Wayne,
I hope good fortune has continued to shine on you and yours. I am priviledged to possibly be in a position to offer you an opportunity. We are short one on our Philmont crew for this summer. Nick and Jason previously asked if we could fill it with one of the 'bama boys. So you may hear from one or the other in the next week or so. Just wanted to give you a heads up.
Mike Wald
>From: "White, Billy Wayne (GECP, MABG, 037370)"
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: provo crews
>Date: Tue, 2 Dec 2003 07:46:36 -0500
>
>Brian,
>Somehow I let your question slip by without responding. The success of a
>provisional crew depends almost entirely on the maturity of the scouts in
>the crew. Our crew last summer was a provisional crew. My wife and I
>were the advisors and we had 3 pair of scouts, each pair from a different
>troop. One pair was from Rockwall, Texas, the second pair was from near
>Birmingham, AL and two scouts from my troop in Moulton, AL. The scouts in
>Alabama were over a 100 miles apart and we never had a single hike together
>before Philmont. We did manage to meet with the Alabama scouts for a final
>pack shakedown one week before we left for Philmont. Of course we never
>even met the scouts from Texas until we arrived at Philmont. The scouts
>ranged in age from almost 15 to 19 and all came with a good recommendation
>from their Scoutmasters. I think that is very important to know if the boys
>scoutmaster would recommend them for such a venture.
>
>One of the Texas scouts and myself were the only "Philmont veterans". But
>all of these scouts were mature leaders, ready for Philmont or any other
>adventure and thus are the exception to the rule more than likely. I was
>very lucky and blessed to have them.
>
>A few on this email group and on the other Philmont list as well as some of
>my local leaders told me I would regret going with a provisional crew,
>especially since we could not train together etc.. I stayed in touch via
>email and occasional phone calls to keep every one up to date. To save
>weight I suggested we try cooking using zip lock bags instead of the using
>the heavy, bulky pots Philmont issues. All of these "instructions" were
>done over the email route. I sent pictures of how to prepare the meals
>using zip lock bags and we never had a single problem cooking our entire
>trek.
>I mentioned the cooking method to point out you can have a successful trek
>and even change the way "Philmont does it" without any problems. But it
>depends totally on the maturity level of the boys.
>The only problems my wife and I had with the scouts during the trek was
>keeping up with them!
>
>Good luck to you with your provisional crew and enjoy Philmont.
>
>Wayne White
>
>CC Troop 222
>
>Moulton, AL
>
>Philmont 92, 96, 97, 00, 03
>
>
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