These are all pictures from my trip to
Philmont Scout Ranch in Cimarron, New Mexico. At
the right is a picture of my crew.
Philmont is a high adventure camp for Boy Scouts. I went on a 10 day
hike over 80 some miles of Rocky Mountain terrain. Some of the
adventure is captured in these photos. If you have been to Philmont, send me an e-mail.
We
tackled a mesa on our first day
I was whooped after the first day. I
thought we had climbed a mountain,
(and a half) but it was only a mesa...
Big
gophers in New Mexico
There was danger of bears around, but
we were instructed on precautions to avoid getting eaten. "Bear bags"
were hung up 30 feet high between trees so we didn't have any unwanted
pals at dinner time. The more common visitor in our campsite were the
"mini bears".
The
View From Baldy
Nice
View
Top: This is on top of Baldy, the second-tallest point in New Mexico.
You're looking south...
Can you see Mexico?
Left:
This is a picture of us descending the north side of Baldy. We were lucky we didn't have to go
up this
side! The north side was very steep and my friend Carsen
attempted
sustained flight for part of the way down after
tripping. He managed to
stay airborn for awhile, but wasn't hurt!
One
Last View From Baldy
Here's another view from the second- tallest
peak in New Mexico. It took us most of the morning to go up all 7,000+
feet (above the treeline, as you can see). It took us under two hours
to go down the north side =)
