taking maps/compass or not... Re: Re[2]: [at-l] What about thebooks?

[lbooher at pure.net (lbooher)]

But twice, with maps in hand, we've chosen to go the wrong way because we 
couldn't tell from the maps which town had the most traffic or the best 
hitches or such.  In one case, we could go either way, but one way was much 
better.  Of course, we took the road less traveled.  <G>  Maps tell you a 
lot, but not everything.  anklebear


On Thu, 13 Nov 2003 13:28:31 -0800 (PST), Sloetoe wrote
> --- Slyatpct@aol.com wrote, on maps: I also said it "if money is
> an issue" you can get by fine without them.  Now when it comes
> to emergencies my feeling is it's best to make it to the next,
> of many, road crossing referring to the databook...
> 
> ### Kudos, Sly, on the determination to hike the AT, the PCT,
> and then the CDT, but that same determination is not serving you
> well on this topic. I hope you don't get jail time for
> strangling the poor yutz morally charged with hauling your
> compound-leg-fractured butt out of the woods when they pick a
> route that takes 5.5 rugged hours, and you find out at the
> bottom that there was a smooth route -- 3.0 hours to boot -- in
> the other direction. 2.5 hours without morphine can be a
> lifetime.
> 
> Haastoe
> 
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