[pct-l] Data book and Maps - a little perspective

[Kevin Cook]

FYI, I printed the postholer version of the data book using Adobe's function
that lets you put multiple pages on one sheet. With 4 pages per sheet,
double sided, it is only 8 sheets of paper for the entire trail!

On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 1:51 PM, Austin Williams <
austinwilliams123 at gmail.com> wrote:

> This is a good example of how different people's hiking style can be.  I
> had
> the exact opposite experience.  I used my maps far more often then I
> checked
> the data book.  I used the databook for pretrip planning and didn't use it
> much during the trip.  In fact, if I had left the databook at home I
> wouldn't have missed it much.
>
> The maps on the other hand... I checked them several times per day.
>
> Seems it depends on lot on hiking style and what kind of pretrip planning
> hikers do.
>
> I did meet and occasionally hike with a few people who were very much into
> their databooks though.  I think that's interesting.
>
> You know.... it might depend on the type of maps you have.  If your maps
> have elevation profiles and distances marked.... I don't you'd use your
> databook as much.
>
> Just MHO.
>
> -Austin
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