For the second straight year, Troop 111 has opened its annual Alonzo Stagg Hike (50 miles in 20 hours) to all Chain Bridge Units. The hike will be Saturday, March 8th (rain date Saturday, March 15th).

Can your Senior Scouts walk 50 miles in one day? If they can, they will earn the coveted Alonzo Stagg medal! This is a good training event for Philmont-bound crews, and also for Scouts who want to walk a shorter distance (i.e., 10, 20, or 25 miles) to knock off a Hiking Merit Badge hike.

The route will follow the W&OD Trail from Ashburn (Loudon County). 25 mile route follows the Custis Trail to end at St. Agnes. The 50 mile route will continue to Key Bridge down the Mt. Vernon Trail to National Airport (food stop), then up the Four Mile Run Trail to the W&OD trail, finishing with 5 loops of the W&OD/Custis/Bluemont Junction trails (passing last food stop 5 times). Hikers can walk a shorter route (i.e., 10 or 20 miles) and will be returned to St. Agnes from stops. $15 cost per hiker is for abundant food, snacks, drinks, photos, sag wagon, and transportation. Patches for all participants; special patches for 25- and 50-mile finishers. Coveted Alonzo Stagg medal for 50-mile finishers! An informational flyer, a sign-up roster, and a waiver form (required for all participants) will all be provided to all interested Units upon request. In order to ensure BSA Insurance coverage, all Scout participants must be registered (and adult participants are strongly encouraged to also get registered). The deadline for signups (and payments) is Monday, February 24; that is a hard date. Note that signups are limited to the first 125 participants. Contact Ted G. for more information.

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22 January 2003