Start Date: Friday, July 17, 2015 morning
End Date: Thursday, July 30, 2015 evening
Meeting Point for Drop-off and Pickup: TBD
Location: Philmont Scout Ranch
Forms Needed: Troop 693 Permission Slip
Coordinator: Chad Hoang
Things to bring: Backpacking Checklist
References:
Philmont Planning Guide
Trek Selection Guide
Guidebook to Adventure
Itinerary #21 - Crew 718-T-01
Itinerary #6 - Crew 718-T-02
Details
Philmont Scout Ranch is the Boy Scouts of America's premier High Adventure™ base, challenges Scouts and Ventures with more than 200 square miles of rugged New Mexico wilderness. Backpacking treks, horseback cavalcades, and training and service programs offer young people many ways to experience this legendary country.
Schedule
Jul 17 (morning) | Depart @ 05:50 am via Southwest Airline, LAX |
Jul 17 (evening) | Arrive in Denver, Colorado - take bus to Philmont |
Jul 18 | Spend the day at Philmont Base Camp - take care of check in activities (medical checks, equipment check out, food pickup, logistics planning center, etc.) and tour Cimmarron or Rancho Philmonte. |
Jul 19 | First day on the trail |
Jul 29 | Come off the trail (take a nice hot shower and do some serious souvenir shopping) |
Jul 30 (morning) | Depart via bus, to Denver, CO |
Jul 30 (evening) | Arrive @ 11:50 pm via Southwest Airline, LAX |
Participants
No. | Crew 718 T-01 |
---|---|
1. | Gerardo Gorospe |
2. | Gabriel Gorospe |
3. | Mitchell Hoang |
4. | Anthony Hoang |
5. | Lamour Atkins Jr |
6. | Andrew Cheng |
7. | Alex Wang |
8. | Jefferson Ma |
9. | Jeffrey Yoh |
No. | Adults |
10. | Dennis Gorospe |
11. | Lamour Atkins Sr |
No. | Crew 718 T-02 |
---|---|
1. | Victor Phong |
2. | Michael Cho |
3. | Michael Reyes |
4. | Brian He |
5. | Isaac Lee |
6. | Adi Jahic |
7. | William Wei |
8. | Dylan Wong |
No. | Adults |
9. | Charles Cho |
10. | Carl Wong |
Training Hikes
Date | Time | Leaving From | Location | Miles | Coordinator | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Oct 18-19, 2014 | with Troop Backpacking - October 2014 | Carmenita Middle School | Little Jimmy | 5.6 mi | ||
Mar 21-22, 2015 | with troop Backpacking - March 2015 | Carmenita Middle School | Mount Lowe Trail Camp via Bear Canyon | 16 mi | ||
May 15-17, 2015 | Afternoon Departure | Carmenita Middle School | Mount Lowe Trail Camp via Bear Canyon | 16 mi | ||
June 19-21, 2015 | 5:30 a.m. Departure | Carmenita Middle School | San Gorgonio | 23 mi |
Pictures
More Philmont pictures link:
https://goo.gl/photos/dzYrxMB8n7ykeSFN8
https://goo.gl/photos/SZ7qH3v1Gn78UYvi6
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B2EVJfnsKYDncXRTVDduOEFyN0k&usp=sharing
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Newsletters
Dear Troop 693,
As some may noticed our Troop meeting at Sunshine Park is lower in attendance this past week and that's because 17 of our scouts and 4 adults are making the biennial pilgrimage to Philmont for an adventure of a lifetime. Our troop has a long history and rich tradition with Philmont as many of our scouts and adults will gladly share their stories and past experiences.
Philmont is one of the BSA High Adventure base camp. Its backpacking trek explores the rugged northern New Mexico's backcountry with more than 214 square miles of vast wilderness. Scouts and adults carried everything they needed to survive on their 66-70 miles trek (mileage varies depending on their selected route) hike from camp to camp. There are many fun and features programs that Philmont put together as part of the experience.
Attached are some pictures of our boys playing at base camp and later taking in the natural beauty and wonders of Philmont. We get updates now and then from the adult leaders. Last check in status was that the boys reached their highest peak and are doing well in good spirit. Our well wishes to both crews as they explore the 12 days Philmont trek and wishing them a safe return.
YIS,
Chad Hoang
Day 1 and Day 2 are in the books. We arrived at Lover's Leap trail camp yesterday at 2 pm. The scouts learned about bear bagging, campfire, cooking and cleaning Philmont style. Crew 1 woke up at 5 am this morning and took off oom their destination, we'll see them the last day. Crew 2 woke up at 5:45 and arrived at Urraca at 11:45 am after 4 hours of grueling 6 mile hike. Everyone is doing great, scouts are very happy singing and whistling all the way.
The weather is great so far, knock on wood. We had rain sporadically but no lightning near us. It's not too hot either.
The next few days will be challenging as we are hiking to Mt Phillips. But per our ranger (ranger stays with each crew for the first 2 days), we are ready for it, she's very impressed with our scouts!
Greetings from Philmont Crew T02.
Mr Wong, Mr Cho. 7/20/2015
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