[pct-l] Which book?

[calliger at infolane.com (rjc)]

Well said! Bravo!!

Self-reliance/determinism was an huge part of my hike and still is
today. But I learned that in the Navy Survival school which happens
to be not too far from the PCT per se off highway 79. (or is it 78??) in SoCal.

In reality one actually can become a danger to others (besides themselves)
such as the knowledge of, but the lack of, carrying sufficient water when 
you KNOW you
will need 6-8 liters for the next stretch and only carry 3! Mooching off 
others then puts
them, possibly, into dire straights, as compared to, of course, not having 
mooched water.
(I believe there was a recent "testimonial" posted to this fact, and no 
innuendo meant herein.)

At 08:58 AM 2/8/2005, Eric Lee (GAMES) wrote:
>Gren wrote:
> >
>1) For the most part, it is obvious where the trail
>goes.
>
>2) AsABat provided a printed water report for southern
>Cal at last years ADZPCTKOP gathering.
>
>3) The best re-supply list is off of the PCTA web site
>because it will allow you to print out shipping labels
>
>http://www.pcta.org/planning/before_trip/labels.asp
>
>4) Almost all hikers have way too much trail
>information and are glad to share it.
> >
>
>I guess it depends on exactly how high Maurice's "adventure tolerance"
>is.  Maurice, I can't tell you what you need for your desired hiking
>style, but I can tell you that I wouldn't go without the PCTA guidebooks
>myself.
>
>Yeah, the trail is obvious in most places, but it's not as well-marked
>as the AT and in those places where it's not obvious, if you don't have
>a guidebook to give you expected landmarks you could walk *quite* a ways
>in the wrong direction before you figured out that you weren't on the
>PCT any more.
>
>Detailed water reports exist for Southern California, but water can be
>an issue anywhere along the trail and knowing in advance where to look
>for signs of a spring, etc. can be a huge help.  It's no fun to
>accidentally wander into a 20-mile waterless stretch without preparing
>for it, and those stretches exist in places other than southern Cal.
>
>Resupply points are generally not as close together or obvious as they
>are on the AT and often require some knowledge of what roads lead where.
>The guidebooks are invaluable here as well.
>
>This is just a personal peeve of mine, but I dislike the idea of
>thinking, "Well, other hikers will have the info I need; I'll just get
>it from them."  To me, a thru-hike is about self-reliance (among other
>things) and mooching off other people can get annoying (for both the
>moocher and the moochee).  That's just my personal opinion.
>
>So, all of that to say that if it were *my* hike, I'd at least carry the
>PCTA guidebook sections with me.  I wouldn't have to read them unless I
>wanted to, but if I got stuck at least I'd have a way to help myself.
>
>Eric
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