RE: [Philmont]: Gear Check

We did not take gloves and did not miss them, although our Exp date was 808
and it never really got that cold. Even with all the rain, I only missed
having rain pants once, the last 1/2 hour coming out of the meadow at the
bottom of the tooth when we encountered a real gully washer. I brought long
(zip-off) pants, but did not need them, although I did use my gators some
(but not as much as I would have thought).
 
The one thing I wish I had remembered would have been chap stick.
 
Joe
808-L3

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From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com] On
Behalf Of Mick Meyer
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 4:52 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list philmont
Subject: [Philmont]: Gear Check

Hi:

I'm curious about what gear you didn't use on your trek this year and what
items you needed but didn't have in your pack. Our Ranger wanted us to
leave our ski gloves at base camp. Most of the guys who did then wished
they had the gloves on cold mornings. I was hauling way too much first aid
gear and only used the triple antibiotic ointment, moleskin, duct tape, and
band-aids.

Coop's gear list is excellent and the only suggestion I have is to strongly
recommend hiking poles for all adults. They saved my bacon a bunch of
times, especially when hiking down the creek bottom from Black Mountain to
the North Fork Urraca trail camp.

Best regards,

Mick Meyer

701-Q3

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Received on Sat Sep 4 17:20:38 2004