"Two years ago I went to Boy Scout Troop 166, that is the troop I was in as a boy and both my sons were in, and asked to join as a Scouter Reserve to hike 5 mountain peaks legitimately that I needed on Philmont Scout land. I told them I was joining to get the peaks, but would be happy to help out as needed. Last autumn I organized a peakbagging adventure to get Black Mountain at Philmont. I still need 4 peaks on their land and am organizing a Philmont Autumn Adventure in September to get them. They asked me to organize some conditioning hikes before the Philmont hike. I am organizing 4 peakbagging conditioning hikes on peaks that I do not need, so that I can get 4 more peaks that I do need. I hiked Chicoma Mountain once before with my daughter Christina in May of 2012. Saturday morning, we left Albuquerque at 7:15 AM July 31, 2021, and drove to Espanola, New Mexico. In Espanola we headed north on highway 285. We turned west on Forest Road 144. The street was named Fairview. We headed west for 27.5 miles on a gorgeous drive with spectacular views, then parked. I drove this road a couple of times before and a passenger car would do, but not this time, a high clearance vehicle is re..." — Phil-Robinson • Jul 31, 2021