RE: [Philmont]: Philmont Meals/stripping/soup

Given the physical stress I put on my meals going in and out of packs,
and how we beat the bear bags up and crushed things with the weight
first night and after resupply, I found no advantage in stripping.
Saved some cardboard we would have to COMPACT, and a little weight, but
damaged too much food. Tough to squeeze cheese on crumbs.

Just my experience. Mike is not the only one to recommend this
technique.

Kirk Barley
Virginia Beach

<snip.

Another item that you might want to consider practicing with Philmont
trail
food is the concept of stripping meals. I recommend using large freezer
bags
to repack the meals after your crew reviews the meals at the food pickup

points to determine if they want to eat all the food. Food that your
crew
does not want can be left in the trade box at the commissary. Our crews
have
utilized this concept on our last two treks and reduced the weight of
the
meals. However, I would recommend the lead Advisor observing this to
make
sure that the meals are not stripped to the extreme.

<Snip>
YIS

Mike Floyd
Troop 149
Northeast Georgia Council
Wachtshu Achpamsin "Mountain Hiker"
Philmont 98,00,02,04

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Received on Mon Mar 20 08:25:34 2006