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[pct-l] Sleeping bags, dogs, and guidebooks



Regarding Guidebooks --- Following the PCT is completely 
different from following the AT.  On the PCT, many junctions 
do not have trail signs.  If there is a sign, it rarely indicates 
the PCT.  Instead, it will name a landscape feature or the local 
name of the trails.  Without the guidebooks, you won't know 
where to go.
 
The Data Book give you basically a table of every landmark, 
mileage north from Mexico, elevation, which Guidebook map 
the landmark is on, and the mileage difference from the 
previous landmark.  An absolutely essential book to carry.
 
And, of course, I would recommend my book.  
Information is at www.pcthandbook.com
 
The cost for all of these books is about $100.  
A small price to pay to stay found on the PCT.
 
yogi
www.pcthandbook.com


MedusaJ@aol.com wrote:
Hi! My first post--I'm a citizen of the at-l an a graduate of the AT class 
of 04, but this is my first post on the pct-l. My trail companion and I are 
planning a thru-hike of the PCT next year, one of those hasty cobbled-together 
extreme on-a-budget thru-hikes of those who go from thru-hike to thru-hike, 
like addicts. Anyway. In so doing, we have some questions for all of you, and 
I'm sure more to come...

1. Sleeping bags. Do we really need sleeping bags for the first 700 miles 
of desert? Or would fleece liners or blankets do the trick? How cold does it 
really get in the desert at night? What about once you head into the Sierra? 
What kind of sleeping bag do you recommend for the rest of the hike--how low 
do they need to be rated?

2. Dogs. I know this is a very controversial question (or at least it is on 
the AT), but my companion left his dog at home all last summer and wants to 
know the feasiblity of bringing him on the PCT. How difficult is it really for 
a dog on the PCT? Is the water-carrying prohibitive? Has anyone brought a 
dog on a thru-hike? And does anyone have a used dog pack for sale?

3. Guidebooks. We saw both Yogi's book and the official guides in various 
places along the AT, but being in the extremely frugal way means that we're 
looking for cut-rate guides. Any chance anyone has some used ones for sale? 
We're trying to save money any place we can, so it would be great if anyone could 
share with us even their cut-up three-year-old guides.

Anyway, hope to see you all at the Kick-Off. (Not sure whether to use our 
trail names or not... The rumor on the AT is that that gets you beat up on the 
PCT....)

Melissa and Karl (aka Marzipan and County) 
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