[pct-l] New JMT guidebook

[cmkudija at ca.rr.com]

Thanks, Roslyn!

I, for one, don't mind this informational, albeit promotional, posting.  So
there.  Particularly when the book's author is a botanist/geologist.


Christine "Ceanothus" Kudija
PCT partially '94

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Ceanothus (see-ah-no-thus) or California lilac:  Shrubs or small trees,
often with divaricate, sometimes spiny, twigs...[flowers] small but showy,
white to blue or purplish, sometimes lavender or pinkish, borne in terminal
or lateral panicles or umbellike cymes.
                                                               Philip A.
Munz
                                                               A California
Flora, U.C. Press, 1973


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net]On
Behalf Of Roslyn Bullas
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 1:16 PM
To: pct-l at mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] New JMT guidebook

Forgive the crassly commercial posting, but I thought folks might be
interested in Wilderness Press's brand new JMT guidebook, called, oddly
enough "John Muir Trail: the essential guide to hiking American's most
famous trail." The book arrives from the printer on 7/17. I couldn't be more
thrilled about this new edition, which is complete revamp and has plenty o'
features not found anywhere else, at least in one place. These include:

*Separate sections for both NoBo and SoBo
*GPS coordinates for significant waypoints
*Elevation profiles for each section
*Permit, bear canister, and transportation info (including public transit)
*Chart of nearly all campsites along the trail
*Mileage charts of all significant waypoints showing elevation, distance
from previous points, cumulative distance, UTM coordinates
*JMT lateral trails and food resupply options
*Locations and UTM coordinates of all bear boxes
*17 side trips to peaks
*Natural and human history sections, and plant lists
*2-color Tom Harrison maps of the trail

(I feel like saying "Wait, there's more!")

Author is life-long Sierra hiker and botanist/geologist Elizabeth Wenk. List
member David Plotnikoff gave valuable advice and input.

Of course you can buy it from the usual places, but I'd like to give a
shout-out to the PCTA, who'll be selling it. A good cause, and a good book.

Roslyn Bullas
Managing Editor
Wilderness Press
800-443-7227
www.wildernesspress.com


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