[pct-l] New version of The PCT Planner Online!

[Ron Cluster]

I really like the new format Craig. Just spent a few minutes entering our planned Ashland to Elk Lake section hike this August. Played with the adjustments a little also. Quick, easy to use, information is presented in a clear manner. Very nice job!

Password reset worked without any issues also.

Thanks for all your effort!

Ron in Eugene
Snowplow

PS: The brown trail plot does look much more realistic.....although part of the trail is darker, some is light grey, some is light brown.....work on that will you?<grin>


On Mar 8, 2011, at 1:54 AM, Craig Giffen wrote:

> Hey everyone,
> 
> Greetings after a decade or so hiatus from the list.  Dropping in to let you all know that I have a new version of the PCT Planning Program online:
> 
> http://www.pctplanner.com
> 
> Please! (please please) Let me know if you find any problems/bugs or something that isn't making sense.  You will need to reset your password (via the "forgot password" button), if your email address isn't linked up with your account please email me at cg at lunky.com or write me through the feedback form on the planner site.  I wanted to update the encryption used for the way the passwords are stored, so requiring you to reset your password was necessary. 
> 
> This version (version 4.0) is a complete rewrite of the version I put online in 2001.  I took ideas from a version I never finished in the mid 2000's and put them into this version.  The specific details are on the front page.  Please note that I removed all of the information about the resupplies.  Instead, I put a "notes" field for each resupply where you can put in whatever you want. 
> 
> I removed the resupply information because there are other sites/places out there now that keep this sort of thing more up to date.  It ain't 1997 anymore!  Most of my free programming time goes into humanclock.com and humancalendar.com now.  Because of this, I don't keep up on the day-to-day doings of the PCT so I've always been a bit uncomfortable in the back of my mind about the possibility of having incorrect information about the resupplies. (On a side note, I have been on the PCT for overnight trips in Washington and taken Human Clock photos of PCT thru-hikers, so I guess there is a little bit of overlap!) 
> 
> I've added the ability to customize each section and resupply to accommodate a variety of hiking styles.  I added a few features that have been requested over the years, such as the ability to have separate "on-trail" layover days vs. "in-town" layover days.
> 
> I mostly want the planner to serve as a guide to help estimating how much food to pack between sections and nothing more.  Part of the hiking experience is the great unknown that you can't plan for, hence trying to accommodate for variables such as lengthy water carries or your hiking mood/pace in relation to the current moon cycle is pushing it a bit too far I think.
> 
> When I was on the trail in 1996, one of my favorite "unknowns" was finding out about the Furthur Festival being in Reno in a couple days.  Suddenly getting to Echo Lake Resort was no longer a priority.  I walked a 34 mile day and slept off of Highway 50.  The next day I hitched into South Lake Tahoe with some hardcore hippy guy named Tom who picked me up in his beat up VW van.  I have no photos of him because he was a bit paranoid of my camera, nice guy though.  He ended up driving all the way to Reno.  I went to the show, met Bruce Hornsby, saw Los Lobos and a bunch of other bands.  A couple days later I was back on the trail.
> 
> Good luck to all the hikers this year!
> 
> take care,
> Craig
> 
> p.s. Today the server was up and down do to unrelated maintenance issues.  These should be resolved.
> 
> 
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