[pct-l] Marmot

[Carl Siechert]

Great score, Marmot. At 10:2, you still got a great deal!

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.
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