[pct-l] The Thousand Lakes Wilderness, Clinton Clarke's Original PCT Route, vs the Hat Creek Rim

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

On Sep 17, 2008, at 1:26 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Subject: [pct-l] The Thousand Lakes Wilderness,	Clinton Clarke's
> 	Original PCT Route, vs the Hat Creek Rim
>
>   http://www.pbase.com:80/losthiker/root&view=recent

Wow, all that so near to the Hat Creek Rim? I thought the Rim was  
interesting and enjoyed walking it. I think I would have enjoyed your  
spot more.

In my opinion, the PCT makes a lot of poor route choices that keep  
you too far away from water and pretty places.

If the trail originally went through the 1000 Lakes Wilderness, and  
there are still trails there, why did they choose to route the PCT  
through Hat Creek Rim instead?