Re: [Philmont]: Advisor participation

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From: Mark R Alman (m-alman@raytheon.com)
Date: Wed Jan 29 2003 - 07:47:33 CST

      John, while I agree with the original poster about this gentleman
being FAR from ready to go and a potential HUGE problem, once/if he gets on
the trail (that's a whole 'nother post), your statement below is a little
extreme.

If he can't make it 10-15 miles per day on a treadmill carrying a 50 pound
pack, then the show is over even before it starts.

and

How does his 1-2 miles per day on a treadmill even compare with 10-15 miles
at an average slope of 7% per day with a 50 pound pack on at 6, 000 to 12,
000 feet altitude day after day after day?

      I've been to Philmont three times, the latest was two treks this past
summer, and have backpacked numerous times here in Texas, OK, and in
Colorado and NM. The vast majority of attendees at Philmont will not be
doing daily hikes like you describe above. Unless you're doing one of the
super-strenuous treks or Ryado, which as far as I can tell. they aren't.

      Maybe I'm a freak of nature, but I worked out for two years before
going last year and none of my workout sessions and the shakedown hikes the
Scouts and I conducted were of the degree of difficulty you describe. My
crew and I survived just fine.

      For a better source of info on getting conditioned (plus a plethora
of other tips and tidbits), pay the $10 for a copy of Cooper Wright's "
Philmont Advisors' Manual". Well worth it and more practical and realistic.

YIS,

Mark Alman
ASM - High Adventure
Troop 67
Mesquite, TX

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