[pct-l] Map and Guide feedback request.

[Trekker4 at aol.com]

When I see a post like this, it exasperates me.  Reddirt, you have every 
right to ask for whatever you want on this list, but  you're expecting others to 
do your homework, take a bunch of time explaining  what can't be explained in 
an email, and clog up the list with explanations that  are written elsewhere. 
If you're not willing to spend the book and map money,  you shouldn't impose on 
others due to that decision; I don't know how  you can afford to hike if you 
can't afford the basic info. "Hike your own  hike." is a perhaps overused, but 
very, very true expression. I'm starting a new  one: "Be responsible for your 
own hike."
    The PCT color topos are available on CD from  More Than a Mile, partial 
others on the Inet, partly in the PCT  Handbook(s), and, when completed, from 
the Forest Service. Black &  white topos are in the Guidebooks; at the very 
least buy the  Guidebook for whatever you want to hike!
    The Guidebooks are "old", but very little has  changed; most corrections 
and changes are on the Wilderness Press  site. Yogi's Handbook has a lot more 
than town info, and  is just as valuable, with more up to date info about some 
things; her  changes are on her site. The Databook is also very useful; it's 
on  the Inet in .pdf, since it's possibly out of print at present. Jardine's  
PCT specific info is probably the most outdated.  
 
Did I mention  that I'm occasionally opinionated?
Bob  "Trekker"
Big Bend Desert Denizen
Naturalized Citizen - Republic of  Texas



In a message dated 2/16/2009 8:45:02 P.M. Central Standard Time,  
reddirt2 at earthlink.net writes:

I  haven't purchased any guide literature or maps yet for the long section I 
am  planning.  VVR to Timberline OR.
I read a couple reviews on the basic  Pacific Crest Trail books and all 
suggest rather dated material.  Also  don't see the new PCT maps covering N.Cal 
that I would like to have.  I  know nothing of Yogi's book, but am under the 
impression it is more orientated  towards towns and services available along the 
way.  I'd like to know  what others think so I don't have to buy a bunch of 
stuff and pick through it  if it can be avoided.  I have Jardine's book from back 
in the day which I  have been using to set basic itenerary for myself and 
pick my  resupplies.  I'm familliar with the Sierra through to Sonora Pass, and  
those sections I have not hiked I have maps for.  It's from there north  I'd 
like to read up on and I understand there are some dry stretches besides  Hat 
Creek Rim I need to be prepared for.    
So I'd just like  hear some feedback from those familliar with what's out 
there.     
Resupply points I have been to or used are VVR, Tuolumne, Sierra City, Old  
Station, Burney Falls store.
Thanks,
Stephen          
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