[Philmont]: 2nd set of shoes, souvenirs

I thought I would chime in with my opinion. And like many of the posts, it
is only an opinion here.

In 99 at Philmont, and in 2003 on the Knobstone trail in Indiana, I had an
inexpensive pair of walking shoes purchased from KMart. They were
lightweight and comfortable. Why walking shoes? My logic was that
something could have happened to my hikers, though that was
unlikely. Still, I wanted a second pair that I could hike in if an
emergency arose.

One of our ASMs is a podiatrist. She claims that high hikers cause more
sprained ankles than low hikers. All of her family uses low hikers every
backpacking trip, including Philmont. Now I do not expect anyone to agree
with her. Your experience may trump her professional opinion. That is
fine. But that was still good enough for me to believe that if that
emergency arose, I could have used walkers for part of the trek.

Reading a few other threads, this came to mind. In 1999, one of our scouts
branded a Pemican bar, which he keeps as a souvenir of his trip. That is
one way to use unwanted food items. (Although I do not think Pemican bars
are still issued.)

Roman Smith
CR St. Joseph Church
South Bend, IN

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Received on Mon Jan 17 10:20:24 2005