[pct-l] Maps

[Dylan Sawyer-Villers]

Photo from my hike this summer in the link below.  I was glad I had
Halfmile's maps.

http://picasaweb.google.com/sawyervillers/PacificCrestTrail2009#5382283793359326338



On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 9:22 PM, Paul Magnanti <pmags at yahoo.com> wrote:

> >>Right but not having a map might turn a mishap into an ordeal or even
> >>a search and rescue event.
>
> >>I'm a big fan of HYOH but I don't have a problem shaming hikers who
> >>don't carry a map. I wish I had a snickers bar for  every time a map-
> >>skeptic asked to see my map or answer a map related question.
>
>
> Indeed.  People will say you don't need maps..then they'll ask to look at
> the maps. :)
>
> With Half-Mile's excellent (and free!) maps, there is no real reason to not
> have them:
> http://www.pctmap.net/
>
> Set to be out in total by 2010.
>
> (You do have to print them out, of course)
>
> Don't forget the databook. Ounce for ounce and dollar for dollar it is a
> great resource. Easy to eyeball what is  coming up
> at a glance...and an easy way to eyeball water.
>
> Over Turkey Day weekend, a few repeat offenders and I were saying if we did
> a long trail again, it would be the PCT.
>
> Not because it is our favorite one (it is so hard to choose a favorite!)
> but because i the combo of views, solitude or community when needed,
> and is truly a long distance hiking trail in feel and function.  (The CDT
> is more of a route. I loved it..but man, was it hard..esp mentally!)
>
> When I do it again, I'll take:
>
> Half-mile's Maps
> The Databook
> Yogi's Book
>
> The beauty of so many different resources though is that it is very easy to
> make a set of information for YOU. Tom Harrison maps,
> USFS maps, Erik's Atlas, the guidebooks...it's all good.
>
> And they all fit different modes, criteria and what works for you.
>
> (But do take a map!)
>
>
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