[Philmont] Conditioning

Stephen,

>From your post I'm certain you will do fine. As to "being spent" at
Boundary Waters,
no matter how much training you do you may find yourself feeling "spent" at
times
on a high adventure trip, and this is normal and OK.

A big part of the high adventure game is pacing. As the crew advisor I told
everyone
on day 1 of the trek that we should take it gradual and easy early in the
trek until
we all had a chance to see how we were doing.

Later we picked up the pace considerably, but the goal always included
taking the time to
stop and enjoy the sights and to enjoy Philmont together.

I was proud of how the boys listened and followed through on this approach.
We
were a real crew with great teamwork.

You and your crew will have a great time and meet the Philmont challenge
too.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com
Scouter's Key
Owl SC-70-15
Philmont 1965; 1978

>From: "Stephen Readett" <spreadett@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: philmont@troop47.com
>To: "Philmont List Member" <Philmont@troop47.com>
>Subject: [Philmont] Conditioning
>Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2006 21:19:19 -0400
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>I am preparing. I have the Advisors guide and I have been paying attention
>to the posts on this forum.
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>I am in Michigan. Flat, rolling hills mostly. I am walking 5 - 6 miles
>every other day with full pack and on the off days I work out at the gym.
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>We have a couple shakedowns planned starting in the spring. Many kids have
>been to Philmont before.
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>I went to NM this summer and hiked in Bandelier to get an idea of the
>terrain and conditions. I really did not have much trouble but I wasn't
>wearing a 45 lb. full pack either.
>
>All this said, I prepared for Boundary Waters also but the first days were
>killer. 95 degrees and steamy, carrying loads over the 3rd portage of the
>day at Devil's Cascade and I was spent.
>
>I am going with the you can't overtrain "philmont-osophy".
>
>Thanks.
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