[Philmont] Random thoughts after completing trek 31

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Shane (from work)

---- Keith Hooks <keithhooks@msn.com> wrote:
Random thoughts after completing trek 31…I’m really grateful everyone got
into shape for this trek, including advisors-no major problems…the monsoon
season’s not so bad… it rained every day but the first and last in base
camp…we only actually hiked in the rain for maybe 30 minutes…the biggest
difference between a super strenuous and strenuous seems to be the lack of
down time you have in camp…I’d have rather gone up than down the Copper Park
side of Baldy…almost everybody in the crew has a water bladder now, and
everyone seems to drink more water…eating with Mark Anderson at the
chuckwagon meal in Beaubien was a pleasant surprise...Mark was our district
exec years ago, when they still called them d.e.’s…Visto Grande is gorgeous,
but shouldn’t it be Vista Grande?...a good crew leader makes a big
difference…so does having advisors who know when to stay out of way…walking
barefoot in the ice water from snow runoff is fun…after three stays at Mt.
Phillips camp, I still haven’t seen a sunset there due to the clouds…a
certain troop 315 from Kansas left a piece of plywood at the summit with the
crew’s names written on them-you know who you are, shame on you…they really
need to paint over that graffiti in the welcome center’s men’s
restroom…Sawmill still has the best sunset at the ranch…great campfire at
Beaubien, but leave out the naughty words next time…passed a crew from
Houston on their second day out who looked like they were about to die…they
haven’t made a memory card big enough for all the pictures I want to take
here…I always get choked up singing the Philmont Hymn at opening
campfire…our Ranger, Ben, a student at Iowa State, is a credit to
scouting…triple strength Gatorade + adolescent males = scouts gone wild…our
guys did the flag retirement at Pueblano to a rave review from the staff…no
matter how hard you try, you can’t win at loggerball…it’s really hard for me
to keep my mouth shut during the challenge events, but I managed…what
happened to Pemican Bars?...jalapeno squeeze cheese goes with
everything…warning labels on peanut butter packages: “May stick to the roof
of your mouth”…didn’t get a shower until after 7 days on the trail, but
didn’t die…I didn’t have a appetite until the last day on the trail…snowball
fights are good for crew morale…no spreadables?...God bless the
chaplains…yes, Philmont really is run by college students…no, that’s not a
bad thing…are external packs becoming extinct?...some of us got to work on
our tans in camp…writing on the rocks at mountain summits with a Sharpie
seems to be a fad that’s passed…singing bad country and western tunes on the
trail rocks…Simple Simon’s pizza is really good, but only after the trek…we
really were a family for those 10 days…peanut butter makes a great trail
snack…I love these guys…nobody will trade anything for Oreos…my wife
cheerfully supports my Philmont habit…I’m the luckiest sob I know.

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Received on Fri Jul 27 11:47:10 2007