Re: [Philmont]: Burro Packing treks

Al Thomson said "I just gave them the advantages and disadvantages ..."

Okay, for the newbies, lets list the advantages and disadvantages of taking burros.

Advantages:
- Once in a lifetime experience (yes, Philmont itself often is, but experiencing burros is even more rare).
- An intimate working experience with an animal - closer than one's typical horse trail ride.
- Learn new stuff (the diamond hitch that I learned so very well back in '63 and that used to be a Camping MB requirement, I have actually used in non-Scouting situations).

Disadvantages:
- As Al Thomson described, for the 3 days or so that you have burros, your schedule is on "burro time", not your own.
- As Charles Goodwin described, you might lose out on a program (but remember that having burros is a unique program itself).
- As I mentioned in an earlier post, you are restricted as to the trails that you make take with them.

Are there any others that I missed?

Dave Martin
Endwell, NY
'63,'91,'00,'04 728-H-2

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Received on Wed Jan 21 09:52:40 2004