From: Diane Mikulis (DBMikulis@comcast.net)
Date: Thu Jan 23 2003 - 14:31:25 CST
The boy will be 16 in July. His friends are going this year and there's
no guarantee our troop will get to go again any time soon. It's been 7
years since they have gone. We don't do well in the Council contingent
lottery and I just got lucky with the 2003 phone-in.
I appreciate all this advice. The other adults and I will talk this
weekend while we do our teambuilding thing. We will also carefully
observe him to try to determine his true desire - does he really want to
go and is he willing to do what he needs to? Some of you have commented
on the blister thing and that's exactly right. If he really wanted to
succeed, he would have taken care of the hot spots early and would have
made sure to have hiking boots - he was wearing waterproof hunting boots
one day and sneakers the next, don't know what kind of socks. I think
"Mom" is pushing a bit because she wants him to have the experience.
Unfortunately 11 others may suffer in the process.
Thanks again,
Diane
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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of jpsampson1@mmm.com
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:18 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: removal of a boy
Diane didn't indicate how old the boy in question is. If he is one that
Philmont may be life-changing for, a future trek may be better for him
if
he's still young. We live in Minnesota with a limited hiking season so
our
decision had to be made early. We had one boy who insisted he wanted to
go,
and although he was technically old enough (just finishing 8th grade
when
we leave) we all knew he'd never make it. Even without shakedown trips
we
had enough prior camping experience to know that. Maybe in 2005 he'll be
ready, but not now, and that's what we had to tell him up-front. Even
though you haven't had a lot of strenuous hiking experience with this
boy,
he's given you two indications how things could be. 1). He and his
mother
didn't heed your suggestion about proper footwear. 2). He was taken off
the
trail for blisters. Those could have been treated when still hot-spots
(if
he'd stop or tell someone), or even been taken care of with duct tape
and
proper socks as a previous post mentioned. You may save you, your crew
AND
the boy some problems if you can encourage him to wait. Good luck!
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