[at-l] Handbook/Companion/Data Book/Guide ??

[spiriteagle99 at hotmail.com (Jim and/or Ginny Owen)]

LOL !!!!!!   Yeah .............................

OK - so tell me - why is it that Ginny and I can't wait to get back there?

Walk softly,
Jim


>From: "Ken Powers" <kdpo@pacbell.net>
>To: "Jim and/or Ginny Owen" 
><spiriteagle99@hotmail.com>,<wdlists@optonline.net>
>CC: <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Handbook/Companion/Data Book/Guide ??
>Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2004 11:03:00 -0800
>
>You're pushing my hot button now!
>
>Yes, we found places where the USFS says the CDT will be put on the ground.
>When you see the ridge completely covered in forest and too rugged to cross
>you realize they will never put the physical trail on the ground there. It
>was some trail designers dream as he sat in an office somewhere.
>
>We ran into this problem in all the states. At one place in NM we were
>supposed to leave the dirt road and take a trail. The roads on the map
>didn't reflect the roads on the ground. We (5 of us in 3 groups over 2 
>days)
>couldn't find the trail. All 3 groups took different routes (roads) to
>Reserve. We even took a road that was not on the map for about 10 miles. We
>figured it had to cross another major dirt road that went where we wanted 
>to
>end up.
>
>We also remember those trails that were in the wrong place. And we had both
>sets of guides. The trail didn't match either sometimes. One of our 
>favorite
>rants is the new trail going north along the western border of Yellowstone
>NP. Several of us (in different groups)  in 2002 followed that trail until
>we realized where we were headed. This area has absolutely no water for
>several days. This is new trail constructed by USFS that no thru-hiker in
>his right mind will use. Talk about misuse of funds!
>
>Ahhh, the joys of navigating when there aren't white blazes every 100 feet!
>Frustrating, but rewarding in the end.
>
>Ken

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