[philmont] Rain Pants

Thanks Steve, I've lived in Colorado for a number of years so know and
appreciate your experience with the lightening storm etc... But I think
your experience will be useful to help reinforce with our guys why this
is important.

Dave

SIHIWI@aol.com wrote:
> We were going to Phillips from Sawmill, so we were climbing the
> Cyphers side. I believe this was my fourth or fifth trek, so we
> really thought we had it together. Had an adult with NUMEROUS
> problems or would have already been there. It happens. Rain,
> lightning, then hail. Flash-boom. Had to dump our packs, spread out
> and gear up. As the time passed, I looked around and saw most of the
> scouts had on shorts and no rain pants. Good jackets. More time
> passed, the storm seemed worsen. Hail was beginning to cover the
> ground. Some scouts were now shivering, and I began to think of what
> I would do if it didn't stop soon. Those of us with rain pants were
> fine (if we didn't get struck by lightening!!!) Couldn't go on, (to
> our sister crew at the top) because we were very close to that
> clearing that leads to the top. Couldn't go back because we couldn't
> take our packs and the nearest shelter was probably Cyphers. Needless
> to say, the storm passed and we got to our sister crew (who had
> started a fire while worrying about us).
>
> After that incident rain pants became required. NO EXCEPTIONS in our
> troop. Not great ones. Not expensive ones. Heck, you probably won't
> even wear them. Bring them anyway, no exceptions. Health and safety
> are in the Advisor's domain. Learn from experiences. That's one
> thing I won't have to worry about, if it happens again.
>
> I know you can make the case that all the storms are short. We did.
> Leave early and avoid the storms. We did. Too much weight for
> something you probably won't even use. Some say.
>
> This advice is, at least, worth what you paid for it.
>
> Steve Unger
>
>
>
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Received on Sun Mar 23 07:40:54 2008