From: Jim Dunkin (jimdunk1@swbell.net)
Date: Wed Jun 05 2002 - 16:57:40 CDT
Thanks guys for the advice. I will send his med history to the med staff
for their evaluation. This boy spends two weeks a year in Colorado skiing.
One of those weeks is in Leadville (10 thousand feet) His doctor gives him
medication that helps him. It's still very hard for him but he refuses to
be treated differently from the other boys. He has been on a ten day trek
at Northern Tier two years ago, rode duff most of the time and carried pfds
and paddles for us, and did pretty well. He rides horses so the Cavalcade
trek would not be difficult for him. How hard is it to win that lottery?
jd
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kirk's Mail" <kbarley6@cox.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 4:30 PM
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Choosing a Trek
> I successfully took a boy who could not walk 7 months prior to departure.
> He had foot drop from his chemo treatments. The Doc's had removed nearly
> 90% of his liver. Needless to say, he won the Ponil Camp Fire "Toughest
> Man" contest:-)
>
> He worked twice as hard as the rest of the crew. Contrary to most advice,
> he was our lead for most of the trek. We were slow, but steady using the
> caterpillar often.
>
> Biggest key to success was following Coop's Advisor Guide advice and early
> and complete communication with the Philmont medical staff. They had all
> they needed to approve his participation, acknowledging that this boy
would
> have scarred knees from tripping a lot. He sure did, but did it anyway.
> Did it every day, carrying all of his and fairs hare of crew gear.
>
> Quite an example for me.
>
> We did Trek 21 including Baldy. Hope it is available again this year:-\
>
> YIV
>
> Kirk
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
> Behalf Of Jim Dunkin
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2002 1:57 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: [Philmont]: Choosing a Trek
>
>
> 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
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