[pct-l] Halfmile maps, 2014 vs 2015

[walt Durling]

After all that, your steaks are probably burned! :). All good

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> On Feb 15, 2015, at 19:31, Paint Your Wagon <n801yz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hey Walt- 
> 
> Wuz up? 
> I’m grilling some rib eyes and mushrooms on the barby... 
> listening to Pandora- 
> got some Todd Snider on, 
> banging out the song Beer Run. 
> lol.
> 
> I want to be clear- 
> I am not advocating going map-less. 
> I am more or less paying tribute to the trail builders, 
> designers, 
> advocates, 
> maintainers, 
> users, 
> volunteers and donors, 
> when I say that you COULD go map-less. 
> I would never consider such a feat, 
> at least in my rookie year, 
> but by maturing into a more seasoned hiker, 
> I marvel at the simplicity of the trail, 
> and with just a bit of trail sense, 
> realize that the ol’ trail keeps going like the Ever-ready Rabbit. 
> I am not feeling a need to be defensive, 
> but to be more clear in what I meant. 
> My habits as a rookie, 
> were double and triple in redundancy. 
> Fast forward to last year; 
> mile # 695... 
> I was west of Olancha Peak and east of a nondescript peak, 
> both of which were easily discernable on the maps of Half Mile. 
> I drew a straight line through the peaks and estimated that I was in the path of the line and on the trail at that exact point. 
> It was a bit of an epiphany for I acknowledged that I finally grasped the usefulness and practicality of using a topo. map, 
> and more importantly, 
> the realization that I could actually read a map and tell well the hell I was in relation to the terrain, 
> the map, 
> and my physical position.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Time to eat!
> 
> PaintYW 
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