Re: [Philmont] - trail junctions

>Here is a common rule when traveling in a large group and it comes to a fork
in >the road/crossroad and you have jackrabbits... At anytime you come to
this point >while in travel, wait for the rest of your group to catch up,
regroup, verify your >location (maybe you are all lost...) and then move on again...
 

What isn't mentioned is that some trail junctions aren't that distinct. The
jack rabbits
 might blow by an indistict junction while the rest of the group recognizes
and takes
the other trail. Another reason for staying together - I was tail-end
charlie climbing up
 out of Miranda towards HOD. The rest of the crew was up ahead. Another
crew had
 paused to take a break right at the junction of the trail heading off to
Baldy Skyline
(at the end of a switchback). Blocking the trail I needed, they made it
appear that
 the only trail was the one going the "wrong" way.

Moral of this story - keep the crew together while hiking!

Sorry for the html. Does anyone know how to turn it off in AOL?

Mike Meenehan
National Capital Area Council

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Received on Sat May 8 08:49:05 2004