[Philmont] Increased Participation

The problem with extending the season is that many of the staff members
have to be gone by mid-August, either because their colleges start up
their fall semesters in mid-to-late August, or their college sports team
practices start up. Ditto for many of the trekkers - in many parts of
the country, fall sports start on the middle Monday in August. This is
why you saw so few Crews on your trek.

David K. Palmer wrote:
> Good evening.
>
> One way to increase participation would be increase the number of
> crews in August, perhaps extending the season several days.
>
> We arrived at Philmont August 6, 2006. Our trek #22 was not crowded.
> We had no sister crew. We were not crowded in camp: Vaca, a trail
> camp, no other crews; Deer Lake, a trail camp, no other crews; Ute
> Springs, a trail camp, perhaps 2 other crews; Lambert Mine, a trail
> camp, no other crews; Mt. Phillips, a trail camp, perhaps 2 other
> crews; Porcupine, a trail camp, no other crews; Beaubien, a staff
> camp, maybe 5 or 6 other crews each night; Abreu, a staff camp, maybe
> 4 other crews; and Miners Park, a staff camp, no other crews.
>
> -- David K. Palmer Scoutmaster & Advisor 2006 Crew 806-C Trek #22
> Olympia, WA
>

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Received on Fri Sep 29 05:22:08 2006