Meeting Thursday

We have a meeting this Thursday -- 3 things to remember:

1) Wear your uniform to all meetings (surely it's clean by now).
2) Many of you still owe money for Philmont, and we all need to get our physicals done.
3) Jonathan and Hattie Warren will be joining us to talk about which Philmont hike we want to do. He already has our list of preferred basecamps, but we need to talk about how strenuous a hike we want to do and stuff like that. Please be present for this important conversation.

Partial Klondike results

They didn't give us the results for each event, which is disappointing. But here's how we did overall compared to the other 30 sleds.

Troop -- Patrol -- Score
1. 101 Tent with Feet 81
2. 63 Panthers 76
3. 68 Roadrunner 75
4. 101 Ironmen 74
5. 101 Falcons 74
6. 47 Cobra 74
7. 101 Jets 72
8. 49 Scorpians 71
9. 145 Eagles 71
10. 75 Python 69
11. 68 Arrow 68
12. 69 Dragons 68
13. 80 Vraddies Reds 66
14. 63 Scorpian 66
15. 4 Axe Murders 65
16. 145 Cobras 64
17. 65 Panthers 64
18. 75 Scorpion 63
19. 85 Beaver 63
20. 17 Fiesta 63
21. 83 Dragon 62
22. 40 Mad Monkeys 60
23. 73 Mountain Lions 60
24. 80 Polands 60
25. 75 Sportsfans 59
26. 17 Crazy Military Bananas 57
27. 73 Lizardmen 54
28. 68 Eagle 48
29. 51 51 Unit 42
30. 83 Cobra 40
31. 17 French 12

Top builders

In under 30 minutes, Frank, Nate and Vander built an impressive newspaper tower to win free dues for one month. Two other teams also managed to build creative structures, but not quite as high or successful.

Vander joined our troop just this month -- welcome to Troop 49.

Klondike results: still missing

Despite several requests for information, the two men in charge of the Klondike have not responded with the event-by-event results. So we still don't know how we compared to the other troops in each event. I can only assume that they don't want to release the results. Maybe they were lost, maybe there is something wrong in the results.

Philmont training schedule

These are the events planned for Philmont prep. It is important that we get our teamwork, gear, skills and bodies in shape for the trip. So for everyone going to Philmont this summer, consider these events mandatory. We will be joined on these outings by our friends from Troop 51 who are going with us this summer.

This is all part of the adventure of going to Philmont, so we'll have fun with it.

March 11 -- Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- Dayhike at Watchung Reservation. We'll work on orienteering and do some strenuous hiking. Plans for this day are being made by Jonathan and Hattie.

March 19 -- Sunday afternoon, 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. -- First Aid/CPR training held at the Somerville Rescue Squad

April 2 -- Sunday afternoon, 3:00 to 7:30 p.m. -- First Aid/CPR training held at the Somerville Rescue Squad

April 8 -- Saturday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. -- Rigorous dayhike, planned by Troop 49. Location to be determined.

April 21-22 -- Friday night to Saturday afternoon -- Overnight backpacking at High Point. We hike in the dark, set up camp and hike out the next day. Hike led by Jonathan and Hattie.

May 1 -- DEADLINE for physicals.

May 5-7 -- Friday night to Sunday afternoon -- Watchu weekend, at Allamuchy, backpacking and events with other crews from our council who are going to Philmont. Attendance is mandatory. (Andrew will be away this weekend.)

May & June -- Physical fitness events to get us into shape. Frank and Stan planning. Details to come ...

June 10 - 11 -- Possible overnight campout, last prep trip. Details to come ...

June 27 -- We get together and overnight at Rec Center or some other venue. Bags packed. Final shakedown.

June 28 -- We leave for Philmont in the morning.

Last chance to choose Philmont program areas

Here's what we have so far, if you want to add something to this list, e-mail Jonathan (jtwarren_06@verizon.net) as soon as possible.

PRIORITIES
• Rock climbing/rappeling
• 3d archery
• Horseback riding
• Mountain biking
• Challenge events

INTERESTED IN, but we'd like to know more about ...
• Cantina
• Mountain living
• T.Rex Track

For more details on our council's Philmont program:
http://www.thewills.net/watchu/
More on Philmont:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philmont

Best Klondike Ever!

We don't have the official results, but we're confident the numbers will show we had a better Klondike performance than ever before. We didn't finish in the top three overall, but we had great scores in just about every category -- especially in fire building, which was a problem area for us last year. The weather was a downer, but I'm proud of the progress we made in the past year.

Well done to everyone who was part of the team: Bryan, Frank, Nate, Jessy, Danny and Simon.

We have a meeting on Thursday. THREE THINGS TO REMEMBER:
1) Wear your uniform to all meetings.
2) Payment is due for Philmont. We're going to talk about the prep schedule. (Schedule your medical evaluation as soon as possible.)
3) We need to know what events you'd like to do at Philmont, those lists are due to Jonathan at our Thursday meeting.