From: William J. Wahoff (Bill@SSWLAW.com)
Date: Thu Sep 12 2002 - 13:48:52 CDT
To chime in with our friend from the great State of North Carolina, I was
wondering if anyone on Calvalcade for '03 has room in a crew for a few
experienced Calvalcaders. We did the North in 2001 and loved it. We could
be helpful to a crew that may not have been on Calvalcade before. Also,
several of us would enjoy a Trek. We are efficient and trained, amiable,
flexible and musical. We have also been to Florida Sea Base and Northern
Tier Sommers Canoe Base. How about it? Thanks, Bill Wahoff Troop 268 "Rough
Riders" 2001, Worthington, Ohio.
-----Original Message-----
From: emuss3@ipass.net [mailto:emuss3@ipass.net]
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 2:29 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: I'm glad I took, and wish I had...
Ok all! The silence is killing me-;)I know the list
quiets down in the fall and picks up in the spring, but
there are some things that people who are beginning to
plan for next year, would benifit by considering now.
Along those lines are some equipment decisions, so
people have time to shop or perhaps get them for
presents. I know I was overwhelmed last spring and
unable to get all the "must have" items. The same thing
goes for some of the light weight equipment. There
wasn't time to investigate or make it , let alone work
with it on a training hike.
To this end, I offer my opinion on the following items
that I will never not have again at Philmont.
1.- Trekking Poles, we can debate this ad infinitum. I
had never used them before, bought a pair on the basis
of the comments on this list, and as a 45 year old
hiker, I will never be without them again! Real knee
savers. Consider them and practice with them.
2. A stool. We had lots of debate over this one, but for
the extra 16 0r 20 ounces I will never go without one
again. I tried going with my thermarest chair, and found
myself standing the whole time. We arrived on July 3,
and it rained 8 out of 11 days on us, and hard at that.
( The other three days it rained somewhere on the ranch,
just not on me) In addition the one time I could really
use my thermarest chair, because it wasn't all muddy, I
managed to put a hole in my pad, fortunately it was the
last night.
3. My head mounted flashlight. I had decided to ditch
all my flashlights except for the neat 8 gram light,
that was about the size of a quarter. (This is a slick
light) One of my eagles presented me an appreciation
gift of one of those new LED head lamps. Naturally I had
to take it, and since I had it I had to use it. It was
great! and well worth the 2 or 3 ounces of extra
weight.
Whats your must have??
YIS
Hiking Czar
a.k.a. Fred Mussler
SM, T357, Raleigh NC. etc, etc,
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