Re2: [at-l] AD Policy

[kahley7@ptd.net (kahley)]

At 07:04 PM 8/7/01 -0400, Mara Factor wrote:
>I also like the idea of a shelter "notebook" with important "local" 
>information - from emergency numbers, to small informative ads, and maybe 
>even a bit of area history.

Oooooh..good idea!  I read recently , maybe in Ready's Journal, about the 
oldest
section of trail.  And in Ken's about the oldest covered bridge.  That's 
the type of stuff
I'd like to read.  I know I could get it from a book, but casual hikers and 
cheapskates
don't always buy the books but might benifit from such enlightening 
factoids.  Another
BRAVO





>Small roadside signs would also be useful.  While there are many crossings 
>where it's obvious what road you're on, there are other areas where if you 
>have to count roads, sometimes you don't know whether to count that 
>slightly overgrown old but still passable road you just passed.  Not all 
>maps are all that useful in those situations.
>
>Mara
>Stitches, GAME99
>
>>From: Trailwife@aol.com
>>Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 05:41:24 EDT
>>
>>...
>>Generally when registers are placed by Maintaining clubs, or shelter adopters
>>such information is included. These generally also inclued the numbers of the
>>proper police, rescue, medical and like emergency services. It's the ones
>>placed by hikers that don't have such information.
>>
>>The OldRidgeRunner
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