[pct-l] Map and Guide feedback request.
Trekker4 at aol.com
Trekker4 at aol.com
Tue Feb 17 08:18:49 CST 2009
When I see a post like this, it exasperates me. Reddirt, you have every
right to ask for whatever you want on this list, but you're expecting others to
do your homework, take a bunch of time explaining what can't be explained in
an email, and clog up the list with explanations that are written elsewhere.
If you're not willing to spend the book and map money, you shouldn't impose on
others due to that decision; I don't know how you can afford to hike if you
can't afford the basic info. "Hike your own hike." is a perhaps overused, but
very, very true expression. I'm starting a new one: "Be responsible for your
own hike."
The PCT color topos are available on CD from More Than a Mile, partial
others on the Inet, partly in the PCT Handbook(s), and, when completed, from
the Forest Service. Black & white topos are in the Guidebooks; at the very
least buy the Guidebook for whatever you want to hike!
The Guidebooks are "old", but very little has changed; most corrections
and changes are on the Wilderness Press site. Yogi's Handbook has a lot more
than town info, and is just as valuable, with more up to date info about some
things; her changes are on her site. The Databook is also very useful; it's
on the Inet in .pdf, since it's possibly out of print at present. Jardine's
PCT specific info is probably the most outdated.
Did I mention that I'm occasionally opinionated?
Bob "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of Texas
In a message dated 2/16/2009 8:45:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,
reddirt2 at earthlink.net writes:
I haven't purchased any guide literature or maps yet for the long section I
am planning. VVR to Timberline OR.
I read a couple reviews on the basic Pacific Crest Trail books and all
suggest rather dated material. Also don't see the new PCT maps covering N.Cal
that I would like to have. I know nothing of Yogi's book, but am under the
impression it is more orientated towards towns and services available along the
way. I'd like to know what others think so I don't have to buy a bunch of
stuff and pick through it if it can be avoided. I have Jardine's book from back
in the day which I have been using to set basic itenerary for myself and
pick my resupplies. I'm familliar with the Sierra through to Sonora Pass, and
those sections I have not hiked I have maps for. It's from there north I'd
like to read up on and I understand there are some dry stretches besides Hat
Creek Rim I need to be prepared for.
So I'd just like hear some feedback from those familliar with what's out
there.
Resupply points I have been to or used are VVR, Tuolumne, Sierra City, Old
Station, Burney Falls store.
Thanks,
Stephen
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