RE: [Philmont]: recovering type-A leaders and training ideas

Each part of the country has it own issues when training for Philmont.

In northern Indiana, we have access to dune areas along the Lake Michigan
shore line. Hiking on shifting sand is difficult and tires you out
quickly, especially with a 35lb back pack. The elevation is still low, and
it can not simulate hiking over the boulders you will find on your way up
Wilson Mesa or Mt. Baldy. There are no sand dunes at Philmont.

Few can really simulate the actual terrain. Getting there and actually
doing it for the first time is part of the adventure.

At 5/6/2003 07:27 AM, you wrote:

>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
>Behalf Of Robert Haig
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>I'm finding a few different places for practice hikes. I'm looking for
>someplace to do a 1-day trip (hike out, set up camp, cook a dinner at lunch
>time, clean up, strike camp, hike back), a medium length hike weekend trip
>(harder terrain, tire them out and see how they perform a little worn out,
>and
>a long-hike weekend trip (flat terrain, but about a 13mi hike with a lunch
>in the middle). Distances for these three I'm looking for about 5mi - medium
>terrain, 8-10mi harder terrain but 2 days to do it in, and 10-15mi flat
>terrain all one day (overnights at each end).
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>I'd welcome suggestions/criticisms on the above training ideas.
>
>What part of the country are you located in & looking to do your training
>hikes?
>
>Signe Rogers
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Received on Tue May 6 08:20:34 2003