Re: [Philmont]: A big THANK YOU... and a few more questions.

To all who have answered my initial request for information on Philmont.....

A great big Scouting thank you to all of you!! (As I type this, another response just popped into my Inbox).

On one hand, I shouldn't be surprised at the response. Scouters are the finest people around and will give the shirt off their back to help another Scouter, especially in a situation like this where I'm looking for information well in advance of our trek.

On the other hand, I really can't believe the number of responses and the fantastic advice and suggestions. You all are truly great!

In response to several of you, yes, the boys will be making the decisions. The adults on the trek will be there as advisors to steer things along, but the trip will most definitely be boy-led. Several of the boys in our crew have planned trips to Northern Tier and other high adventure-type outings and know the routine. The ones who haven't done as much will quickly understand.

I'm especially pleased at all the information on Philmont program. Quite frankly, I didn't realize the depth of the activities the boys would have the opportunity to do after hiking. This will truly be exciting for them (and us!) (Another response just popped into my e-mail Inbox while I've been typing. You guys are great!!!)

At first glance, if I read you all correctly, a crew hiking Philmont will have the opportunity to hike one or more of the major peaks (i.e. Tooth of Time, Phillips, Baldy, etc.) Does it make any sense to try and do more than one or two? Would we really WANT to do more than two? With all the program, maybe one is enough? I'm really firing question blindly here, but I would think the peaks would be among the highlights of any trek.

Thanks for the info regarding horseback riding. Unless the guys are adament, we'll steer toward another activity.

And a couple of you asked me to e-mail you. I didn't notice any e-mail address to use so I'll pass along mine for you to use. All correspondence is appreciated.

Yours in Scouting,
Pete Swiggum
Troop 1173
Green Bay, WI
Peter.Swiggum@sbcglobal.net

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Received on Fri Sep 3 15:27:06 2004