[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 132, Issue 2

[marmot marmot]

Thank you. What do you mean by a soft copy of Ley’s map? I don’t understand the use of the word. I’m guessing that that info is better than the sometimes 20 year old maps that were available in ‘96. A few years ago I rehiked the San Juans. I was amazed at the amount of trail and signs. I touched and sometimes hugged those signs. 
Marmot

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> On Jul 13, 2020, at 10:22 AM, Tim Umstead <tumstead96 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> We did the CDT in  2017 and we choise to hike the Gila high route.  The
>> offical route has very little water on it and In '17 most of the sources
>> were dry.  The Gila high route starts after Doc Campbell's.  It stays above
>> the Gila, to the souh, and had plenty of water souces.  It also had a lot
>> of pine trees keeping it cooler then the river valley.  The high route was
>> solid trail, which is uncommon in NM.  The high route does cross the Gila
>> toward the end of the Gila alt, so you have a choise of finishing the high
>> route or the Gila alt, a little ways before Snow Lake.
>> 
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> 
>> I'm not the greatest fan with Guthooks app, but it is the only option on
>> the CDT.  We carried paper maps, Gunhook's app, and a soft copy of Ley's
>> maps.  As our trip progressed I relayed more and more on the app, but I
>> still carried the maps.  Especially on the CDT, being able to, very
>> quickly, know where I was made my navagation a lot easier.  Becarful with
>> the social infor on Guthooks app.  The use of that information is hit and
>> miss.  You might read about a water tank being dry and when you get there
>> find it full.  Then rereading the social entry you discover that it was 3
>> years old.  I would normaly argue that old data should be deleted, but I
>> remember one entry that was over five years old.  It gave directions on
>> what colored wires had to be connected where to get the water pump
>> running.  Without that information we would have had a long dry walk to the
>> next water source.
>> 
> 
> Ley map: I wish he would cut out all the very old information.  That being
> said Ley's maps showed alt's that the app and maps did not have.  There
> were times this was very useful.  I is not a big deal to get an app like
> Avenza Maps and a soft copy of Ley's maps.  That way they can be consulted
> as necessary.
> 
> The Ravens
> PCT 96, 15, CDT 17, AT 19
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