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Philmont – Final Days Day 11We are on our last day and today we only have to hike 7 miles mostly downhill to get to Cito Turnaround. The problem with today is that everything is wet, our tents are soaked, our sleeping bags are wet, and some of our gear is wet. We packed up… Continue reading Philmont – Final Days

Philmont – Day 10 The crew woke up, packed up, cleaned up, and ate breakfast in near-record time as they were ready to move to the next camp. We left for Harlan and it was a little bit of a butt-kicker as we had 7 plus miles and we went up and down a 1000… Continue reading Philmont – Day 10

Philmont – Day 9 Day 9 By this time, I personally was dragging my butt by this time for some reason. I wanted this trek to be over, but I was looking forward to rappelling which was today’s activity. We got up early in the morning so we could ensure as much time climbing and… Continue reading Philmont – Day 9

Philmont – Days 7-8 Day 7 was going to be an easy day for us, it was a short 4.5-mile hike and a negative elevation of 700′. We started off in the late morning and we made it to the Head of Dean in under two hours. Head of Dean is a crossroad for much… Continue reading Philmont – Days 7 & 8

Philmont – Day 6 Today was the big day, the day that the boys all had been working towards, today we climbed Baldy. Baldy is a 12,444′ peak, and we will have 9 miles today with a 3,200′ elevation increase. It was promising to be a butt-kicker for sure. We got up early and got… Continue reading Philmont – Day 6

Philmont – Day 5 In the morning the crews will meet after breakfast to do spar-pole climbing and then they will leave for their hike to Ute Meadows by way of Miranda, but first, the boys had to tack up their burro again and take it to Miranda.  Miranda is a staff camp, but we… Continue reading Philmont – Day 5

Philmont – Day 4 In the morning, we packed up, went to a chuckwagon-style breakfast, and then picked up our burro. On the next leg of our trek, we got to use a burro to help carry some of the load to our next camp. There is a fifty-pound weight limit for how much the… Continue reading Philmont – Day 4

Philmont – Day 3 We will continue where we left off which was day 3. When we awoke in the morning our Ranger, Aaron had already left. I was not lucky enough to make the next leg of the trek as we had a boy in our crew who was under the weather and he… Continue reading Philmont – Day 3

Philmont – Day 2 Day 2 started with breakfast, cleaning up the camp, and heading out to our first themed staff camp. The hike was a short 2 miles with many twists and turns and elevation changes, but when we arrived at Indian Writings, we were at roughly the same elevation as at the Anasazi… Continue reading Philmont – Day 2

Philmont – Day 1 Up to this point, I have talked about all the prep work we have done to get this far. Now on to the trek! Day 1 The morning of day one the crew packed up all the gear and headed to the front of base camp and waited for our bus to… Continue reading Philmont – Day 1