Sedona Boy Scout Troop hikes 59 miles in NM1 min read

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Christopher Fox Graham
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Members of Boy Scouts of America Sedona Troop 48 pose for a group picture at the top of Mount Phillips at the Philmont Scout Ranch in New Mexico. The boys and adults backpacked and camped on a 59-mile adventure June 7 through June 20.
Photo courtesy of Ross Cowgill

Thanks to the generosity of a New Mexico rancher, Boy Scouts of America Sedona Troop 48 had a great outdoor adventure in June.

For two weeks, eight Scouts and six adult leaders backpacked a 59-mile trail in Northeastern New Mexico at the Philmont Scout Ranch from June 7 through June 20. Each person carried a 45-pound pack with all of their gear and camped in areas ranging from desert to high mountains.

“The climate changed a lot. We hiked all the way up Mount Phillips to 11,741 feet. It got cold up there, but the view was worth the whole trip,” said Kevin Schweiss, one of the members of the troop. “It rained on us a few days, but we kept going. We were having fun.”

For the full story, see the Friday, July 6, edition of the Sedona Red Rock News.

Christopher Fox Graham

Christopher Fox Graham is the managing editor of the Sedona Rock Rock News, The Camp Verde Journal and the Cottonwood Journal Extra. Hired by Larson Newspapers as a copy editor in 2004, he became assistant manager editor in October 2009 and managing editor in August 2013. Graham has won awards for editorials, investigative news reporting, headline writing, page design and community service from the Arizona Newspapers Association. Graham has also been a guest contributor in Editor & Publisher magazine and featured in the LA Times, New York Post and San Francisco Chronicle. He lectures on journalism and First Amendment law and is a nationally recognized performance aka slam poet. Retired U.S. Army Col. John Mills, former director of Cybersecurity Policy, Strategy, and International Affairs referred to him as "Mr. Slam Poet."

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