[Philmont]: RE: Training Hikes

Bruce writes...

<snip> Tooting our horn a little to make a point. Our Rangers ('99, '01,
'03) have consistently told us that we had the best prepared crew they had
seen so far. Not one of the best, THE best. We also go late in the season,
so they have seen a number of crews by then.

Comment...

Guess your Ranger's did not have any Patriots' Path crews then....
Especially the ones I was part of ('99, '01, '03)... :)

<a LOT of good advice snipped out>

...Go at a pace ALL can sustain...

Comment...

The best way to insure this is to have the slowest hiker in the crew set the
pace. Who is the slowest hiker? In most crews, it will vary day to day and
even hour to hour. The slowest hiker is the one at the back of any gap that
develops - the crew leader (with a heads up from the Advisors, if necessary)
should immediately move that hiker, who obviously is moving slower than
everyone in front of him, to the front of the line so he can set the pace.

The only exception I've run into is a scout with a terrible sense of pace -
when he moves to the front, he slows down even more, for no other reason
than he hikes better when someone is in front pacing him. In that case, put
him second with someone in front with a good sense of pace and who will work
on not developing a gap between him and the slowest scout.

 - Al Thomson, Troop 236, Schooley's Mountain, NJ
2004 Autumn Adventure (?)
2003 726P2 Short trek
2002 Autumn Adventure
2001 703E11 Trek 21
2000 Autumn Adventure
1999 703K2 Trek 9 (now 4)

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Received on Mon Sep 22 22:54:25 2003