[pct-l] New PCT Guidebook

[kcristler]

you are not alone. the wp guides are vastly superior to others. but only if 
you are more interested in the out of doors than the next town.
               kmc
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <diane at santabarbarahikes.com>
To: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2010 4:35 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] New PCT Guidebook


> I, for one, possibly the only one, LOVED the Wilderness Press
> Guidebook and all the flowery prose. It was a highlight of my evening
> to read it. I don't think I would have enjoyed the trip as much
> without the natural history to enlighten me. I would have walked
> around always wondering, what's this tree? What are these rocks?
> What's that mountain? Sometimes the flowery prose also saved my butt
> from getting lost. Of course those times were balanced out by the
> times I did get lost. But anyway, if you are a natural history
> person, a reader, an enjoyer of words, and a lover of trivia, you may
> want to carry the WP guide book. My boyfriend set off with only
> Eric's book and was frustrated not to have all that trivia. Being
> such a walking encyclopedia of little tidbits of arcane knowledge, I
> couldn't believe he went without it. I sent it to him and all was
> right with the world once more.
> On Oct 7, 2010, at 2:31 PM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Re: New PCT Guidebook
>
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