From: Jim Dunkin (jimdunk1@swbell.net)
Date: Tue Jun 04 2002 - 12:56:36 CDT
We will be going next year and I have a question concerning the different
treks available.
One of our scouts has a heart condition that requires a pacemaker. He tires
easily and has difficultly hiking more than a mile or two without pack. He
is an Eagle scout and really wants to experience Philmont. The other boys
are willing to split up his pack and carry it for him. That leaves the
question of distance we could cover in a 10 day period. I have heard there
is a "wrangler" trek there. Would we be able to take that? Our scouts have
shown an interest in that trek as all of them have their 50 miler from
Northern Tier.
jd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan and/or Brenda Thomson" <abthomson@goes.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Sunday, June 02, 2002 10:27 PM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Trek 2
> Josh Kirlin asks...
>
> Our council's contingent crews both got trek 2, and looking at the
itinerary
> guide, it says we get two days of western lore. What is different between
> those two activities?
>
> Answer...
>
> Pulled out Treks 2002 and looked. While many treks go to or through two
of
> the three camps with Western lore program (Beaubien, Clark's Fork, and
> Ponil), it is usually only listed a program opportunity once - where you
can
> schedule horse rides. The program at the three camps is identical:
morning
> or afternoon horse ride (scheduled your day of arrival in Logistics),
> branding, roping, horseshoes, and chuckwagon dinner. One difference is
that
> Ponil also has a chuckwagon breakfast, as well as the Cantina.
>
> For Trek 2, the second listing on Day 10 does not mention either horse
rides
> or the chuckwagon dinner, so you would be limited a second chance at
> branding, roping, and horseshoes, plus of course the evening campfire.
Day
> 10 also lists a "side hike" of Hidden Valley, but there is no way you
would
> do that as a side hike from Webster Park - you definitely would take your
> packs (the mileage/elevation chart is also a little suspect - I think it
> shows Day 10 as the straight shot down from Webster Park to Clarks Fork,
but
> not then up to Upper Clarks Fork. In any event, it does not include
Hidden
> Valley.)
>
> Anyway, if it was me, I'd do Environmental Awareness at Cito on Day 9 and
> sign up for Rock Climbing the morning of Day 10 at 8 a.m. Leave your
packs
> in a pack line at the cabin while you do the program, then return for them
> and head to Hidden Valley. Lunch at Window Rock, then down to Hunting
Lodge
> for the program there (cabin tour). You'd get to Upper Clarks Fork mid /
> late afternoon, have dinner, and head down to Clark's Fork for the
campfire
> (and Advisor's coffee).
>
> - Al Thomson, Troop 236, Schooley's Mountain, NJ
> 2002 Autumn Adventure
> 2001 703E11 Trek 21
> 2000 Autumn Adventure
> 1999 703K2 Trek 9 (now 4)
>
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