RE: [Philmont]: Burro Packing

The burro packing debate will continue because there are so many pros
and cons!!

First of all, all program at Philmont is a diversion because the real
program is the scenery.

Having said that, there are my answers to your questions:

* Do we get to put our full pack on the burro and just walk with
them?

NO. Just crew gear. NO PACKS

* What do we need to do to take care of the burros and how much
time will it take?

Just food that the burro carries. The crew needs to feed them and make
sure they have water. They walk slowly or sometimes decide that they
need a break. It is a frustrating experience but with anything, it will
be an experience that will be long remembered.

* With the Leave No Trace principles, do we need to pick-up after
the burros?

NO.

Having done the burros once, my crews always choose to see the demo from
the wrangler on to pack burros, but then decide not to take the burros.
The biggest con with the burros is that you can not hike over Wilson
Mesa with the burros. The biggest pro is that it is something that they
will probably never do again and it quite an experience.

Wally Feurtado

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Jane Hora
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 7:28 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Burro Packing

The boys in our crew are working on their top 5 trek choices for our
June 2005 trek. There's a definite interest in Burro Packing, but I'm
not sure that the brief summary from our 2002 Guidebook to Adventure
gave them a clear picture of what this program feature entails. So, I'd
be interested in some details from those of you who have experienced a
trek with burro packing. Some questions that came up were:

* Do we get to put our full pack on the burro and just walk with
them?
* What do we need to do to take care of the burros and how much
time will it take?
* With the Leave No Trace principles, do we need to pick-up after
the burros?

Also, your overall impression of how this did or did not enhance your
Philmont experience would be very helpful.

Thanks!

Jane Hora

ASM Troop 117 Dublin, OH

Lead Advisor 2005 619-C-9 and 2002 809-I-1

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Received on Thu Feb 17 07:04:18 2005