[philmont] Disposable infernal frame packs

At Tom and Bil have both posted, it was the Camper pack and Cruiser frame. m The cruiser was designed as sort of an H and the Camper pack fit over the upper uprights and left room for the bedroll (a proper term back then) under the pack. Then for the smaller Scouts 9like me then) there aw another frame that the camper pack fit on which was shorter that did not have any room for a bedroll under the pack. I belived the name of that packframe was the himilayan if my memory serves me right.
   
  When these came out I had just returned from Philmont and I drooled over them in the BSA catalog for years until I finally sold enough pop bottles back to the stores to buy my Trailwise frame.
   
  It sure is good to be able to dig up all this stuff from memory cells burride deeply in our brains fore many years.
   
  Now here is my question. Mark and his new found buddies are talking trash about our Texas heat and the high humility. What's wrong with the high humility? I mean it makes you sweat a lot more but I mean what's the big deal?
   
  why else does he thing the majority of Scouts going to Philmont come from Texas? Does he thing along with being braggerts we are stupid too?
   
  For years when our daughters were young and not tied to sumemr band, etc, etc, etc we uded to leave the humility of the gulf coast at the end of July and go spend a coupla weeks in the mountains and play in the snow. And I think that was pretty smart for this coon ass to figure out. I mean I may be dumb but I ain't stupid.
   
  John LeBlanc
   
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  It was indeed the Camper pack with the Cruiser frame. I took one to the Ranch in 1970.
   
  And I, too, remember sliced fried Spam and pancakes (cooked with plastic packets of margerine issued in a cardboard condiments kit). Also Spam and crackers, Bif and crackers, Treat and crackers for lunch. (the printed menus in the Guidebook to Adventure said "pork luncheon meat:, "beef luncheon meat", etc., rather than the canned brand names).
   
  Bill Sheehan, ASM

       
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Received on Mon Sep 10 19:54:09 2007