[pct-l] Pct-l Digest, Vol 24, Issue 6

[Mary Kwart]

Re: Using the guidebook  versus other maps or no map----I hiked section A and B from the Mexican border in California. I used cut out pages of the guidebook and also used Halfmile's maps, downloaded and printed ahead of time from the internet. The guidebook actually had an outdated topo base map on one section that did not show a road we had to detour on because of a helicopter crash last spring. 

I go back and forth between the two maps--what one doesn't have the other does. I also carry a National Forest map of the areas I hike in for safety--so I can bail off the trail if necessary. The National Forest map will show the trail in context with dirt roads so you can figure out a way to a main road if you need to that are not feeder trails for the PCT described in the guidebook.

The water source guide from the internet was also something I carried--it was absolutely essential for up to date info on the water sources in southern California. I planned my whole hike in those two sections around it.

--Fireweed

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