[Philmont] Advisor Questions

1)we used the rope provided by Philmont, used to hang bear bags each night
 
2) we used the bag provided by PHilmont, I would leave the bear canister at home. I would think PHilmont would NOT let you use it any way. Their bear procedures are tried and proven.
 
3) my last trek started July 24, NO bugs. But I hear of a few treks every couple years who do run into bugs, but earlier in July as I remember. I have used a sunscreen with DEET each time. An OFF product, found it last time in the bug repellent section of CVS.
 
4) used the PHilmont method to purify twice, used a filter the last time. The choice is up to you............IF you have room for it.
 
5) plenty of "red Roof" Inns or "Pilot to bombardier" or "pilot to co-pilot" to use, in trail camps and staff camps. Bring one towel for the whole crew, just in case.
Kim Pigorsch Philmont '99, '03, '07, '09Northern Tier '04Troop 681 Outdoor Chairmun (sic) www.troop681.com - troop website www.sdicbsa.org - Council Website San Diego, CA

From: svivian@null.netTo: Philmont@troop47.comDate: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 18:18:10 -0600Subject: [Philmont] Advisor Questions
We are having one of our last advisor meetings and some questions are popping up - imagine that!
 
So here are a couple of ours:
 
1) 150' of rope - use Philmonts' or bring your own? If your own - any recommendations? What is this for?
 
2) Bear bags - use Philmonts' or bring your own? We have one bear canister and I have a light-weight BB from BPL. Is it worth getting something else?
 
3) Bugs - our trek is July 21. Ticks/Flys/Chiggers/Mosquitos? What's there?
 
4) Water purifiers/filters - are they needed? We are going on trek #28 which goes into Valle Vidal. How much filtering is done?
 
5) Cat holes - is there a need to dig these or are there facilities along the trail to avoid digging? For digging is the "standard" orange potty trowel suffucient or is the soil there harder?
 
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
 
Scott Vivian - 0721-H7
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