RE: [Philmont]: Gear Questions

The medicals are supposed to identify "hidden" problems, but parents are so
concerned that it will prevent their boy from going... We discovered last
time some "occasional bronchitis" that turned out to be annual acute asthma.
This year I will be visiting with each boy individually to make sure I
understand any challenges he may have with the trail and then meet with the
parents to make sure they understand medical challenges are, not
necessarily, a deal killer and to be sure the medicals are as complete and
fothcoming as possible.

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Troop 6 Scoutmaster
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:27 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: RE: [Philmont]: Gear Questions

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Kelly Pennington
Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 7:28 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Gear Questions

Hi,
I have recently been researching gear suggestions from prior posts, Cooper
Wright's "Advisor Guide" (which is great, thanks Coop) various web sites
etc. I have a few questions from the information I gained.
1. Are 2 man tents required? Can you use 3 man tents?
 
>>> In '04 we used TL4s with 3 men per tent ... footprint isn't an issue
because we had fewer tents ... four for the crew.

2. How big are the brands (1 inch 2 inch)? Do they still brand boots? I
was very proud of my brands from 1978 when I went as a young Eagle Scout.

>>> about 2 x 2

3. I have seen at least two different packing lists that suggested that we
bring 50 gal trash bags? What do you do with them?

>>> Some use them as pack covers overnight, we didn't bring any.

4. In the past two years our troop has taken 10 crews to the Northern Tier,
most of those crews packed extra trail snakes in the form of "Power Bars",
"Luna Bars", "Cliff Bars" 1 each per day. They initial weight was heavy,
but the daily treat was very well received, a different flavor and style bar
each day.

>>> Depends. In general no, lunch and breakfast contain 'treats for the
trail'. That said in '04 we fortunatelty had some powerbars with us as we
had taken to the habit of hikng for an hour or so before breakfast and as a
result discovered that we had a Hypoglycemic scout with us ... No, it wasn't
on his medical form, No his folks didn't mention it, No he didn't really
know anything other than the symptoms were familiar. (They also didn't tell
us he slept walked or had heel spurs). Anyway, nothing a powerbar before we
stepped off didn't fix, and once we got to a swap box nothing a bag of gorp
wouldn't solve. This ought to get things going :-)

And I thought his tentmates were exagerating when they said he was all over
the tent. Imagine just how paranoid I was when we were in the open
"shelters" at Cyphers.

Oh, and yes, the parents survived our return.

YIS

Kelly Pennington

Troop 787 Orlando, FL

YIS

Jim Thompson

T6 West Chester PA

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