[pct-l] Jim still has the best answer :)

[Jim Keener ( J J )]

"I believe you can find your way just fine on the PCT even without a  
map or compass."

I am so very glad you wrote that. I feel like such a wuss for not writing it earlier.

Jim Keener ( J J )
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On Mar 15, 2010, at 9:44 PM, Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com wrote:

> On Mar 15, 2010, at 8:32 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>> But, maybe I'm naive, I just don't see how the PCT became this big,  
>> bad, beastie  where people
>> want the comfort level. What changed? (Or maybe I answered my own  
>> question above?)  Is it
>> really the much more difficult? Is it that difficult at all?
> 
> I think that people just find a GPS easier than reading a map. You  
> are never 100% sure that you're looking at the right thing with a  
> map. Also, the GPS can have the map in it. It's more convenient. Then  
> there's the fun of coming home and plotting your hike on TOPO! and  
> seeing where you went.
> 
> I believe you can find your way just fine on the PCT even without a  
> map or compass. In fact, I sent my compass home very early on. I'm  
> sure the 10 essentials police will get on my case, but after all my  
> years on local trails of finding my way looking for cut branches or  
> places where non-native plants are growing in ancient trail beds or  
> following bear tracks, the PCT seems to me like walking on the  
> Interstate.
> 
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