RE: [Philmont]: Route selection' (burros)

Our first-time crew debated the burro packing question at length after I
shared many observations pro and con from this list last spring. They
eventually decided to try it even though many were not happy with the
prospect of being slowed down. Our ranger tried very hard to talk them out
of it (which irritated me).

Bottom line: they did it and loved it, and the two burros, Pablo Escobar and
Dos Equis, became honorary members of the crew. Many times the burros
outpaced the scouts on the trail. Resaddling the burros the second morning
became an acid test of which scout was paying attention the first time
around.

We heard that story about the burros off the cliff too. Urban legend or
gospel? Who knows, but it made an impression on us also.

>Ched Hudson
ASM, Troop 994
Fairfax Station VA
Philmont 67, 04

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Anthony.Norwood@usdoj.gov
Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 2:36 PM

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I want to ask the list - would you do the burros again? We have never done
the burros but I have heard that they are not fun. In fact, our Ranger this
year told us a story about a Japanese Troop that has been banned from
Philmont forever. He said that they got so frustrated with the burros that
they pushed them off a cliff! Somehow the burros were walking along, not
loaded with any gear, and slipped! That story went around our proverbial
campfire for an hour, and I heard boys discussing it from tents late into
the night. "How could they?" "Where were the leaders?"

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Received on Mon Sep 6 16:24:22 2004