RE: [Philmont]: Philmont Program Planning

There are lots of resources for this, some manual, some on the web.
Others should fill in those recommendations.
 
My thoughts are that there are many items that often do not get
considered. For example, the number of showers you might have a chance
at, or how important is coming home to base camp by foot power (Tooth of
Time) vs. a bus.
 
I would ask the boys how important backpacking mileage is. Some crews
really want to perform; bagging many miles and lots of peaks. They
always seem self-satisfied. I've never had a crew that wanted to to
that. I have seen some regrets though, and was able to push some
grumbling away by saying "you had a chance to speak up and set a
physical goal."
 
Another thing to ask for is which treks promise, but do not deliver. I
think they have modified 23, but as laid out it's used to be very
difficult to get the program planned for Harlan. Also, some items like
horses are not guaranteed. It's bad if you work hard to get burro races
or horse rides, but there aren't any resources left once you roll
through logistics.
 
YIS
 
Kirk Barley
Virginia Beach

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Dean Stinson
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:24 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Philmont Program Planning

I am looking for tools to help our crew choose our trek. I have the
2003 Philmont Guidebook to adventure for reference but would like to
email the crew the possible Programs they can choose from.
 
Does anyone have a list of the Programs and the Program Features written
out like the guide?
 
I plan on having the crew rank order their Program preferences and then
find the top choices and make a best fit with last years Trek
itineraries. Does anyone have an Excel file that can help grade
responses and compare then to the Treks for best fit?
 
Dean Stinson
P627

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Received on Tue Nov 29 16:49:36 2005