RE: [Philmont]: Paperwork & Backpacks

I agree. My duffel is very sturdy and even has wheels because I have gotten
tired of bearhugging my wrapped pack through airports. I must be getting
old..but if the pack is on my back I can still make it up and over the Magic
Mountains!
Paul Grumley
Troop 1 Paducah, KY

-----Original Message-----
From: bsareclaw@earthlink.net [mailto:bsareclaw@earthlink.net]
Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2004 5:22 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Paperwork & Backpacks

Do not take your paperwork on the trail. There is no need for it. There is
no need for it outside of the council office except what Philmont requires.
Do you really think someone at Philmont is going to ask you if you have
permission to give a youth an aspirin on the trail? Try and convince a jury
you had the necessary paperwork, but it was lost or rained on while you are
on the trial. Paperwork goes in a file cabinet, not a backpack.

Speaking of backpacks.

I find the shipping backpacks discussion pretty moronic, ironic and just
plain stupid.

You are investing $200 in a backpack and $1000 in a trip and trying to ship
it in a garbage bag. Garbage is put in garbage bags. My backpacks go in a
secure duffel with my sleeping pads around the backpack in the duffel. I
don't want to spend a trip hiking with a broken backpack.

I use a heavy duty duffel bag with a secure zipper. For a once in a
lifetime trip maybe you do not need to go that route, but at least get
something to protect the bag & straps from conveyor belts.

James H. Moss, JD
PO Box 16743
Golden, CO 80402
jhmoss@earthlink.net
jmoss@coloradomtn.edu

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Received on Fri May 14 09:26:27 2004