[pct-l] guidebook pages

[Scott Heeschen]

>
> Whats the best way to chop up the guidebooks without ruining the  
> pages?? The databook is thin; it looks like I could use a  
> papercutter and lop off the whole binding in one shot.? How should I  
> attack the big wilderness press books??? Maybe a boxcutter?? X-acto  
> knife?
>
> Thanks,
> Margaret
>

I fired up the ol' bandsaw in the garage and just zinged off the  
binding part of the Wilderness Press books.  Yes, it was overkill, but  
also oddly satisfying.  Punched some holes in the pages so I could  
twist-tie parts together.  I still have all the pages from my thru- 
hike (mailed 'em home, couldn't bear to burn them like a few other  
hikers did - saves weight, but come on!).  Though I didn't record any  
notes on them, I can tell which sections were rainy/muddy/sweaty!

I think my wimpy hands were capable of ripping the databook.

     Buck Larceny '05