[Philmont] Cameras and notepads. A differing opinion.

Shane Hoffman wrote:

My advisor didn't suggest note taking. Not one camera was in our crew. I
>> cannot lay blame at any feet without laying it at my own first.
>
>> I do suggest note taking and I walk the talk. You can read some of my
>> journals on the Troop/Crew website. I do take pictures. You can see
>> about
>> a thousand of them on the Troop/Crew website. I do this because I don't
>> have any from 1984, period.
>> My goal for our 2008 Philmont trip is to be "that quiet advisor in the
>> back,
>> you know, the one who always had that camera in his hand and never really
>> said anything. I remember he wrote stuff down in that little black
>> notebook, too. Man, that guy knew what he was doing..."
>>
> ########################################
>
> I think there is a difference between requiring that someone take
> pictures and notes and suggesting it.
>
> As you said, you will be taking pictures. Even if you end up with an
> entire crew of people like me there will still be pictures many years to
> come.
>
> I cannot speak of Philmont in 1984. I can speak to camp Winton and Camp
> Pahatsi in 1984. I attended both with no camera and great memories.
>
> Today I would like to read notes others took but had I been required to
> take them they would be lost by now and not much fun to read anyway
> since it would have been a "job". Maybe pictures would help but not
> enough for me to want to give up a single minute of the other stuff I
> did those summers.
>
> Come to think of it my brother did take pictures, spent a lot of time
> looking for the "perfect shot". I bet he has them in a box in his
> closet. Think I will be making a special request for my Christmas
> present (I am impossible to buy for)
>
> Again, I am not saying that there is a right or wrong answer. I just
> hate to see "good intentions" by us old folk turn into a "summer job"
> for the boys.
>
>
>
> Mark

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Received on Wed Oct 17 07:03:54 2007