[at-l] in support of maps...

[Slyatpct@xxxxxxx (Slyatpct@xxxxxxx)]

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LOL... hiking around in the dark when you're lost isn't very wise.  Don't get
me wrong maps may come in handy on the A,T if you know how to use them.
Everyone should have a general idea of where they are and how to get back
from which they came.

Not including meatheads that venture into the Whites unprepared and white
outs, has anyone got truly lost on the AT for more than a hour or two with or
without maps?

Sly



sloetoe@yahoo.com writes:

> But when it's dark, raining cats and dogs, mud is getting into
> the laceration and you're beginning to shiver from the wet and
> hunger, it's a bad time to think "Which way?"
>
> There are a number of ways to stretch out, minimize, scavenge,
> and do double-duty with any *amazing* array of combinations of
> your equipment, but going "out" without a map should NOT be one
> of them. Cuz the day you neeeeeeeeed that map will not be a good
> day in some *other* respect.
>