[pct-l] Organize Halfmile's maps

C chrisfoley81 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 13 15:47:26 CST 2013


Has anybody heard what's happening with the gentleman in Oregon that's printing the Halfmile maps at a discount...is that still a green light? Or do we need to look else where...lost his contact info and signed up for the package deal :)
Thanks

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On Feb 13, 2013, at 1:07 PM, "Mary Kwart" <mkwart at gci.net> wrote:

> 
> Hi, Wally--
> 
> I carried Halfmile's maps on the trail in my pack in a gallon ziplock
> bag--along with the pages of Yogi's guide for that section and the
> WIlderness Trail guidebook pages. I only carried the ones I needed for
> that section of the trail--I shipped the rest in my bounce box. In the
> bounce box I just paper clipped the maps in bunches by section, then
> used a small document clamp to keep them all together. I didn't need
> to paper clip them together in my pack--I just folded them in half and
> put them in the ziplock. Every night I would take out the maps I would
> need for the next day and put the old maps in the ziplock. I wear a
> long sleeved sun shirt on the trail, so during the day I kept the maps
> I used folded in my front pocket of my shirt for easy access. Because
> the maps have the page number and section number on them, they are
> easy to organize in order.
> 
> I never had problems with the ink bleeding out in rain, because my
> rain jacket had a waterproof zippered pocket in front that I put the
> maps in when it was raining. 
> 
> I looked at his maps frequently--they were great. I liked the fact I
> could just reach down and whip them out of the pocket at a moment's
> notice.
> --Fireweed
> 
> 
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