Navigation

 Here are the videos of map and compass work for when we're on the trail.  Everyone please get to know this skill if you haven't already.

 

 

And This one:

 

 This one is short and informative:

Everyone is navigating for some part of the trek.  Be Prepared!

 

LIghtening Your Load in Your Backpack

 The guy in this video has some good ideas about what to bring and what to leave behind.  I like how he packs all his clothes in one dry bag.  You can get dry bags from Walmart in their camping section.  

*Pay attention to his personal first aid kit and his personal toiletry kit.*

Good stuff about how to load your pack.

Don't worry too much about the brands he's mentioning.  Academy has good versions of these things as their store brand if you haven't already gotten them.

 

 

Comment below if you have any questions.  Or call or text me or the other advisor.

Risk and Consequence in High Adventure

 

1. Risk can be described as

 the combination of:

 

*Likelihood and

 Consequence

 

*The likelihood that a

 dangerous event will

 occur and the 

resulting consequence if

 that event does occur

 

2. Risk management is taking steps to

 reduce:

 

*Likelihood, consequence, or both!

3. Example: Rock Climbing

 

*Dangerous event: slipping

 

*You can reduce the likelihood that

 you will slip by wearing

 appropriate shoes, not

 climbing it in the rain, 

etc.

 

*You can reduce the consequence

 by wearing a helmet, 

using ropes and a harness, not

 climbing too high, etc.

 

 

 

 

 The higher the risk 

the more severe the 

possible 

consequence.

The lower the risk,

 the less severe the

 possible

 consequence.

 

(disregard the 

"NT" in the upper left of the image, it 

was cut out of a bigger image)

Thank you,

-Mgmt.

Philmont Gear and Souvenirs

 Howdy Crew 706-BB!

The question has come up more than once about how much money should you bring to Philmont for certain items from their trading post.  To answer that question, lets look at some of the things most people get from Philmont and we can go from there.

First is belts and buckles 

Some more popular samples are below but there is more of a selection at the link above.

 

This is the traditional leather Philmont belt.

 

The Bronze Bull buckle is $30.oo

 

Two Tone Arrowhead is $20.oo 

 

Here is the traditional shirt.  We'll have our own crew shirt but there are several options available at this link. They range between $13. and $20 dollars, more for sweats and hoodies.

 

 

Philmont Nalgenes are $14. but there are unlabeled bottles for $8 according to the website.  They're about $12 here for the blank nalgenes.  They come in many colors but I don't know what will be available when we get there.  Here is the link to the water bottle selection page.

 So to sum up, if you want to get a leather belt, a buckle, a t-shirt, and a water bottle it's about $94 dollars all together.  If you don't think you'll need all those things when you get there or only plan on getting one or two things then you can order them from the Tooth of Time Traders website, which is what I've been linking to in this article.

Hope this helps your planning!