it to your head or
use your hand.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason A. Cotting" <p2ranger@anvilgear.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 11 February, 2003 18:03
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: RE: Pack Weight

> One quick comment:
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> Those weight saving tips are great. But, each crew member must have their
> own flashlight. The reality of this need arose last summer during the
fire
> crisis. If a crew has to evacuate at night, for safety reasons, each
person
> will need their own light as they hike to the extraction area. There was
an
> evacuation last summer when a small fire started near Clark's Fork and
> several crews had to evacuate to Cito Turnaround during the night.
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> The decison for everyone to have their own light came from the top last
> summer.
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> Jason
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> Retired Ranger
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