From: R Fisher (ghotier@texas.net)
Date: Wed Mar 20 2002 - 21:44:47 CST
"Feurtado, Walter (Contractor)" wrote:
> The emphasis on this thread is trying to get your first choice. There
> are no bad choices at Philmont. <snip> There are 70 possible
> choices of treks per day (2 crews on a trek) but only 30-35 crews
> arrive daily. The odds of getting your first or second choice is
> really high.
I don't know how many 2002 crews are represented by this discussion
list, but in all of the comments on call in success, trek selection,
arrival dates, etc. I don't recall seeing any duplications. And based
on conversations with the PhilPholks, the reality is that a majority of
the crews *don't* send their trek selections in right away, which
improves the odds even more. In fact several years ago Mark Griffin,
then on the Phil-staff, gave a statistic that something like 80 - 85 %
of the crews get their first or second selection, which included those
crews that sent in their cards in mid-April. Granted this was a few
years back and the contingent leaders may have become more "savvy", but
I'd say you still have a reasonable amount of time to respond.
And there are no "bad" treks at Philmont!
Happy Trails,
Roy Fisher
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