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Category: Trail to Philmont

Trail to Philmont – June 2021

June 30, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, Trail to Philmont

The last month before Philmont. Whoa. Eighteen months of prep comes down to this … the final run-up to Philmont. Whoa. It’s hard to believe – even now – that it’s actually happening. Part of me kept expecting reality to[…]

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The Trail to Philmont, April/May 2021

June 30, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, Trail to Philmont

April and May are a blur. To recap, in January and February, four members of our crew decide not to go to Philmont. In March, we teamed up with another crew in New Jersey, giving us a total of 13[…]

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A field of boulder, lined by trees.

Trail to Philmont, March 2021

May 3, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, Trail to Philmont

The Trail to Philmont started moving a lot faster – and got a lot more real – in March 2021. As I mentioned in the February update, during the winter we lost four members of our crew to COVID concerns.[…]

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Trail to Philmont – January/February 2021

April 6, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, Fitness, Trail to Philmont

January and February of 2021 were tough. The short days, the post-Christmas/holidays pandemic surge, and walls of snow from a 3+ foot blizzard made this one of the hardest stretches on the trail to Philmont. It was hard to stay[…]

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The Trail to Philmont – Year’s End

December 31, 2020 Ken Newquist Blog, Trail to Philmont

After a year on the trail to Philmont, it’s time to take a look back at where I’ve been, where I am, and where I’m going. Weight-wise, I’m near my goal of 195. I started the trail at 221 lbs.[…]

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The Trail to Philmont – September 2020

October 20, 2020 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, Fitness, Trail to Philmont

After one false start and two 5-mile primer day hikes, our Philmont crew finally went on an extended backpacking trip. We did a two-day hike in the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in New Jersey. Friday night we stayed[…]

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The Trail to Philmont

October 18, 2020 Ken Newquist Project Updates, Projects, Trail to Philmont

In January 2020, my son and I started on the trail to Philmont – a six-month training project aimed at developing the strength, endurance, and skills needed for a 12-day, 60-mile backpacking trek at Philmont Scout Rank in Cimarron, New[…]

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The Trail to Philmont, July/August 2020

September 2, 2020 Ken Newquist Blog, Fitness, Projects, Trail to Philmont

After six months on the trail to Philmont … we finally got on the trail. In August, we went hiking twice: first a 5-mile day hike on the Monocacy Creek Trail in Bethlehem, Pa., then a more rigorous 5-mile day[…]

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The Trail to Philmont, June 2020

July 4, 2020 Ken Newquist Blog, Fitness, Projects, Trail to Philmont

The long, winding trail to Philmont continued in June as I launched into training for a 10K race. I don’t have a particular race in mind, and given the state of the COVID-19 world, it’s likely any race I do[…]

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The Trail to Philmont, May 2020

June 20, 2020 Ken Newquist Blog, Fitness, Projects, Trail to Philmont

May started with our trip to Philmont being canceled. We moved our reservation to 2021 in the hopes that we’ll be able to travel (and hike) by then. The challenge used to be getting ready for a 60-mile backpacking trip[…]

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