[pct-l] New PCT Guidebook

Wed Oct 6 12:23:52 CDT 2010

Erik the Black's guidebooks are truly the only guidebooks anyone will NEED.  The other guidebooks are great references, but Erik's books are thorough, concise and devoid of cumbersome narrative.  The narrative is nice when leafing through it in the comfort of your living room, but serves heavy and tedious on the trail.  Go to  http://blackwoodspress.com/blog/ for all the information.  Probably not news to most people, but I thought it would nice to give Erik the plug he deserves.

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Today's Topics:

   1. Being away from civilized life
      (Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes)
   2. Re: SAD NEWS !! (Bill Burge)
   3. New PCT guide book (Spring)
   4. Re: New PCT guide book (tom aterno)
   5. Spam (Meridith Rosendahl)
   6. Re: SAD NEWS !! (dicentra)

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From:

Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>

To:

pct-l at backcountry.net

Subject:

[pct-l] Being away from civilized life

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 06:43:05 -0700

I probably talked about town as much as anybody else, including the venerable Billy Goat who I talked about what we were going to do in town plus what we did in the previous towns for half an hour. We talked about the beauty of the trail for five minutes. And what was our activity in town? Eating. 

I and the people I talked to were hungry. It wasn't that we didn't bring enough food, it's that the food we brought wasn't refrigerated, fresh, ample or abundantly available. It didn't have bubbles or ice or 5% butterfat. Walk 20 or more miles a day and these things may become important to you, too. 

We also talked about town because of the people we met along the way. Town became where I caught up with people I met and met new people to remember. Town becomes a part of the trail in that respect, part of the trail community. 

I only spent perhaps 5 days of the entire 6 months I spent hiking the PCT hiking deliberately (as opposed to leap-frogging) with another person. I hiked the trail in two sections, 2008 and 2009, with a little additional section in the Sierra this year. I forged my own route from Santa Barbara to Hiker Town via trails in the very lonely and very remote mountains behind Ventura/Ojai/Filmore. I saw no footprints on that portion of my journey except for those of bears. I had a very solitary, wilderness experience throughout my entire journey. 

I feel that I lived outside of civilization for 6 months. I came to dislike walls and ceilings, dislike pillows and padding, dislike paying to sleep, dislike cars and noise and the way civilized people shout when they talk. I still looked forward to town for the chance to rest, the shower, the laundry and mostly the food. It was indeed a necessary evil. We are not rugged individualists living off the land. We are just backpackers and we're dependent on modern technology to accomplish this incredible journey. Not a single person on the trail could have done it without the help of the internal combustion engine and cheap oil at the very least. 

Town also marked my progress in a concrete way. 

You can take zero days on the trail, but you still have all these tasks to complete when you get to town. It becomes more efficient of your time to take zero days in town so you can complete your tasks and return to the trail. No need to stop at every town. No need to party with frat boys if you aren't interested. No need to visit some of the famous trail angels if you don't like crowds. It's not a total either/or thing. 

My point is you can enjoy town, look forward to it and talk about it and it doesn't take away from having a wilderness experience. 

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From:

Bill Burge <bill at burge.com>

To:

zaqueltooocool at gmail.com

Cc:

PCT MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net>

Subject:

Re: [pct-l] SAD NEWS !!

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 07:36:34 -0700

For anyone else who received one of these...

These are usually scams perpetrated by people who have hacked other people's 
email accounts.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Email-Scams-83600577.html

Points:

She has little or no reason to contact me personally.
I don't recall any mention of a London trip 
    (though not close enough to _really_ know these things, see previous.. ;-)
England has very strict gun control, so unless she was robbed with a shotgun or 
vintage rifle...
    (ok, that might be a little tongue in cheek, 'cause if you're going to be a 
robber you probably don't care if pistol ownership is a crime!)

Please verify offline with Andrea before attempting to send any money.

BillB

On Oct 6, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Andrea Dinsmore wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but
> it's because of the situation of things right now.
> 
> I'm stuck in London,England with my family right now, we are here on a short
> vacation then I was robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash and cards and my
> cell phone was stolen at GUN POINT, it's such a crazy experience for us, we
> need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive
> but the good thing is we still have our passports and return tickets but
> currently having troubles paying off the hotel bills and also getting a cab
> to take us to the airport.
> 
> All i need is $2,500.00 but anything you can spare right now will be
> appreciated and I promise to refund it to you as soon as I arrive back home
> safely.. You have my word !!
> 
> Take Care, Andrea

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From:

Spring <kjssail at yahoo.com>

To:

pct-l at backcountry.net

Subject:

[pct-l] New PCT guide book

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:24:08 -0700 (PDT)

Hi -
There is a new hiking guide for the PCT due out in about a month.  "The Pacific 
Crest Trail" (quite an original title!) by Brian Johnson (ISBN 9781852845889) 
and published by Cicerone.  It is less than $20 from Amazon.  I remember bumping 
into Brian on the trail in the summer of 2009, and he was convinced it would be 
the only book you would need to prepare for and hike the PCT.  I believe it 
contains maps as well.  Cicerone is a very big British publisher with hiking 
guides for all of Britain and much of Europe.  It will be interesting to see how 
this guide will be recieved and what it will or will not replace.

cheers, Spring

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From:

tom aterno <nitnoid1 at yahoo.com>

To:

Spring <kjssail at yahoo.com>

Cc:

pct-l at backcountry.net

Subject:

Re: [pct-l] New PCT guide book

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:30:45 -0700 (PDT)

I have Cicerone's JMT guide, and it offers a reasonable approach to hiking the 
JMT.  Wondering if they have an AT guide book.

The Incredible Bulk

________________________________
From: Spring <kjssail at yahoo.com>
To: pct-l at backcountry.net
Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 8:24:08 AM
Subject: [pct-l] New PCT guide book

Hi -
There is a new hiking guide for the PCT due out in about a month.  "The Pacific 
Crest Trail" (quite an original title!) by Brian Johnson (ISBN 9781852845889) 
and published by Cicerone.  It is less than $20 from Amazon.  I remember bumping 

into Brian on the trail in the summer of 2009, and he was convinced it would be 
the only book you would need to prepare for and hike the PCT.  I believe it 
contains maps as well.  Cicerone is a very big British publisher with hiking 
guides for all of Britain and much of Europe.  It will be interesting to see how 

this guide will be recieved and what it will or will not replace.

cheers, Spring

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Meridith Rosendahl <meridith.rosendahl at gmail.com>

To:

pct-l at backcountry.net

Subject:

[pct-l] Spam

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 08:47:22 -0700

Someone has hijacked Andrea Dinsmore's email address.  If you receive a
request from her asking for money because she's been held at gunpoint, it is
probably not true.  I received another email some time ago from another
person and that's what it was - a hijacked email account.

Sorry about that, Andrea,
Meridith aka Piper's Mom

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From:

dicentra <dicentragirl at yahoo.com>

To:

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Subject:

Re: [pct-l] SAD NEWS !!

Date:

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 09:15:41 -0700 (PDT)

She's still posting on Face Book so I knew it had to be a hacker. Geez. She's 
trying to get it fixed now.

~Dicentra

http://www.onepanwonders.com ~ Backcountry Cooking at its Finest
http://www.freewebs.com/dicentra

________________________________
From: Bill Burge <bill at burge.com>
To: zaqueltooocool at gmail.com
Cc: PCT MailingList <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Wed, October 6, 2010 7:36:34 AM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] SAD NEWS !!

For anyone else who received one of these...

These are usually scams perpetrated by people who have hacked other people's 
email accounts.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/tech/Email-Scams-83600577.html

Points:

She has little or no reason to contact me personally.
I don't recall any mention of a London trip 
    (though not close enough to _really_ know these things, see previous.. ;-)
England has very strict gun control, so unless she was robbed with a shotgun or 
vintage rifle...
    (ok, that might be a little tongue in cheek, 'cause if you're going to be a 
robber you probably don't care if pistol ownership is a crime!)

Please verify offline with Andrea before attempting to send any money.

BillB

On Oct 6, 2010, at 6:39 AM, Andrea Dinsmore wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm sorry for this odd request because it might get to you too urgent but
> it's because of the situation of things right now.
> 
> I'm stuck in London,England with my family right now, we are here on a short
> vacation then I was robbed, worse of it is that bags, cash and cards and my
> cell phone was stolen at GUN POINT, it's such a crazy experience for us, we
> need help flying back home, the authorities are not being 100% supportive
> but the good thing is we still have our passports and return tickets but
> currently having troubles paying off the hotel bills and also getting a cab
> to take us to the airport.
> 
> All i need is $2,500.00 but anything you can spare right now will be
> appreciated and I promise to refund it to you as soon as I arrive back home
> safely.. You have my word !!
> 
> Take Care, Andrea

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