[at-l] Maybe not a new idea

[greyowl@rcn.com (greyowl@rcn.com)]

A good idea, but there are copyright issues that would have to be resolved  Also the two books come out at approximately the same.  Last year I was a section editor for the Companion.  It is wonderful book, but I would never take it on the trail.  Last year Ram Bunnie called me for a shuttle for her two friends.  While talking with her she pulled out her Data Book and in the Margins were all sorts of notation, some I am sure from the Companion, some from her first Thru and some from her current hike.  I have started doing that with an old version of the companion that I own.  It is much smaller and a lot less weight than the companion.

Grey Owl
aka Bob Dudley
 
> Hi folks,
> 
> Maybe this isn't anything new on this list but...
> 
> As much as I like the Thru-Hiker's Companion, I found that it lacked in a 
> number of helpful, useful data items.  Most, if not all of these lacking 
> items could be found in the ATC Data Book.  Wouldn't it be the 'berries' if 
> the two could be combined into one resource, rather than having to carry 
> each book, or pages from each.  What I found VERY helpful [and missing from 
> the Companion] were the location of campsites and side trails on the AT, 
> plus the mileage of each from the other, and of course the facilities one 
> could more or less expect.
> Would it be an impossible task if the two organizations and compilers could 
> get together and develop one resource?  Anyone in favor of this?  rusty