[philmont] Troop 111 Eastern High Adventure 2008 Selection Form

If you get to the Bahamas try and include a local dining experience
eating fresh conch dishes. As far as I know fresh conch is
unavailable elsewhere and is a truly delicious dining experience.

Joe Jansen
JAJansenJr@gmail.com

On 9/2/07, Dr. Bob Klein <drbob@troop111.org> wrote:
> Greetings to All. In followup to last week's comments about other High
> Adventures, here is a selection form that our Scouts will be using later
> this week to select our 2008 Troop-run high adventure. Others may find
> a similar form to be useful for their own Units.
>
> Note that we have a sailing trip to the Bahamas, and a SCUBA trip to the
> Caribbean, also planned. This form is to select our "local" high adventure.
>
> - Dr. Bob
>
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>
> Troop 111 Eastern High Adventure 2008 Selection Form
>
> Per the comments I made in last week's set of "Weekly Notes," each year
> the Troop attempts to run a "local" high adventure, with a threefold
> focus - A) Within a reasonable driving distance; B) With a reasonable
> cost; and C) Within the physical abilities of most/all of the Scouts.
>
> If (and only if!) you are interested in attending such an event, please
> review the list below and select 2 trips. Mark them as #1 (first
> choice) and #2 (second choice). We will give top choices more weight in
> the final decision. MARK ONLY ONE OR TWO TRIPS, AND DO NOT MARK ANY
> EVENT UNLESS YOU PERSONALLY WOULD SIGN UP FOR IT *TODAY* IF IT WAS
> OFFERED. Note that we will only do ONE of these events.
>
> Note that the backpacking options below would be good preparatory events
> for Philmont 2009, if the Troop is fortunate enough to get slots that
> year.
>
> The dates of this trip would be somewhere within the range Friday,
> August 1st to Sunday, August 17th, 2008, the the 3rd through the 9th
> being the "favored" time frame.
>
>
> Name: ________________________________
>
> Appalachian Trail "Death March" - A long-term backpacking trek on the
> Appalachian Trail within the Shenandoah National Park. The minimum
> would be 6 days and 50 miles. The maximum would be 10 days and would
> cover the entire Park from north to south, about 115 miles. We have not
> done this type trip in about 6 years. The Troop first did this type
> trip in 1951, and I believe that at that time it was the Troop's first
> ever high adventure trek. This is the most strenuous of the options for
> 2008, and would require a minimum ability level by the Scouts.
>
> Priority (1 or 2 or leave blank) _____ Minimum or Maximum? __________
>
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> Bike Trek on Skyline Drive - A six day biking trek (5 days of biking)
> that covers the entire Skyline Drive, about 120 miles. Could be done
> supported (support/chase vans) or unsupported (we take everything with
> us); the latter would be considerably more challenging, and would
> require a minimum ability level by the Scouts. Attendees must have the
> Cycling Merit Badge and a quality bike (or the ability to borrow one).
>
> Priority (1 or 2 or leave blank) _____ Supported or Unsupported?
> __________
>
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>
> Canoe Trek on the Susquehanna River - A long (6 day/60 miles or 8
> days/90 miles) float and paddle down the Susquehanna River in
> Pennsylvania. This is NOT a "wilderness" type event, and the Crew would
> stay at established commercial campgrounds every night or almost every
> night (depends on what stretch we take, and whether the campgrounds we
> previously used are still open, and also if new campgrounds have
> opened). We have done two such treks in my tenure, but not in about 8
> years. Attendees must have the Canoeing and Swimming Merit Badges.
>
> Priority (1 or 2 or leave blank) _____ Minimum or Maximum? __________
>
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>
> Lenhok'sin Trail (or equivalent) - This is a mini-Philmont type
> backpacking trek, lasting one week (five days on the trail). The
> Lenhok'sin Trail experience is on the mountains enclosing Goshen Scout
> Camp. There are other similar programs, such as "High Knoll" south of
> Roanoke, and the Paul Runion Trek near Asheville, North Carolina. Some
> of these treks (including Lenhok'sin) offer extended programs each day,
> such as blacksmithing, rock climbing, or FoxFire, that are considerably
> longer and more in-depth than similar programs at Philmont. The Troop
> last did Lenhok'sin Trail in 1986 or 87, and did the Paul Runion Trek in
> 1994. We have not, to my knowledge, done High Knoll.
>
> Priority (1 or 2 or leave blank) _____
>
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>
> Triathalon Trek - This is a combination of 50 miles of bike riding on
> the Skyline Drive, 25 miles of canoeing on the Shenandoah River, and
> 15 miles of backpacking in the Shenandoah Mountains. We have done
> similar events in Pennsylvania, too (Pennsylvania Grand Canyon area).
> In all, 7 days. We last did this trek in 2006, so it would not be a
> "new" event. Attendees must have the Canoeing, Cycling, and Swimming
> Merit Badges.
>
> Priority (1 or 2 or leave blank) _____
>
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>
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