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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Nice Pic's Mike Ground
Pounder</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=msaenz@mve-architects.com
href="mailto:msaenz@mve-architects.com">Mike Saenz</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=airecrew@netzero.net
href="mailto:airecrew@netzero.net">Pat Wormington</A> ; <A
title=pct-l@backcountry.net
href="mailto:pct-l@backcountry.net">pct-l@backcountry.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, January 10, 2008 11:21
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [pct-l] Marked trail at The
S. border..... and photos</DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I saw this thread,
but deleted it without reading- assuming others have responded with accurate
beta….<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">The PCT, in Sections
A, B and C is a broad boulevard… no marking or navigation skills necessary.
Even in snow, the trail is easy to pick out with perhaps a short little piece
where the trail passes through the San Jacintos between just below Tahquitz
and Skunk Cabbage Meadow- I did this in snow and the terrain is fairly flat
and the trees are spaced out enough so that trail disappears when covered. But
the half mile to Saddle J hugs the drop-off. You can’t get misdirected easily.
But if there’s no snow, that trail get so much use, it’s just as obvious as
the rest.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Signage isn’t really
necessary either. But at most all the intersection, there are some fairly nice
signs pointing the way.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">MAYBE the parts that
cut through dry creek washes in the desert can disappear in the soft sand, but
the PCT post markers are generally there to anticipate the difficulty. These
are very few and far between in the first couple
sections.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’ve hiked a lot of
the trails in the <st1:place w:st="on">Southern California</st1:place>
mountains. The PCT is by far the most consistently broad beaten path.
Particularly when it passes through the high use
areas.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">In the areas where
it’s just the PCT, the trail follows the most obvious routes in and out of
canyons and through ridges.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I’m trying to compile
all my photos from the Southern Terminus northward
here:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><A
href="http://oilcans-pct-photos.blogspot.com/">http://oilcans-pct-photos.blogspot.com/</A><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">I have photos up to
the top of Mission Creek in Section C. I just need to find the time post
them…<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial color=navy size=2><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: navy; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Cheers!<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT face=Tahoma color=black size=2><SPAN
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pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">On Behalf Of </SPAN></B>Pat Wormington<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:57
AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B>
pct-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [pct-l] Marked trail at The S.
border.....</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=black><SPAN
style="COLOR: windowtext"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT face="Times New Roman" color=black size=3><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> There is a trail maintenance crew
working at the <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Mexico</st1:place></st1:country-region> border North, this
month. Will the crew be making the trail easier to follow? I'll be
down there in March.
<BR><BR>Jollylopper<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV>
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