[pct-l] what do thru-hiker map fanatics do?

[kdpo at gottawalk.com (Ken Powers)]

I agree with Yogi and we plan to do a similar thing on the ADT. I plan to
print the guide on the backs of maps and make notes in the guide side to
help the ADT Society in updating their guide.

One comment on meeting people along the trail - We have a hard time meeting
people at a specified time and place. Either the meeting time or place
really needs to be flexible. Tell them about where you will be and when and
hope they are flexible enough to work with those parameters.

Ken
www.GottaWalkcom
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "yogi" <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net>
To: "Connie Davis" <conniedavis@earthlink.net>;
<pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2005 12:11 PM
Subject: [pct-l] what do thru-hiker map fanatics do?


I know CDT hikers who did exactly what you described -- printed maps from a
CD and used the reverse side for a journal.  I think this is a GREAT idea!
When you get home and read your journal, you can flip the page over, look at
the map, and REALLY be taken back in time.

I haven't seen the PCT CD-ROM map set, so I can't comment on those maps.
But the maps in the Guidebooks are really all you need.  And they're cheap.

yogi
www.pcthandbook.com



Connie Davis <conniedavis@earthlink.net> wrote:
My son and I are thru-hiking this year and I love maps. What's a
person to do? It seems like most thru-hikers rely on the maps in the
guidebooks. I have grown accustom to perusing maps for pleasure, on
and off the trail. I like to know the names of places, have a little
color, write details on them as a record of the hike...

I've thought about printing my own maps (I have the CD-ROM map set) and
using the reverse sides as my journal. We will be attempting to
rendezvous with relatives and friends during the hike and will rely on
some unusual access trails.

I'd appreciate hearing different ideas about this.

Connie

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