[Philmont]: Tents (was Gear)

Steve Macintyre writes

We were told to scatter the tents to not have the row, circle or organization
thing. We were told the Bear thing. I haven't even thought of the Deer jumping
over the tent thing.

Comment...

Surprised at the use of the word "scatter," as it certainly could be
mis-interpreted and lead to the biggest problem - a "lone tent" separated from
the others.

My crews generally have been told to "cluster" the tents in small groups of 2 or
3 (or 4) about 10-15 feet apart, but not to create "figures" (triangles,
squares, etc.) where a bear could find himself in the middle of the group.

-- Al Thomson, Troop 236,
Schooley's Mountain, NJ
Treks 1999, 2001, 2003
Autumn Adventures 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006

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Received on Thu Jan 5 07:44:59 2006