[philmont] bear ropes

My 1970 Guidebook to Adventure has pretty much the same bear bag procedures as later additions. We strung the bags between trees (preferrably three so that one rope cut would not bring the bag within reach). The two man tent used then was the BSA overnighter, with a central, internal pole and no floor. I used a dining fly for a tent for 3 in 1972. Can't do that now. It seems to me we didn't carry as much food, as food was issued from staff camp commissaries, not the sector commissaries as at the present time. We still carried several days' worth, just not four days' worth.

Bill Sheehan, ASM
Troop 55, Pitman, NJ
Philmont '70, '72, Autumn Adventure '01,'03,'05

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Received on Fri Jan 19 09:19:53 2007