Philmont trek 28 notes

I have posted my notes from our trek. Trek 28 was a very strenuous trek. It was listed as 82 miles. We only made a short 200 foot error. My GPS put the final trek miles as 114.7. you can find my notes under pages on the right.

In my notes, I have 2 mile readings listed. One is trek miles. This was per my GPS. I turned it on before we left camp and shut it off when we reached our camp for the night. I did not include any miles walked around basecamp before we left or after we returned.

The other is total miles. Another advisor had a pedometer with him. He let it run all day so it recorded every step including walking around camp, back and forth to the main cabin, etc.
He also included hiking around basecamp before the trek officially started and when we returned.

Our total trek miles were 114.7.
His total miles walked were 166.

We’re Back!

This was another amazing trek! Full trip details will be posted and photos in the near future.

A word of warning, Philmont greatly underestimates the mileage of the treks. We had trek 28. It is supposed to be 82 miles. We made no significant errors and had 114.7 trek miles by my GPS. Another adult had a pedometer with him. He kept it going all day instead of stopping when we reached each camp. At the end of the trek, it read 166 miles. That’s a lot of walking around in camp, to the main cabin and back to camp, etc. His included walking around basecamp before and after the trek.

Philmont Packing List

Everyone has their own packing list for Philmont. I have added mine to the Philmont Planning pages. I included what I bring as well as items that the crew will need to bring with and optional items.

Philmont Here We come!

The meetings are over.
All of the planning is done.

The hiking and training is complete.

Saturday, 10 of us leave for another Adventure of a Lifetime!

We are hoping for good weather, but prepared for anything.

Philmont, here we come!

Philmont 2014

We are getting closer. The selections have been made and we got our first choice! We have trek 28. It looks really fun and really challenging. There are lots of great activities on this trek, but its a lot of miles over some challenging terrain. However, I am really excited to finally get the chance to climb Mount Baldy! I’ve missed it the other 3 times I have been to Philmont, so I was really excited when the scouts wanted to do a trek that went over Baldy.

Now, its time to get in shape for the trek . . .

Philmont 2014

Are you getting excited? The book with the 2014 treks should be coming out in March and trek selection in April.
Then, 2 months later – we are There!

We will look at having our next Philmont planning meeting mid to late March (after the book has arrived). The largest part of that meeting will be to decide and rank our top 5 treks.
We also need to decided on positions of responsibility.
We also need a design for t-shirts! We have had some creative ones in the past, so start thinking and be creative.

Know anyone who still wants to go? We still have 2 spots open.

Venture Patrol climbs the Ice Silo

We heard about the Ice Silo. What is it? And why would one want to climb it?
That’s easy – because its fun!
The Ice Silo has been around for a few years. It is part of the University Of Northern Iowa Outdoors Program. They took a normal silo, added safety lines and a custom water spraying system to it. They can control the amount of ice and its distribution. They are extremely well equipped. They have the helmets, safety glasses, harnesses, boots with cleats and ice hammers for each climber.

The Silo, ready to climb.