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Re: Dilemma.....backpacking!
Calvin H. Gray (405geezer@IGG-TX.NET)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 17:22:35 -0500
Jim wrote:
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> For two years straight at our annual planning conference the Troop
> (boys) has turned down any suggestions or activities relating to hiking
> and backpacking. Hoping to guide them in a direction that would
> eventually lead to a Philmont type trek has been frustrating. Short of
> putting something on the calendar ourselves, are there any suggestion
> from this wise and experienced list that would bring around, dare I say
> enlighten, these boys to the benefits and joys of these types of
> activities? We need a game plan that will put these types of events on
> the calendar and still let them feel like it was there idea. <G>
>
James,
How about getting someone to come to a troop meeting and show slides
of a Philmont expedition or other backpacking trip?
There are some great hiking/backpacking adventures in Tennessee, and
especially in Virginia at the Blue Ridge Mountains Scout Reservation's
High Knoll program. See: http://www.bsa-brmc.org/
In a day or two, our web page should have a slide show from our June
Philmont expedition. See http://www.troop405.org/camps/index.html
Or how about a Philmont Kanik (cold weather) adventure. I bet this
is something that would interest your guys. We're doing one of these
during Spring Break next year.
YiS,
--
Calvin H. Gray
Scoutmaster, Troop 405
Georgetown, Texas
I used to be an Owl (WM-62-2-98 @ Philmont)
mailto:405geezer@igg-tx.net
http://www.troop405.org
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