From: Eagen Vaughn & Judy (vjker@mindspring.com)
Date: Sun Jan 13 2002 - 21:18:36 CST
I have a question about the 4 quart pots. Would they work just as well as
the 8 quart even with a full 12 person crew?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Henderson" <henderwp@cfl.rr.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 13, 2002 4:28 PM
Subject: [Philmont]: Gear and Cooking
> I am seeing several posts about gear and bag cooking.
>
> Gear- I strongly recommend you use your own gear if you are a backpacking
> Troop. In 97 we used the Philmont gear- it was good, but heavy; we
weren't
> used to it, etc. In 01' we used our own and it was great. Everyone was
> used to the tents, anti-bear bags, paracord instead of 4 lbs of rope, 4
> quart pots, not the 8 quart, etc. By using our own gear we carried less
> than 4 lbs each of crew gear. Last thing, we use Nalgene Cantenes (96oz
> collapsable) for our extra water and everyone had one in addition to their
> normal water supply. On the days we were hitting dry camps (Comanche Peak
> for example) everyone hiked heavy carrying their personal water and the
> extra 96ozs. The other nice thing about these is they don't take any
space
> when you're not using them and they only weigh a couple of ounzes.
>
> Bag Cooking- We have used the backpacker grates for almost 10 years and
> think bag cooking is the only way to go. At Philmont we used their food
but
> cooked it in the roaster bags- the advantage is there is no cleanup so you
> save time and alot of water which means we saved more time not having to
> pump more water.
>
> If any of you have questions about getting ready for Philmont we are here
to
> help.
>
> Some Thoughts,
>
> Paul Henderson
> henderwp@cfl.rr.com
> Philmont 97, 01'
> BSA Troop 62
> www.bsatroop62.org
> Winter Park, FL
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