[pct-l] Yogi's Guide - don't leave home without them

[metam01 at earthlink.net (Monty Tam)]

Yogi

How do we get your book? (When, Price, Address and other instructions)
Will there still be a few at the KickOff too?

Monty

> [Original Message]
> From: yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
> Date: 1/4/2005 8:23:33 AM
> Subject: [pct-l] Guidebooks - don't leave home without them
>
> I got three emails this weekend from 2005 PCT hikers asking 
> some form of this question:
>  
> "Do I need to carry the Guidebooks, or is the Data Book 
> enough?  I'm trying to reduce my pack weight and the 
> Guidebooks seem like unnecessary weight."
>  
> Yes, yes, yes, you need to carry the Guidebooks!!  You need 
> the maps, you need the text description of the trail.  PCT trail 
> junctions are rarely signed with a "PCT that-a-way" arrow.  
> Instead, the trail sign (if there even is a sign) will have something
> like "Shadow Lake" and an arrow.  The other trail at the same 
> junction may be signed as "Blue Lake" with an arrow.  You have 
> to choose which trail to take, and the Guidebook maps/text tell 
> you where to go.  
>  
> The Guidebooks not only have maps and text description for the 
> PCT, but for many alternate routes as well.  The official PCT is 
> made to accommodate horses.  Many of the alternate routes 
> are cool hiker-only trails.  Someone told me once that his 
> theory on choosing a route is "always take the most scenic 
> route".  Sometimes, the official PCT is less scenic than an 
> alternate.  
>  
> PCT hikers do not carry a whole book.  We tear the books 
> apart and carry only the pages needed for the section we're 
> hiking.  Guidebook pages for future sections are put into 
> bounce boxes or resupply boxes.
>  
> Guidebook pages are not unnecessary weight.  You need 
> to have them with you.  It's part of being prepared.  If you 
> were taking a road trip to a part of the country you'd never 
> been to before, you'd have road maps in your car, right?  
> The same is true for the PCT.  Guidebooks - don't leave 
> home without them.
>  
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>  
>  
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