[Philmont] Exp#727-h2 Trek 21 Journal - comment on maps

Kevin Mineart wrote:

<snip> One comment on this, based on the experience of a crew we met on the
trail, I would recommend that you get the sectional maps (3 sections of the
ranch, get the one or ones you need) and not just the overall map. There is
much greater trail detail shown on the sectional maps. <snip>

Logistics seems to prefer to do the markup on the overall map, and Kevin is
spot-on in pointing out that the route planning and hiking should be done
with the sectionals. I gave several colored fine point Sharpies to the crew
leader so he could carefully copy the logistics data onto the sectional map
without obscuring any of the trails we might want to use. We then left the
overall map in base camp, and had one source for all navigation and
decision-making.

>Ched Hudson
Troop 994, Fairfax Station, VA
Philmont '67, '04, '06

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Received on Thu Aug 24 20:14:28 2006