[pct-l] SOBO

[Scott Williams]

I'm bringing a globe next time and going SOBO.  That was just too much work
hiking up North last time.  I'm goin' down South!

Shroomer

On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:45 AM, CHUCK CHELIN <steeleye at wildblue.net>wrote:

> Good morning, TrailHacker,
>
> I think you’re correct.  The conventional terminology seems to be, “Up
> North, down South, out West, and back East”.   A 1:24,000 scale globe would
> be a real hoot.
>
> Steel-Eye
>
> Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2011 at 10:12 AM, <abiegen at cox.net> wrote:
>
> > Mike Chapman <altathunder76 at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >
> > I remember a journal from last season that ended in sadness and
> > gloom,it read "going SoBo for time purposes"  I then thought to
> > myself,didnt the record get beat going NoBo? Did these people think
> > that SoBo meant walking downhill to mexico?
> > >
> >
> > I checked my globe today. Going SOBO you start at the top of the globe in
> > Canada and kind of glissade down to Mexico which is much lower on the
> globe.
> > Lots of talk on the list about maps but a globe includes the curvature of
> > the earth which many thru-hikers ignore. Now if I can just get my globe
> to
> > double as a bear canister, I'll be set!
> >
> > TrailHacker
> >
> > "When my feet hurt, I can't think straight"
> > Abraham Lincoln
> >
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