Dr. Bob's Philmont Diary
Crew 704-H2, 1998IntroductionI had the distinct pleasure of traveling to the Philmont Scout Reservation in Cimarron, New Mexico with Troop 111's Crew 704-H2 in the summer of 1998. The links below lead to the day-by-day accounts of our activities in Colorado before the trek as well as our time on the Ranch. Dr. Bob relates our experience on the Ranch in a way that is engaging as well as educational; many crews say that a read through one of Dr. Bob's diaries is an excellent way to find out what a trek on the Ranch is really like. I hope you enjoy reading about our experience on the Ranch as much as I had in hiking it.
Yours in Scouting, Brad Jones
Read Dr. Bob's other online Diaries: 1997, 2000, 2002
Selected PhotosI have scanned a handful of photos from my 1998 trek at Philmont to share with the Internet scouting community. Visit Dr. Bob's Philmont 2000 diary for over 200 photos, linked inline with the text of the diary. All photos are in JPEG format.
Note: This Diary contains excerpts from the May 1997 version of the "Philmanac - A Trekkers Guide to the Philmont Backcountry," copyright by Rock Rohrbacher. Used by permission of (and a grateful "Thank You" to) Rock Rohrbacher; all rights reserved. [Note to our Scouting Friends on the web: If you like what you see, copies of the "Philmanac" are offered for sale each summer at the Philmont Trading Post - and no, I don't get a cut!]
Table of Contents:- Day 1 - Arlington/BWI Airport/St Louis/Colorado Springs/Royal Gorge/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Day 2 - U.S. Air Force Academy/Garden of the Gods/Pike's Peak/Quest Camp/Colorado Springs/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Day 3 - U.S. Air Force Academy/Buena Vista/Colorado Springs-Briargate/U.S. Air Force Academy
- Day 4 - U.S. Air Force Academy/Philmont BaseCamp
- Day 5 - Philmont Basecamp/Six Mile Gate/Indian Writings/Old Camp
- Day 6 - Old Camp/Dan Beard/Bent
- Day 7 - Bent/Ponil
- Day 8 - Ponil/Bent/Wilson Mesa/Pueblano/Pueblano Ruins
- Day 9 - Pueblano Ruins/Miranda
- Day 10 - Miranda/Ute Meadows/Baldy Town/Baldy/Copper Park/Aztec Mine/French Henry/Baldy Town/Ute Meadows/Miranda
- Day 11 - Miranda/Head of Dean/Santa Claus
- Day 12 - Santa Claus/Bear Canyon/Cimarron River/Visto Grande/Upper Bench
- Day 13 - Upper Bench/Harlan
- Day 14 - Harlan/Aspen Springs/Hidden Valley/Window Rock/Clark's Fork
- Day 15 - Clark's Fork/Schaeffer's Pass/Schaeffer's Peak/Tooth Ridge/Tooth of Time/Tooth Ridge/Basecamp/Cimarron/Closing Campfire
- Day 16 - Basecamp/Colorado Springs/St. Louis/BWI Airport/Home
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