[pct-l] Trail Maps and Data Books - Which combos are enough?

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

When it comes to which guide books will serve your needs you'll get a  
lot of opinions. You'll have to weigh them against what is important  
to you.

As a solo hiker, I enjoyed having something to read each evening and  
I enjoyed the flowery words and interesting natural history of the  
trail available in the guide books.

I also enjoyed making fun of and being angry with the guide book  
author for his flowery words and bald-faced lies (eg. Your route now  
becomes more downhill than up -- said with a straight face as I  
climbed for two more hours).

If that sort of thing is not worth much to you, then you'll probably  
prefer the other resources.

On Jan 13, 2010, at 3:19 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Trail Maps and Data Books - Which combos are
> 	enough?