[pct-l] Marmot

[Henry Armitage]

A book scanner (search for that) can scan books that are laid flat beneath
them. Looks for an overhead automatic one.

Henry

On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 2:35 PM marmot marmot <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>
wrote:

> I stayed in a hostel in Courtenay BC Canada   They had a bookcase filled
> with so many used books. In all that mess were “The Pacific Crest
> Trail,Volume 1,Calif by Thomas Winnett copyright 1973 and The PCT volume
> 2,second edition ,1976. By Schaffer &Hartlines. There was a sign “take a
> book leave a book”.I asked “does that include the trail  guide books?” The
> owner said “yes of course”. I left 10 books. Not really believing that it
> really was ok, I felt a bit guilty for a couple of years. I could not
> imagine that he didn’t think they were special. Then I heard that hostel
> had burned down taking everything inside it maybe a year after I stayed
> there. Those old guidebooks are cherished by me. I often look at the old
> routes and maps and compare them to the route I took in my 2 thru hikes of
> the trail.
> The books are barely used. I don’t know how to put them online without
> cutting them apart. Absolutely won’t do that. They might not even be what
> you are talking about. Maybe you mean earlier routes.
> Marmot
>
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jul 14, 2020, at 1:52 PM, Town Food <pctl at marcusschwartz.com> wrote:
> >
> > On 7/14/20 1:37 PM, Carl Siechert wrote:
> >> We have gone back in a few places to revisit the '70s route. Makes for a
> >> nice loop trip: Go one way on current PCT, one way on old route.
> > This sounds interesting -- do you know of anywhere to get information
> about the '70s route these days?  For example, has somebody put the old
> maps online somewhere?
> >
> > -=Town Food
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