[pct-l] Bring Guidebooks or Maps?

[Jason Moores]

'William Carlos Williams'

I should have guessed that you were a Beatnik at heart. We never would have
heard Ginsberg's Howl if not for Williams' influence.

"The stars about the beautiful moon again hide their radiant shapes, when
she is full and shines at her brightest on all the earth"-WCW

Hell, I thought you were one of them SF long-haired, Sierra Clubbin, Hippie
freaks ya hear so much about.

When you think about it, your loved Muir was the Beatest cat in Cali. in his
day.

Later, Dady-0

Jackass


On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:17 AM, Scott Williams <baidarker at gmail.com>wrote:

> Sorry, I didn't quite get the question.  I started with Half Mile's maps,
> Yogi's book and the Guidebook.  The guidebooks are great for the history of
> where you are, and that was fascinating, but I found that I used them less
> and less as the season progressed, and eventually sent them home.  I did
> less reading in the evening than I originally thought I would.  I hiked
> until near dark, had time to set up camp and had supper, or already had it
> somewhere on trail, and then just conked out.  I eventually only kept
> several pages from a book of William Carlos Williams' poems that I
> especially loved, and could read over and over without getting tired of.
>  Little Engine split the book with me and I just kept those poems that work
> like a great song or piece of music that you can hear again and again, and
> that was enough.  I just didn't have the energy to read the Guidebooks
> after
> a bit.  Maps and Yogi are the essentials for me.  The Guidebook is not.
>  Others may feel very different about this however.  And I did read them
> before leaving home about this time of year.
>
> Shroomer
>
>
> >
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