[philmont] Treks Book Reports-Dry Camps

First off an opinion - I think Dry Camps are a part of the experience and an
opportunity .. they should not be avoided, but rather celebrated as a part
of the experience, a challenge and part of the reality of High Adventure.
Water management is an important part of the experience and can't really be
taught when water is always readily available. I also agree (I think) with
Dave in that the Dinner for Lunch thing isn't that great of an idea. I
don't think the kids ever come up with this one, I think it is an advisor's
suggestion to save some weight. One of the best trail meals I ever had was
Chili Mac on a cold, misty, overcast night at Tooth Ridge Camp ... it really
hit the spot.

I was going to assert that every trek gets a dry camp or two, but decided to
do a quick query against PhilSearch's 2006 data to see .. the results
surprised me ... (d is always dry, dt is usually dry)

Trek Day Campsite Type
1 3 Deer Lake Mesa Camp dt

2 9 Webster Parks Camp dt
2 10 Upper Clarks Fork Camp dt
2 11 Tooth Ridge Camp d

4 10 Webster Parks Camp dt
4 11 Tooth Ridge Camp d

5 8 Mt Phillips Camp dt
5 11 Tooth Ridge Camp d

6 3 Devils Wash Basin d
6 6 Comanche Peak Camp dt

8 3 Deer Lake Mesa Camp dt

10 3 Lower Sawmill dt
10 5 Mt Phillips Camp dt

11 8 Mt Phillips Camp dt
11 11 Ponderosa Park Camp dt

12 11 Shaeffers Pass Camp dt

13 11 Upper Clarks Fork Camp dt

18 3 Upper Sawmill Canyon dt

20 9 Mt Phillips Camp dt

21 8 Upper Bench Camp dt
21 11 Ponderosa Park Camp dt

22 6 Mt Phillips Camp dt

23 8 Mt Phillips Camp dt
23 9 Upper Sawmill Canyon dt

25 6 Comanche Peak Camp dt

26 7 Comanche Peak Camp dt
26 8 Lower Sawmill dt
26 10 Upper Clarks Fork Camp dt
26 11 Tooth Ridge Camp d

28 2 Rimrock Park Camp dt
28 3 Aguila Camp dt
28 5 Shaeffers Pass Camp dt
28 8 Black Jacks Camp dt

29 4 Shaeffers Pass Camp dt

30 7 Deer Lake Mesa Camp dt
30 11 Shaeffers Pass Camp dt

31 4 Shaeffers Pass Camp dt

32 11 Ponderosa Park Camp dt

33 5 Comanche Peak Camp dt

34 9 Thunder Ridge Camp d

35 11 Upper Clarks Fork Camp dt

YIS
Jim
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IWTGBTP
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Received on Tue Feb 27 13:46:06 2007