My Crews have mostly all hiked high number strenuous or superstrenuous
treks, including 30 in 2000 and a fire-modified version of 32 in 2002.
Both of those treks offered plenty of program (see my diaries at:
http://www.troop111.org/phil02.html ). The key to making the programs,
in my opinion, is very easy - are you willing to be a Dawn-to-Dusk Crew?
If yes, you can make all the program activities without too much
difficulty. If not, you will miss some (or many) programs. You need to
discuss this with your Scouts - if they are unwilling to get up at the
crack of doom, or go to bed while the horizon is still a fiery red, then
you are setting yourselves up for a lot of aggravation and frustration
if making program is very important and you're on a high number trek.
If they ARE willing, then you can both see a whole heck of a lot of
Philmont AND enjoy plenty of program - and you sure won't have a lot of
"down-time". That has always been my Scouts' preference, and I have
been very fortunate to tag along.
Jeffrey Knoll wrote:
> I'm looking for some comments or advice from those more experienced Philmont
> Trekkers. In preparation for selecting a trek, the boys have been looking
> through the 2002 Treks book, Phil maps, and examining Al Thomson's wonderful
> spreadsheet that shows the itinerary and features of each trek. I've also
> been plugging in some of the boys' program preferences in to danyoder.com's
> itinerary application.
>
> We had several boys do Trek 26 in 2002, which included Mt Phillips. They're
> interested in hiking Baldy in '04 and also want to hike the Tooth.
> According to DanYoder.com that pretty much narrows it down to treks 21,24
> and 28-32.
>
> We've got some pretty experienced and strong backpackers, so I am not too
> concerned about the physical exertion of these treks, but I am concerned
> about having a decent balance between hiking and program activities. That
> is, I don't want the guys to expect to do all the programs only to find out
> the time on the trail may cause us to miss a bunch of them.
>
> I've read a reports on Selden's pages for a few of these treks, but if there
> is anyone on the list who has hiked any of them, especially 28 through 32,
> and can provide some advice, comments, opinions, etc., I'd appreciate it.
>
> -- Jeff Knoll
>
> BTW- I've encountered several anomalies with the danyoder.com itineraries
> application. For example selecting "Hike Baldy, Hike Tooth, and Cyphers
> Mine" shows Trek 30 as a 67% hit, missing Cyphers Mine. Yet if you click on
> the trek number it displays the itinerary which includes Cyphers. I've also
> seen 100% hits, where one selection was missing, but another was present
> twice. So double check what it tells you.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Jeffrey W. Knoll
> SM, Troop 513
> Grand Canyon Council
> Phoenix, AZ
> '02 627-H1
> '04 610-D
>
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