Your crew can checkin and the stragglers can check in later. Make sure
you tell your Ranger that they will becoming later so he/she can plan for
it. You will need to do medical rechecks all at once, so wait for them to
get there before you do that.
Yes discipline issues do happen on the trails at Philmont, not often but
it does happen. Not only can youth be pulled off the trail for
misbehaving, but more frequently it is advisors that get pulled off the
trail for behavior issues. For this to happen usually requires one of the
managers at Philmont AKA Mark Anderson, Doug Palmer, Kieth Galloway, to go
to the location of the participant and make the final decision to pull
them off the trail. This is something that is pretty serious if it gets
to this point. Most dicipline issues are minor and can be handled within
the crew, by a backcountry staff member, or a Chaplin.
If a scout must come off the trail, or an adult, they will have to go
home. There is just not enough resources in basecamp to have a bunch of
unsupervised participants hanging around. If an injury happens on day 8,
you can maybe sweet talk Dick Mahalik into letting you stay. Returning to
the trail will be a hit or miss thing. If there is a truck going in the
area that your crew will pass through and there is room, then you can get
back. Note that returning participants is high priority on the seating
list. No one will be permitted to hike alone back to their group.
Jason
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Retired Ranger
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