RE: [Philmont]: are reservations needed to rent philmont packs

When we got to base camp, my son's pack belt buckle had been broken in
transit. Tooth of Time Traders had smaller buckles, but no belt buckles (3
inch).

While visiting the post office, I noticed the pack rental office and stopped
in. They had a sign listing fees for broken parts including belt buckles. So
I asked if they could sell me one.

After getting to the right person, they pulled up a box of spare parts.
They didn't even have a male and female that matched. So we brought the
broken one, but still no match. Then they called in the REAL right person,
who decided that he could cannibalize one from a new hip belt set, and rent
it to us for $3. My son was delighted because he had been stressed out about
using a duct taped buckle, or the wrong size.

While on the trail, my son decided to use the day pack portion of his pack.
The day pack had an identical belt buckle.

So three cheers to the Pack Rental staff for resolving our problem. And for
future reference, check the day pack for spare parts.

Thanks,
Scott Sibley
1975 623-A-1
2004 621-D-5 Trek 4

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Received on Thu Jul 8 15:08:55 2004