[pct-l] Organize Halfmile's maps

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

Hi Chris -

I've been corresponding with Grady at gradydarling at hotmail.com, but I think
he was planning to go to the printer today with his list of participants.
I'm sure it'd be worth your while to drop him a line and find out.  Good
luck!

JZ


On Wed, Feb 13, 2013 at 3:47 PM, C <chrisfoley81 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Has anybody heard what's happening with the gentleman in Oregon that's
> printing the Halfmile maps at a discount...is that still a green light? Or
> do we need to look else where...lost his contact info and signed up for the
> package deal :)
> Thanks
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Feb 13, 2013, at 1:07 PM, "Mary Kwart" <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > Hi, Wally--
> >
> > I carried Halfmile's maps on the trail in my pack in a gallon ziplock
> > bag--along with the pages of Yogi's guide for that section and the
> > WIlderness Trail guidebook pages. I only carried the ones I needed for
> > that section of the trail--I shipped the rest in my bounce box. In the
> > bounce box I just paper clipped the maps in bunches by section, then
> > used a small document clamp to keep them all together. I didn't need
> > to paper clip them together in my pack--I just folded them in half and
> > put them in the ziplock. Every night I would take out the maps I would
> > need for the next day and put the old maps in the ziplock. I wear a
> > long sleeved sun shirt on the trail, so during the day I kept the maps
> > I used folded in my front pocket of my shirt for easy access. Because
> > the maps have the page number and section number on them, they are
> > easy to organize in order.
> >
> > I never had problems with the ink bleeding out in rain, because my
> > rain jacket had a waterproof zippered pocket in front that I put the
> > maps in when it was raining.
> >
> > I looked at his maps frequently--they were great. I liked the fact I
> > could just reach down and whip them out of the pocket at a moment's
> > notice.
> > --Fireweed
> >
> >
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