RE: [Philmont]: Gear questions

I'm not at all in disagreement with you, and I agree with Cathy with a C that both ways are good ways. I will mention, parenthetically, that the scout looking for his plate or cup, on many of our normal campouts, is not usually the younger scout :-)

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> Joe,
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> I totally agree with you on weekend troop campouts.  I have seen more
> than one scout in our troop searching for a plate when he forgot his
> mess kit.  Week long or longer treks are a different environment where
> everyone is much more dependent on each other, you are not back at home
> on Sunday afternoon, you are working with older scouts, etc.  
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> Phil  
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> I guess I was thinking about the responsibility of making sure you had
> your own personal gear, start to finish, kept track of it, took care of
> making sure it was clean so you don't get sick, etc.
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> In our troop, if you don't bring your mess kit to a campout, you're
> likely to be scrambling around trying to find a way to eat.  We won't
> let them starve, but it is their responsibility to take care of the
> basic fundamentals.
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> I think this falls into the ol' "each to his own" category.  
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