[cdt-l] To ask the obvious

[Mike DiLorenzo]

Sorry, maybe my point wasn't clear.  

We all know that a variety of maps are required to successfully navigate the CDT and all the conditions associated with it.  

However, my point was that there already exist detailed, topographical maps of the various different CDT routes, why does there need to be another bureaucratic initiative to make more?  Some one has already done what the Forest Service and CDTA and Backpacker propose to do.  Again, naively, I'm wondering why? Why does it need to be re-mapped?

d-low




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> From: spiritbear2k at hotmail.com
> To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 23:11:14 -0500
> Subject: Re: [cdt-l] To ask the obvious
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> Jonathan's maps are great, but we didn't find that they were sufficient for 
> our hike.  I still think that carrying larger scale maps (National Forest, 
> BLM, TI maps) is necessary for navigation on the CDT.  There are so many 
> side roads and trails that just don't show on Jonathan's maps - or that you 
> can't see where they end up.  If you get off track, it is really nice to 
> know that the jeep track you are on connects to another jeep track that you 
> can take to get back to the trail.  If you need to bail because of weather, 
> injury or fire, having the larger map can be a necessity to see alternative 
> routes.
> 
> Since the NF maps aren't topographic, Jonathan's maps were a real help.  
> However, my eyes had a hard time picking up a lot of the detail since we 
> printed on 8.5 x 11 paper rather than legal size.   I would definitely 
> recommend carrying them, but I also recommend carrying other maps as well.
> 
> Ginny
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> >From: Mike DiLorenzo <dilorenz at hotmail.com>
> >Reply-To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> >To: <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
> >Subject: [cdt-l] To ask the obvious
> >Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2006 03:13:32 +0000
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> >...But what's wrong with Jonathan's maps?  Why can't they be used for the 
> >purpose of "defining" the CDT on a Federal Level?  I know this is a naive 
> >question, which a bureaucratic answer, but CDT hikers since 2001 have been 
> >walking the length of the CDT navigating by these maps with great success.  
> >Again, I know this is naive, and yet it isn't.  Maps exist of the trail.
> >
> >Perhaps Bruce can comment on this?
> >
> >-d-low
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