[philmont] Philmont Camp Shoes

Good point about backup shoes. Any other gear people find a good idea to take
some backup for? Batteries for one. Extra compass for another (not
likely to break but could get lost).

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Philmont 1965 (the flood year); 1978

On 2/9/07, Mark Liechty <mlaccs@mlaccs.com> wrote:
> Pete Notes:
> I knew a kid from another unit who had a failure on the stitching on his
> boot sole on the first day. He had to hike the rest of the way in his camp
> shoes. Luckily he had some fairly good tennis shoes. His feet hurt, but he
> was able to make it. If he had only had crocs or water sox, his trip would
> have ended early.
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> Been watching this thread with some interest as it is a good planning point.
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> Pete just ended the discussion for me and mine.
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> As a computer geek rule number 1 is that mechanical devices fail. On the
> trail you need to assume that this will be the case as well.
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> Thanks for the lessons. Not sure I would have thunk it up on my own as my
> boots are comfy and I don't normally need "camp shoes"
>
> Mark Liechty
> Eagle Class of 82
> Brotherhood Member OA
> mark@mlaccs.com
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Received on Fri Feb 9 13:48:30 2007