Re: [at-l] Carrying maps and guide books - where?

["Peter Nyberg" <pnyberg@pipeline.com>]

I used to to have a pouch attached to one sholder strap.  It was big enough
for a map, but not the guide book. The big problem I always had with this is
that I'd get tangled up in my straps every time I put on my pack.  This year
I switched to a belly bag.  I wasn't sure that I would like it, but I found
that I rarely noticed it until I'm ready to pull out the map, or trail
guide, or camera, or gorp, or ....  Well, it holds a lot of stuff.

The specific model I chose was the LL Bean All Purpose Hip Sack.  360 c.i.;
12oz.

Peter

Visit my hiking pages at http://www.pipeline.com/~pnyberg/Hiking/Hiking.html


-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Hewitt <thewitt@fairchildsemi.com>
Subject: [at-l] Carrying maps and guide books - where?


>OK, here's another last minute question.
>
>When I hike for a long weekend, I generally read the map, read the
guidebook,
>photocopy a page or two from the guidebook and take the photocopy and the
map in
>my pack inside a ziplock.
>
>Now I'm not going to memorize all the guidebooks or maps for the AT (yes I
like
>both, I like maps, I like guidebooks, I'll carry the weight...), so I plan
to
>carry the guidebook for the section I'm hiking, along with the appropriate
map.
>
>Where do you carry them so they are accessible?  I don't want to have to
drop my
>pack to check out the map or guidebook, yet I don't always plan to have
pockets
>available either.
>
>I was thinking about making some kind of map carrier that I can strap to my
straps...
>
>Suggestions?
>
>-Paddler


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