[pct-l] Comparison photos

[David Toms]

Thanks - we had our doubts at times about the existence of trail as well!

One interesting thing we noticed was how closely we had actually been 
following the trail when we were on the snow. There were points we got to in 
06 where we remembered having been walking through miles of snow in 05, but 
were right on the trail.  I guess its because the trail builders looked for 
the most natural lines up the mountains, which happen to coincide with where 
you also head in snowy conditions.

Dave

>From: "Rob Rathmann" <carcinomad at gmail.com>
>To: dave at davetoms.com
>CC: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Comparison photos
>Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 11:44:42 -0700
>
>David-
>
>Excellent!  Well done.  I guess your pictures prove there really was a
>trail under all that snow last year...
>
>bearcan't
>pct 05
>
>On 10/6/06, David Toms <ukstoveman at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>After thru-hiking last year, Michele & I returned to the Sierra this 
>>autumn
>>('fall' to most of you guys!) to hike from Mammoth to Whitney with 2
>>friends.  I've posted a set of comparison photos to show the difference
>>between early June 2005 and September 2006. Most of the photos are
>>near-identical shots.
>>
>>The photos are at:
>>http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davidtoms/Comparisons
>>If you hover over them, the link/image name appears in the bottom bar of
>>explorer. They're in alphabetical order rather than geographic order, but
>>its pretty obvious where most of them are!
>>
>>I was inspired to do this after seeing Scott Williamson's impressive slide
>>show last year - he has a much greater database of photos to draw on so
>>there's not much comparison, but hopefully mine will spark some of the 
>>same
>>amazement as to what a difference there is between one end of summer and 
>>the
>>other.
>>
>>Our original PCT photos are at http://homepage.ntlworld.com/davidtoms
>>
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