Re: [Philmont]: Re: Philmont Package

Ched, would a fine point sharpie rub off these maps??? Steve.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ched Hudson" <chedhudson@verizon.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list philmont" <philmont@troop47.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 06:34
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Re: Philmont Package

> As someone posted earlier, Philmont wants to give crews information
> unrelated to trail selection and navigation, and it's easier and more
clear
> to do it on the souvenir map where everything is on one page. If you
> indiscriminately mark up the detail maps, you risk obscuring one or more
> important features your navigator may need during a "where are we?"
> head-scratching session on the trail.
>
> Last year, our crew leader took the souvenir map and used it to mark up
his
> copies of the sectional maps during some downtime on the first trail
> day...carefully, so all notes were out of the way of trails we planned to
> use. Even so, after eight days of stuffing the map in his pocket and
> retrieving it in the rain, some of the print had worn off in a critical
spot
> when we were "challenged" to rediscover our intended route. We carried two
> copies of the sectional maps so the backup copy came in handy.
>
> >Ched Hudson
> ASM, Troop 994
> Fairfax Station VA
> Philmont 67, 04
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
> Behalf Of Pete Swiggum
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:35 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
> Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Re: Philmont Package
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> It seems very odd to me that Philmont would require the overall map at
base
> camp when the crew's trek has been assigned and the route is all on one
> sectional map. Maybe someone can elaborate as to why this is.
>
> Pete Swiggum
> Troop 1173
> Green Bay, WI
> Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net
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