[pct-l] yogis book

[Edward Anderson]

There's a lot more to the PCT than just the route and the towns that you will visit as a hiker.  There is the incredible beauty - the plants, animals, and geology that is, to me, by far the most important part of the experience.  The Natural History.  I recommend that you also bring the pertinent pages from the Wilderness Press books to help you better appreciate what you can see as you hike. As a rider, on a horse, I saw a lot more of the scenery than I ever did when I was a hiker.  As a hiker, especially if you are going fast to make those miles ( I'm thinking of one-year thru"s) you must spend a lot of time just looking at the trail so you don't trip. My horse, Primo, watched the trail leaving me free to look in all directions and even check out pages of the WP book for descriptions of what I was passing through.  I mostly lived on the trail and never visited towns if I could avoid them.  They were a distraction. I drove ahead and
 cached my resupplies well off the trail or near road crossings - always very well camouflaged.  And, after recovering them as I rode north, I re-camouflaged the cache location.  Leave no trace. So, I suggest that you bring pages from Yogi's book, Halfmile's maps, and pages from the WP guides.

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From: Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>
To: Sir Mixalot <atetuna at gmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, October 4, 2011 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] yogis book

Yogi's trail book, ripped apart into pertinent sections, and her laminated
resupply cards, were the most common guides used on trail in 2010.  Every
person I hiked with had copies, and we were always surprised when we heard
of anyone, (there were a few) not having them.  They are incredibly useful
when you get into places, especially towns you don't know, where they give
you some idea of which end is up, what direction is the best store, post
office, or ice cream parlor, it's all in there.  (Speaking of which, I just
got a call from Max Chill who had his whole, PCT1 trail crew at the little
store in Etna for the great ice cream.  The rain was coming down and they
will be out there working trail again all this week.  That's trail
angeling!!!).  Her books have a great reputation and were genuinely liked
for their humor and accuracy by all I hiked with.

Download Half Mile's maps and buy Yogi's book and you'll be pretty well set
for guide material.  If you're up for the walk, and just keep putting one
foot in front of the other, you'll have a good chance of making it.

Shroomer
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