[at-l] Re: taking maps/compass or not...

[kellyswhitman at hotmail.com (Kelly Whitman)]

>### But there IS another reason to carry maps -- that Weary
>hints around: when there is an emergency, and you need to get
>someone (yourself included) off the ridge as soon as possible,
>there is simply no way to make an informed choice as to the best
>combination of distance, route, and trailhead, except with a
>map.

That's a good point.  I read somewhere once that someone who was thruhiking 
with a digital camera took a pic of maps posted along the trail and used 
those.  That's obviously not as reliable has having a paper copy with you, 
but still interesting.

Kelly Whitman
INTP
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