Moore Family
of Arizona
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Trek in Summer 2011 (706G) Alan, Alex & Daniel attended a 2 week backpacking trip in northern new Mexico in summer 2011. Alex was the Crew Chief. Crew: Alex, Daniel, John, AJ, Matt, Dakota C, Zach, Dakota D, AJ & Keaton Advisors: Alan & Chris Troop278’s Philmont crew 2011 trek started with crew selections in April 2010 – we had 10 Scouts and 7 adults interested in our trek. After establishing we had sufficient adult support a few opted to drop out and we selected our first round. After a few more drop outs we settled on 10 youth and 2 adult advisors with one of the youth at 18 able to take over as an adult advisor if needed. Our crew was Mr Moore & Mr Rausch as advisors and Alex (crew chief), Tim (chaplain), Zach (training coordinator) and Matt, Dakota, Dakota, Daniel, John, AJ & Keaton. We started crew meetings in November 2010 and started training over the holidays 2010/2011. We met 6 times for ~monthly meetings with good attendance. We started training hikes approx every 2 weeks and completed major hikes to Quartz Peak in the Sierra Estrella Mts. and Siphon Draw (to the Flatiron) in the Superstition Wilderness - both challenging hikes. We also backpacked to Weavers Needle and Rogers Canyon in the Superstition mountains, Bear Canyon on Mount Lemmon, the Granite Dells in Prescott and completed a final Philmont gear/skills & challenge event practice at the Peralta Rope Course. In March 2011 we selected our top 5 itineraries (from the 2010 list) based on a weighted scoring system – everyone voted privately for all the possible program activities – then we shared the results ranked against all the treks. We came up with an ordered list of about 7 possible treks that matched our interests pretty well and discussed these further… We reprioritized some due to excess trek length & features - later we found nothing much changed in 2011 on the treks we’d selected and we were ultimately successful registering for our top choice trek #29 in the online system. We got trek number 706-G which means we were the 7th crew registered on our departure day of July 6th. We completed full pack/gear checkout 1 week before departure and did a backpack/boots drop off the night before our departure - We were ready
Tuesday 7/5/2011 Travel Day (Phoenix -> Payson -> Holbrook -> Albuquerque -> Las Vega -> Sapello -> Pendaries) We met at 6:00am at the Moore’s – the trailer was already loaded! We set out at about 6:30am for the Martin’s Cabin. We travelled to Payson (stopped for gas & bathroom break) then via Heber (gas & rest stop) to Holbrook then on to Albuquerque (gas & lunch stop) then on to the outskirts of Santa Fe and I 25 to Las Vega NM – up towards Sapello and to the cabin at Pendaries. We made quite good time and arrived at the cabin at about 4pm having one small detour right before we found the golf course… We cooked chicken & mushrooms with spaghetti & pasta sauce with garlic bread – good. The Martins had left the pasta & sauce for us – nice! We then played a little baseball on the fairway – fun! And watched an episode of “Chopped” on the food network – 2 chefs who were absolutely brilliant going head to head – it was a shame that anyone had to lose… Civilization goodbye! Wednesday 7/6/2011 Base Camp Arrival Day (Pendaries -> Angel Fire -> Cimarron -> Philmont Base Camp) Got up early for our trip to Philmont base camp. We saw a golden black bear on the road right outside the cabin – really clear view – but didn’t stay there long enough to get a photo… of course. Packed up quickly and on the road – all the boys slept on the way – great roads & countryside up to Angel Fire where we stopped for a gas & bathroom break and then a 45 minute stop at the ‘Bakery’ for a great breakfast.
On up past Eagle Nest Lake and on to Cimarron and Philmont Camping Headquarters at almost exactly 10am – our planned arrival time. We checked in quite quickly – got assigned our ranger - Mike Schmidt - and dropped our stuff at our assigned tents (far far away of course…) and then had lunch – complete with ranger story and trust fall (I got some video this time). Checked in at registration, logistics, medical and gear and food distribution. Everything was pretty efficient – no major issues. We visited the snack bar, tooth of time traders and then went to the religious service and opening campfire – much abbreviated - and held in the welcome center due to rain (or threats thereof). And so to bed! Thursday 7/7/2011 Departure for Trail (Base Camp -> Zastrow -> Rimrock Park Trail Camp) Showers, breakfast & gear checkout with Mike (pretty quick), Group photo (John borrowed a class A shirt since he forgot his) and got packed up for the trail. We had lunch and then got ready for our trail departure. We took some crew pictures at the (relocated) Philmont entry gate before we left.
We started at the Zastrow turnaround and Mike started with map & compass skills, Red Roof etc details). We then hiked to Zastrow – we has the Porsch talk and could have done a GPS course – but decided not to. We headed on to Rimrock Park along the river trail (nice shade on a hot day – we will have to consider shade in our route planning). We set up camp (pretty quick) and worked with Mike on skills: cooking (we showed him), bear bags (we showed him), tent & dining fly placement. Mike reminded me to step back and let the boys do everything – vacation mode… We all played Frisbee for a while.
We hiked down to Abreu and refilled water, got the porch talk and went to the cantina for Root Beer (busy but tiny place) had to wait even for some seats outside.. Back up to camp!
Friday 7/8/2011 First Trail Morning / Challenge Events (Rimrock Park -> Urraca) Up early and packed to hit the trail – took about 2 hours to get all packed up (no good reasons…) hiked down to Abreu again and stopped to milk the goats & catch a few chickens – I stooped down in front of one chicken and it jumped up onto my hat – it stayed there a while – turned around and I then was able to reach up and lift it down - funny!
We had another root beer at the cantina then hiked on towards Urraca – initially we had some compass/map direction issues… Quite a climb up past Toothache Springs camp. The spring there looked very scummy… Switchbacks up to the top area of the mesa – slow & blow! We stopped about an hour into our hike for breakfast on the trail – this will be our usual morning plan.
“err… I can pogo in the meadow - can you pogo?” “Cookies fit in the box but flour doesn’t…. tennis balls fit in the box but racquets don’t” Our physical events were Hula Hoop, Suspended Tire, Spiders Web and the Wall. The team did quite well in all events… especially the wall Advisors coffee – nice swing on the porch. Tonight when putting up the bear bags again the pulley system broke – due to excessive side loading – an unanticipated weakness. Will need some extra supports and a 90 degree twist in the hook to fix this – for now we will be using the amsteel rope from in a more standard Philmont dual mode but with tree straps & carabineers. Good campfire program Matt & Dakota had songs sung to them super close up! – ‘nose to nose’ The story about Pancho Villa was in questionable taste… (somehow I think we are going to hear it again though…) Saturday 7/9/11 Ranger Mike left us in the morning (Urraca -> Miners Park) Mike left us this morning for
his trip back to base camp (or rather we left him on the swing at the Urraca
cabin!). It was quite a long way to Miners Park. Clear nice weather all the way there. We got a very convenient campsite – near the cabin, water, bear bags and red roof nearby – perfect. We had some drizzly rain after we set up camp and unfortunately this closed all the real rock climbing for the day (too slippery). The rock challenge wall outside the cabin was available though. Tim was our best climber – he climbed all the sections of the wall – but not all at the same time – he won two puddings for this - but missed out on the 16 donut prize (close). I think if he were fresh – instead of all ‘climbed out’ - he would have been able to do it. The best thing was he never gave up and just kept trying again & again. The staffer was great too – even as it was getting dark he said he stay there as long as Tim wanted to climb – so close! Advisors coffee – the nice high swing on the Porch needed a puller cord (or pole) - great staffers here. Unfortunately tomorrow is a big day so we can’t do climbing in the morning either. Sunday 7/10/11 Tooth Of Time (Miner Parks Park -> Shaeffers Pass -> Tooth -> Clarks Fork) Early start today – got out of camp a little better. We hiked down to the creek then up the other side again – the net gain wasn’t so much - its the cumulative gain that kills you! We stopped for breakfast on the trail and saw some other crews – seem one is our sister crew (process of elimination) they don’t seem all that friendly. The hike to Shaeffers Pass was not too bad. We dropped packs & put up the bear bags at Shaeffers Pass. We hiked with just day packs up
an extremely steep trail to the main trail on to tooth ridge. Nice hike for
views but We spent probably 30 minutes on top including pictures with our tooth brushes then started down. Equally difficult going down and some of the crew went too far down following a trail to base camp. Bit of a discipline breakdown here – the crew spilt and started to get lost – lesson for all. Hiking back along tooth ridge was long and hot and several were running low on water. About half way we rounded a turn to see a full grown doe on the trail right next to us. She just looked at us unconcerned and walked off a little – we stopped and just watched her… then she turned around again and slowly walked right up to us and lay right down about 6 feet away – amazing! Back at Shaeffer’s Pass and the
packs we had a little more water - but with over 2 miles left to Clarks Fork
most were dry before we got there.. umm – we all drank water straight away as
soon as we arrived. Daniel discovered that a “Mini-bear” had chewed right
through the mesh pocket on his backpack waistband – probably to get to some
tasty smelling treat... The Clarks Fork porch talk was a little weird. The staffer didn’t seem that friendly, the boys were tired and a bit dehydrated and he seemed to take that as lack of interest or politeness. Anyway he was a bit of a jerk – demanding they look at him when he was talking. He assigned us a campsite that was up up up a long hill – just what we needed. We hiked up and set up camp. We had dinner then Chris and I went down for Advisors coffee while the boys cleaned up. We then all went down to the campfire. The campfire program was a little weak. The staffers told of a bear sighting nearby and that they would be checking campsites – we did get woken up and asked to make some changes. Alex & some of the boys took care of it – somehow we knew they would come to us – just seemed they had taken a dislike – no idea why. At least in the morning we were already up at the trail we needed – though Alex had to hike down & back up again to checkout (great attitude about it!). A few others went with him as they hadn’t filled up their water the night before. Monday
7/11/11 Big Day – Visit Staffed Camps,
Trading Post & Resupply (Clarks Fork -> Hunting Lodge -> Cimarroncito -> Ute Gulch -> Harlan) Busy day – stopped for breakfast at the Hunting Lodge they had picnic tables - that that was nice – we made coffee and hot chocolate and rested up till 8:00am when the tours started. We all did the tour together. There was a lot of history but it seemed Waite Philips staffed the camp so he could use it maybe one or two days a year or so. There was some interesting stuff inside including cantilevered end sections with no post supports – unusually open for cabin – but still dark due to the small windows for bear protection. It did have an electric power supply all the way from Cimarron about 12 miles away – but only enough capacity for lighting a few bulbs…
We passed the Cimarroncito reservoir – very pretty view in the morning. We stopped at the Cimarroncito staffed camp for climbing and showers - a nice camp. Chris and I tested the porch swing a little as we had the porch talk then took turns to have showers (very modern individual showers with sinks here). The other had to guard the pack line as the mini-bears were very aggressive here. Meanwhile the boys tested the outdoor (covered) climbing wall and then moved to the indoor bouldering room. The indoor room was the big hit with everybody. We headed on to Ute Gulch Commissary for Lunch, food pick up and the trading post (a busy place!). Very efficient to get food and they had fresh fruit and it seemed you could get as much as you wanted (apples, pears, oranges) They also had picnic table here – so a great place to eat lunch! A little rain but we were the first to go under the trees after asking if we could a nice spot to stay dry. We did also visit the trading post and it was a very well equipped one – lots of options for gear and repairs – Gas was available but we seemed to be fine – I think at least until Baldy Town.
We headed on for a progressively wetter hike to Harlan – by the last few miles we had huge clods of mud on our boots and were sliding down the steep slippery road – it was quite miserable… We arrived on the Porch a bit late due to all the activities and were told we may not be able to do any shotgun shooting because of the weather and other crews waiting ahead of us… We also heard that the conservation project was back at Deer Lake Mesa – at least 2 miles back up that slithery slope – so for our 7:30am time we would need to leave by 5am… We decided to defer to 10:30am which would give us more sleep but a long day tomorrow. The only other option of conservation at Baldy Town would mean we wouldn’t have time to climb Baldy – thankfully Alex ruled out that option. Everybody’s mood was low – it seemed a poor end to a great day… As we were on the Porch another staffer announced that the meadow was too wet to run the Burro Racing – yet another blow. The Porch staff were great though – tried to make it better for us. We slithered to our campsite – not too far away. We got set up and had food as the weather improved… Later the staff said we could shoot if we went right now – we jumped on it. The 2 staffers for shooting were fun and went out of their way to be helpful. We all got to shoot - most of the crew shot 3-4 skeet out of 6 – really good going! Burro racing was still off for the day – but the day had ended up well & dry! All in all it was a really great day - we did a whole lot! Tuesday 7/12/11 Conservation Project Day (Harlan -> Deer Lake Mesa -> Harlan -> Visto Grande – trail camp) So we had a little more time today and had our cooked breakfast before we left. We broke camp but left the bear bags and dining fly up – then hiked over to Deer Lake Mesa. We found the ground mostly dried out – much better – but lots of steep uphill on the roads. We actually arrived about 45 minutes early - so had time to finish up our breakfast snacks. The conservation project workers were great – focused but fun and informative. We worked hard and we all enjoyed the work on the trail and learned all about trail construction, maintenance and components. We hauled out some big rocks & some small trees, lots of roots and really leveled that trail out. Our hike back to Harlan was much easier now with quite firm ground underfoot – amazing how fast things dry out here. We packed up fully and headed out at about 3:30pm - late to be leaving camp. It was a nice hike to Visto Grande – some nice views but some steep sections also. Since Visto Grande was supposed to be dry we carried extra water (by hand) and stopped on the side of the trail for dinner - a good choice I think. We got back underway – but we didn’t arrive At Visto Grande until quite late (7:30pm) with the light failing. We couldn’t locate any open campsites so just made do with a space near the old log cabin and used the nearby bear bags. Another noisy crew had to be shouted at – to go away & be quiet. Wednesday 7/13/11 Sister Crew Day (Visto Grande trail camp ->
Santa Claus trail camp) Up a little later – since no program to do today… We headed off for Santa Claus camp – relatively easy hike – our sister crew from St. Louis had arrived before us and we located a campsite next to the meadow & next to them (not the best site – bit of an angle..). Boys ended up playing ‘Ninja’ with them – then ultimate Frisbee – until it got too wild and Dakota C got a nasty scrape from a dead tree. I talked to their crew leader for a while – their female advisor was sleeping. Seems they lost their male advisor early in the trek and now one of the 18 year old girls was considered their male advisor! The boys made friends with 2 of the girls Alyssa & Melissa while the tall girl Marina was just a little less friendly. The crews played in the meadow for at least a few hours. Several of us visited the old staff cabin at the top of the meadow – seems it had been a staffed camp until the well ran dry in the late 90’s. Not sure what the program was back then – but there was mention in the abandoned cabin of a ‘Head Reindeer Wrangler’ – umm? Thursday 7/14/11 Challenge Events 2 (Santa Claus -> Head of Dean -> Miranda) It was a nice hike from Santa
Claus to Head of Dean – first we descended steadily down towards the road (Eagle
Nest to Cimarron) and ended We had already decided to stop here for lunch so we got the porch talk – they had the most comfortable porch swing yet and had a great view to go with it. We decided on a challenge event time after lunch. Then we refilled water, made coffee & drinks and had lunch. Good swap box here with Gatorade available on the Porch. Lots of burro packing crews passing though – as we will do too in a few more days… The guys played basketball and baseball for a while killing time before our challenge event slot. We headed down for the challenge events and told the staffer we had done some before at Urraca – she selected to shorten it focusing on new stuff – and she tried our Kudu horn! The boys did the hula hoop lowering again – got it fast this time. They also did the Pole & Tire, Swing Pit (1/2 blindfolded & half mute) and the Wall. Did very well on the wall again.
Did the porch talk - great view down the meadow. The staffers were talking up “MOUNTAIN BALL” – great staff here! We got a camp site right by the lodge – great location – site a little cramped – but it worked. Close to water, sump & bear bags and right on the way to Baldy. We went back and did tomahawks and the lodge tour – really very good. Our Black Powder Rifle is now scheduled for the morning we leave so as not to interfere with our Baldy ascent day tomorrow (good). After dinner back in the campsite Chris and I headed back over for advisors coffee while the boys cleaned up. Then it was time for Mountain Ball. The boys loved it and actually beat the Mountain Men – only their second loss all season. They talked about this for days! I remember how much I liked Miranda on our first trek - it is a great setting with an amazing view down the meadow & up to Baldy. Friday 7/15/11 Mount Baldy Summit (Miranda -> Baldy -> French Henry -> Baldy Town -> Miranda) We got up very early in the dark for our Baldy ascent and were ready to hike at 5am… However it was dark and we didn’t know where the trail really was… after about 30 minutes of false attempts we hiked all around our camp and set back off in one of our earlier aborted directions – the trail right next to our campsite (Duh!!). Anyway once underway we made good time and passed several crews resting. We stopped for breakfast at some mine workings and then passed through Black Horse camp and on up past lots more mine workings as we ascended Mount Baldy.
Different than the view at dawn for sure – but still fantastic 360 degree views and actually quite warm – sunny with only a little breeze. We stayed on the top for about 45 minutes – taking pictures and looking around. I also hear tell that some folks pee’d off the edge! Tim rigged up his Arizona flag on a pole and we added a note into message canister on the peak (our crew #, names, date time). Of course we blew the Kudu horn too! We headed down on the far side and decided to go down the tough (but shorter) Gully (scree) Trail to Copper Park – reversing our 2007 ascent path. It was tough going – but certainly far easier than coming up. We met aa Philmont geologist coming up who stopped and chatted to us for 30 minutes on the geologic makeup of the whole area and of Baldy particularly. He explained the scree slopes! Some of the boys fell asleep (or so they say…) We hiked on to Copper Park camp
and had lunch – lots of logging in this area now – really lots… We carried on past the meadow with the various mine workings to French Henry where we dropped packs and got the porch talk. Turned out we could do blacksmithing immediately and then the Mine tour in an hour – just perfect!! The blacksmithing was good – not
quite as much fun as last time (Tim!) – but we made a better S hook – with more
details than last time. And - everyone had a hand in it! The mine tour was quite
fun – we had a long traipse out in the dark – banged my head hard right at the
very end! I don’t remember coming out the whole way in the dark last time… The hike on to Baldy town had a lot more uphill than I remembered… At Baldy Town we showered (most folks), got snacks from the Trading Post, got some fruit from the commissary and resupplied our crew food. We had Toblerone & several different pepperonis… We had a little rain while there – but it was really quite pleasant. No delays - everything went pretty smoothly and everyone enjoyed the quiet relaxing time after a busy day. Our plan of 3 backpacks for the food worked out just fine and it was probably quieter here now than earlier.
We hiked on back down to Miranda and saw a nice double rainbow on the way – a little drizzle – but not too much. This was a long day – we got in about 5:30pm and started on dinner prep. After dinner Chris and I went for advisors coffee and enjoyed the porch – most of the guys filtered in before the “Gun Talk” started at the porch but Alex & John arrived late and didn’t make it to the porch. They went back to camp and it turned out they had been cleaning & tidying up anyway. Gun Talk, stories & jokes were OK. We turned in pretty early – after a great but tiring day. Saturday 7/16/11 Burro Day! (Miranda -> Pueblano -> Flume Canyon) We had a slightly later start today – nice. We packed up everything then headed over to the lodge. Off down for our early 7:00am Black Powder Rifle shoot. The staffer was lots of fun – constant jokes throughout! We all did pretty well – I think everyone shot something! We had bandanas, packs of cards and hats & shirts too.. We hiked on down to the Burro pens and were about
15 minutes late. The Wranglers this time were very helpful and showed us all the
steps we had missed before we got there. In fact they helped us do everything –
we didn’t get a choice of Burro but we got a quite nice looking one we named
“Rodney” (He must have lots & lots of names).
Our sister crew told us they found & read our
note left in the canister on top of Baldy!! Rodney seemed to be a good hiker –
but as we already discovered while packing him – he likes We went through Head of Dean again on our way to Pueblano. We stopped for lunch again - taking turns to hold/walk Rodney. We could have even done challenge events again today… and though twice seemed enough we could probably have done new challenges…
Like last time I had a pretty good spike technique and was able to go up pretty quick. We had a few folks take Rodney to Flume Canyon unpack him and put him in the paddock with feed and water. Then they hiked back with the food he was packing. We’d decided to hang around at Pueblano, make dinner here and then do loggerball and the night program before going to Flume for the night. Our sister crew had gone to Flume Canyon direct and set up and reported there were no campsites left open… We contacted the staff at Pueblano and asked if we could stay there for the night – they checked with base-camp and we were told no – should be only 5 campsites taken out of 7 at Flume Canyon. ‘Loggerball’ was a large game but by all accounts rather less fun than ‘Mountain Ball’. The evening program was one of the best – good music, singing, stories & jokes. Our Sister crews girls (Melissa & Alyssa) participated in 'whale of a story'… We hiked on to Flume Canyon and discovered no sites open (at least none we could find in the dark) – so we camped out in available space after putting up our bear bags… It was quite OK since we didn’t need to cook. Sunday 7/17/11 Last Trail Day (Flume Canyon -> Ponil -> Base Camp) Up early and packed – we headed
over to the paddock and packed up Rodney for his home bound trip. He was still
pulling us around a bit… We headed off at a good pace again and on to Ponil.
Eventually we packed-up and hiked the ½ mile to the Ponil Turnaround – it was hot and there was only limited shade there - our sister crew and the Hawaiians were there too (as usual). We didn’t have to wait too long for the bus. The ride back was quite long (longer than I remember)… and after we got back we headed straight off to the welcome back sign for a final group picture.. Then as promised after we got the keys for the cars and our tent assignment we headed off for a group ice cream – my treat for all. When we got to the snack bar Mike Schmidt was there so we added him into our plans – he was only too pleased to eat an ice cream with us… nice to see him again. We spent a while taking back gear, getting our personal electronics stuff and calling home. Zach and I decided to donate or boots to the Philmont entry sign – mine had been to Philmont before and had done lots of miles – they really started to fall apart on this trip – soles ripped at the edges a grommet popped off on each side and they just weren’t as comfortable anymore … off they went! Both Zach and I got them up on the first try – documented with video! We also made a trip to the TOTT for final stuff – belts & maps mainly. Got our pictures & Philmont arrowhead patches and then went to dinner at base camp – the proposal to go into Cimarron for burgers was rejected in favor of having more time in base camp… Base camp food isn’t that bad apparently! I decided to move the car nearer to our tents but when I tried to start it - it was completely dead… I decided to leave it until the morning then have Chris help jump the car… Not good though… We did go to the church service and then to the closing camp-fire where for the first time all week we actually were able to have a small fire… It was a good event – we did not remember (or even realize) we should have taken the crew flag along – still no matter. Alex got a Philmont “crew you all made it” plaque and all the crew photos were up on the big screen in rotation… A nice ending… Later back at the snack bar for another ice cream (the decadence!) - we discovered that Marina of our sister crew had lost her Philmont patch at or on the way back from the campfire. She went back to look for it and checked at lost & found but no joy… Later as we headed back to bed Alex & I passed their tents and they were out talking at the table – still no joy, she was upset about it. I decided I’d just give her my patch – I already had one and didn’t really need to have 2. She seemed shocked but pleased. Last time we saw them… Monday 7/19/11 Homeward Bound (Philmont -> Phoenix) We packed up and went for our last breakfast at base camp – pretty good – I think the food is better than 4 years ago (both at base camp and on the trail). Back at the cars it took a little while to get a good battery – booster cable connection and get the Expedition started – ran OK then. We swapped the trailer over to the Yukon and moved the cars around closer to the tents. Then we loaded up the trailer and buttoned up the tarp on top and headed out to the welcome center to check out… Quick check out and off on our way – took some video of our departure… On the road back to Cimarron everybody looked back at the tooth of time – even me (in the mirror). Legend says if you look back at the Tooth of Time over your shoulder as you leave – you will come back to Philmont. John, Alex & I did last time we were here - and here we are again!! Must be true… We headed out towards Eagles Nest and honked at the Cimarron River bridge – waved at a few Scouts down below. Our drive was uneventful down towards Santa Fe. We stopped near Albuquerque for lunch at a KFC, I parked facing Chris in case of continuing battery issues. When we finished lunch the Expedition battery was indeed dead again (obviously not charging). Plugged in the nearest O-Reilly auto address from the Blackberry into the GPS and we proceeded to drive down the freeway 1 junction and then in a loop for a few miles until we ended up at the O’Reilly that was about half a mile back down the street we started on – Bizarre GPS directions… anyway close.. They helped get the old battery out and provision a new one… still didn’t start – obviously the same old connection issue. Got a wire brush and cleaned up the connection really good and got back underway. Alex started driving after our next stop – so I’d get a good rest and be able to take over for Chris. He drove all the way from just after Albuquerque to Holbrook and on to the Red Onion. We stopped and had some good burgers. Back on our way I drove to Payson and back home – Chris said he was still good to drive so we made it all the way home without swapping drivers again. Got back at about 9:30pm – more or less as planned (but about an hour later than we would have been with no battery issues). I handed out the Photos and Philmont Patches and got most of the crew gear back – phew – tired! Crew Equipment Summary:
Turkey bag cooking system - Worked
Excellently (used 2 x 10 Qt folding bowls) Large 16’x16’ Dining Fly - Excellent – great for rainy days Bear Rope System - Pulleys broke – ropes good, carabineer/straps/bags worked well Gravity Water Filter - Worked well but didn’t use on trail (mainly due to dry camps) Sanitation Kit - Worked well – needed to use bowl more for hand washing…
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