[pct-l] nPower PEG

[Kevin Cook]

You're looking at it wrong. It's not gathering data for a specific hike.
It's taking that data and averaging it with all the other data collected.
You're right, we all take a slightly different route, but there is more
sameness than difference. It's the sameness that is more valuable.

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 7:23 AM, Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:

>
> On Mar 26, 2011, at 2:01 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
> > the more data we collect, the more accurately we have the trail
> > mapped.
>
> I have to laugh here, sorry. First of all, I don't think there's been
> a PCT hiker yet who has hiked every step of the trail. With snow and
> fire detours it's not likely you'll get an accurate mapping of the
> trail to begin with. And even if you get a good reading of the path
> that YOU took, your chances of doing it again the same way are pretty
> low considering there will be new fire detours, fire detours lifted
> and new snow conditions next time you go. But enjoy your project. I
> know it is satisfying to get the line that you walked marked on a map.
>
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