[philmont] Baldy Porch Talk

A mountain lion might kill one person. A bear might kill one person,
maybe more if he/she were trapped or protecting a cub and was in close
combat with a group. A fall, or a large rock, might kill one, maybe two
people. A rattlesnake might kill one (very unlucky) person.

One lightning strike could in an instant easily kill every single member
of an entire Crew. As in, light's out, c'est fini.

Nothing at Philmont scares me like lightning.

Any questions?

Daniel Preston wrote:
> I don't think the problem is lack of information, but rather advisors
> not taking the subject seriously. Last summer, Mark Anderson reviewed
> lightning procedures at the advisors talk and our ranger went over
> lighting procedures in detail and made us spread out, take off our packs
> and crouch in position for about 10 minutes. The information about
> staying off of peaks in the afternoon and getting down to lower
> elevation if a storm approaches was clearly communicated. I believe
> Mark Anderson also told us that lightning has killed more people at
> Philmont than anything else.
>
> While climbing Hart Peak, out of Ponil, a sudden storm came up and
> lightning was all around us. We followed procedures and waited-out the
> storm for 45 minutes. During the middle of the storm, another crew
> hiked right past us and over the top of the peak. When we tried to
> explain the danger to their advisors, we were told that "the lightning
> is not that close". The time between the lighting and thunder was never
> more than 6 seconds and frequently less than 2 seconds.
>
> This was one of several crews we encountered with jackass advisors,
> which is greatest danger to Scouts at Philmont.
>
> Dan Preston

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Received on Tue Jul 31 16:22:58 2007