[Philmont]: story in READERS DIGEST

OFF topic I know,

but check out the Feb edition of READERS DIGEST for a story about the ARGUS
(tail masted sailing ship run by a council in Orange County, CA area), my
troop and the scuba diver they rescued off the coast of Newport Beach,
California in April 2004.

The best thing-------the scouts from my troop who were on this trip really
don't think they did anything special. THEY believe that they were just
doing what Boy Scouts do.

troop681@hotmail.com
           (click here to reply to ME)

Kim Pigorsch
Membership Chairmun (sic)
and Eagle Scout Advisor

Troop 681

San Diego, CA

>From: "Calvin H. Gray" <405geezer@thegateway.net>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: Multiple recipients of list philmont <philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: RE: [Philmont]: 2006/2007 reservations
>Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 11:49:21 -0600 (CST)
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>Joe Jansen wrote:
>
>It seems to me the fairest system would be one where each Scout who
>wants to go to Philmont actually gets to do so at least once in his
>Scouting career. I've gathered from the postings that some persons get
>to go more than once and some not at all. The lottery system could be
>weighted to favor those who have never gotten to go before.
>
>Frankly, though, a better system would be to review ways to allow more
>Scouts to come to Philmont. I've been twice, as a crew member as a
>Scout and, later, as an Advisor. I would not trade these experiences
>for anything.
>
>It is not a good thing for a boy to read about something that is part of
>the Scouting program, only to find that it is unavailable to him. This
>applies not only to Philmont, but to all the rest of the Scouting
>program.
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>Scouts and adults from my troop have been going to Philmont since we
>first had Scouts old enough to attend (in 1989). We've never had a
>Scout or an adult who wanted to go to Philmont but didn't get to attend.
>Why? Because there are several Philmont programs besides the normal
>backpacking program, and we've taken advantage of programs such as
>Cavalcade, Kanik, Rayado and Autumn Adventure.
>
>There are several excellent individual Philmont programs described here:
>http://lib1.store.vip.sc5.yahoo.com/lib/psashop/05indtrekinfo.pdf
>
>Links to information on most of the Philmont programs are here:
>http://www.philstaff.com/phpr.html
>
>Of course, Philmont has approx. 900 seasonal jobs each summer so that's
>another way for individuals at least age 18 to spend time at Philmont.
>
>One of the off season programs I especially recommend is Autumn
>Adventure. This is the only Philmont program in which an "all adult"
>crew may participate. Just imagine...a week at Philmont without Scouts.
>Been there, done that...six times. :-)
>
>As far as reducing the length of backpacking treks, I don't believe the
>Ranch Committee is likely to make any changes as the 12 day trek concept
>has very strong support among members of this group, which is entrusted
>with the responsibility to ensure the Philmont experience remains as it
>has for the past 60 years.
>
>There is some pressure to actually reduce the number of summer campers
>as some members of the Ranch Committee believe that Philmont is
>currently being overused. I tend to agree as I've seen a degradation in
>the condition of the areas around the larger staff camps, especially
>Abreu, Beaubien and Cimarroncito, during the 15 years I've been going to
>Philmont.
>
>Due to the fires in 2002 (approx. 20,000 acres were burned), the area
>above Hwy 64 is going to take additional time to recover too so I don't
>see the Philmont administration doing anything that would increase the
>number of summer campers.
>
>As Rice Brewer wrote, the only way Philmont will probably increase the
>number of summer campers is if additional nearby land becomes available.
> Around 1999, Philmont had discussions with Ted Turner about the
>possible use of his property but I don't believe this ever became very
>serious. But we can hope, can't we?
>
>YiS,
>--
>Calvin H. Gray
>Scoutmaster, Troop 405
>Associate Advisor, Venturing Crew 405
>Georgetown, Texas
>I used to be an Owl (WM-62-2-98 @ Philmont)
>http://www.troop405.org/
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Received on Tue Jan 25 17:55:13 2005