[pct-l] PCT Open trail Directory

[chancepctcdt at yahoo.com (Chance Money)]

  Hi Steve
   
  AsABat and I came out with a desire to deal with the water location / flow condition problem independent of each other and at the same time.
   
  However we have different views on how to do it. 
   
  AsABat 
  Wants to control the posting of information to help reduce reporting confusion
  Currently wants to limit the reporting range to the Southern California area which is considered to be the most critical area
  And wants to report on this area and those conditions over about a six month period.
   
  I want to 
  Experiment with a community reporting system where anyone who is interested can post in real time
  Open such a system to other not copyrighted data sets
  Report on the entire length of the trail 
  Focus on the narrow time frame when northbound long distance hikers are passing through
  And show year to year changes so that we can see what I think will be very dependable water flows for that time frame
   
  Initially, AsABat and I experimented with combining his data and mine. In his 2004 list I contributed information to his and he contributed to mine. Ultimately our systems are not all that compatible. In my 2006 thru hike I will be up dating the water conditions to the PCT Open Trail Directory and experimenting with the reporting of what I call trail confusion points.
   
  Maybe this sounds like a contradiction, but I fully support AsABats very excellent water report and will add to it if there is anything new to say.
   
  Chance
  

Steve Peterson <steve_peterson@sbcglobal.net> wrote: It isn't clear to me why it's useful to duplicate the effort that goes into

http://www.4jeffrey.net/pctwater


--Steve

Chance Money wrote:
>   Among new hikers, every year there is much fear and uncertainty concerning the availability of drinking water on the trail. On my 2003 thru hike I found so little reason for it, that on my 2004 thru-hike I decided to waypoint the water sources and provide some sort of commentary for them. 
>    
>   The first thing learned from this project was that existing water source information from the more popular guide books were developed with the year around hiker in mind. Thru hikers are distinctively different in that we pass through a given section of the PCT in a very narrow time frame. During that time frame, generally speaking, there is plenty of water. The only real problem is Oregon because we pass through there at the end of the summer and many sources have dried up by then. 
>    
>   The second thing learned from this project was that only the major water sources are listed by these popular guide books. There are a vast number of tiny trickles totally sufficient for the needs of thru hikers. So many in fact that it becomes difficult to list them. And most of them are cleaner than the big listed water sources.
>    
>   The third thing learned from this project is that the water trail angels have no ready means of coordinating their efforts or of keeping the hikers up dated to new developments. This is particularly true of one time only trail angels who have limited time and means to do something for the hikers. 
>    
>   I decided to enter my collected data from the 2004 hike in the form of a Wiki so that the PCT hiking  / riding community could update the listings on their own. Have a look to see if this is something that is useful to you or something you would be interested in contributing to. The content is currently focused on water but the format allows many other data sets to be included. On my 2006 hike I will be posting the locations of trail confusion points where the trail fades out or signage is damaged or missing. Chai Guy has kindly allowed his hot springs list to be posted. 
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>   http://www.seedwiki.com/wiki/pct_open_trail_directory 
>   
> Chance
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