RE: [Philmont]: cold weather gear

I have experienced cold rain, sleet, hail and even snow at Philmont in
June, July AND August. Yes, the monsoon season does see a dip in
temperatures - sometimes drastically.

During the summer of '80, when I was on staff at Pueblano, we took our
water from the creek (purified, of course) and kept it in plastic jugs.
I would bet that we broke ice in those jugs 95% of the mornings. Of
course, we were *only* 8,000 above mean sea level.

This MAY be one of the few places that an Advisor has to step in and lay
down the law for the health and safety of the crew.

Rice Brewer

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Dave Martin
Sent: Tuesday, July 06, 2004 2:49 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: cold weather gear

I will certainly be urging my troops to be fully prepared, but I'm
anticipating some push back from a few who will say "all those
cold-weather stories are from folks who went to Philmont in June - we're
going the end of July (July 28), and it is hotter then - I can leave the
fleece at home".

What sayeth the wisdom of the list? Does the onset of the Philont
monsoon season in mid to late July offset the generally warmer
temperatures, such that the need for cold-weather gear is no less than
it was early in June?

Dave Martin
Endwell, NY (where current temp is 65F)

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Received on Tue Jul 6 18:27:16 2004