[pct-l] Yogi's PCT Handbook -- New Edition

[jdawud at yahoo.com (Junaid Dawud)]

Dangit, I guess I should have waited to buy it.

oh well, I'll just have to be real nice to someone who
has a copy  on the trail next year, maybe they'll let
me look at their maps.

--------junaid #41PCT2006
I suppose you were expecting something witty.



--- yogi <yogihikes@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I'm proud to announce that I've just finished a new
> edition of "Yogi's PCT Handbook".  I'm really quite
> proud of this edition.  It's EXACTLY what I had in
> mind when I first created the book two years ago.  
>  
> So, what's different in this version?  Well, the two
> biggest changes are the addition of pictures to Part
> 1 (the big pages) and town maps to Part 2 (the small
> pages).  Several hikers contributed pictures, but
> the majority of the pictures are from Gottago. 
> She's got some amazing pictures on her site
> www.lindajeffers.com.  She was kind enough to let me
> print many of her pictures in the book.  
>  
> In September, I visited Ashland OR and all the
> California trail towns and created town maps. 
> Visiting all the towns again was a lot of fun!  I'm
> really pleased with how the maps turned out.  These
> are a great addition to the Part 2 pages of the
> book.  
>  
> If you already have a book and you're hiking in
> 2006, do you need to buy a new one?  That depends on
> how much of a data geek you are.  (big surprise --
> I'm a HUGE data geek).  This new edition has updated
> information from several 2004 hikers, Batteries
> (2005), and Scott Williamson.  Scott knows of a few
> secret springs which I've never heard of before.  If
> you'd like to have this new information with you
> when you hike, then get the new edition.  If not,
> then don't bother.  
>  
> Some people have emailed and asked me if I'll have a
> supplement available for those who have purchased
> the book already.  I started to create a supplement,
> but there were so many changes that it started to
> look suspiciously like the new "Part 2" pages.  So,
> I abandoned the idea of the supplement.  
>  
> Anything you order now is the new edition.  There
> are two options available.  You can get:
>  
> (1) the whole book 
> (2) or only Part 2 (small pages)
>  
> I have tentative plans to hike SOME TRAIL in 2006
> (not sure which trail yet).  As of today, I don't
> have any family members who are willing to mail out
> books for me next summer, so books PROBABLY will not
> be available to purchase between approximately April
> 15 through approximately November 1, 2006.  I'm
> working on my brother-in-law to convince him that he
> WANTS to help me with the mailing, but I haven't
> finalized that yet.  Soooooooo, if you want a book
> for 2006, be sure to order before hiking season.
>  
> Tonight, I'm boxing up all the books for people who
> have ordered in the last 2 months (I've been sold
> out for a while).  Any orders placed this week will
> be mailed out Monday after Thanksgiving.  After
> that, I should be back on track to send out books
> each day.
>  
> yogi
> www.pcthandbook.com
>  
>  
> 
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