Re: [Philmont]: Philmont "rules"

MessageTom....

Great advice on when to share the Philmont Rules. Ever since I printed them, I've been thinking about when the best time to share them with the group would be. An hour or so from camp will be a good time to reinforce the rules that they've hopefully learned in our practice and shakedown hikes leading up to the trip.

Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net

  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Tom Lindtveit
  To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
  Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 6:42 AM
  Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Philmont "rules"

> "Expedition Behavior - The Finer Points" has now been printed and will be shared with our crew.

  A suggestion if I might. I used that list of rules last year also. I held onto it until we were on the bus and about an hour out from Philmont. We distributed it and discussed it on the bus, then went into a basic description of what would be happening in the next 24 hours (hurry up, and wait...) and explaining what a Ranger is, and why he/she would be "your best friend for the next 2 days".
   This worked well in a couple of ways:
  a) It tied together all the training and discussions about trail living they had gotten in the prep hikes and meetings.
  b) It got their "heads into the game"
  c) It set things up nicely for the Ranger and made his/her job easier, as he did not need to explain "WHY" all the time.

  Incidentally, our Ranger (Kyle McKay) had three rules he taught the Crew and they worked very nicely:
  1) Don't be stupid.
  2) Drink more water.
  3) Look good doing it.

  Happy Hiking,
   Tom
  P.S Has ANYONE gotten a waiting list number yet? This is getting to be a LONG "couple of weeks".

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Received on Tue Jan 4 23:30:09 2005