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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ok but could be MUCH better, October 6, 2002
By A Customer
I will be the first toi admit that this is a needed book if you are planning a long distance AZT hike. However, this book could be much more helpful that it is. In comparison to great guidebooks such as the ones covering the Pacific Crest Trail and the Colorado Trail, this book is a stinker. Here are my gripes:-The trail descriptions are fairly detailed but would highly benefit from "data points" such as those found the PCT guidebooks. These things make planning a hike, especially one where distances between water sources are a concern, much easier. -The book needs maps. The maps it has are too vague, you will need to shell out more money in order to get maps that work. -The book breaks sections that are already short into even tinier sections. In some cases as short as four miles. This seems pointless to me. -Large sections of the book are unfinished. The unfinished sections of the book make up the majority of the trail, actually. This includes large sections of trail that have not been built yet, which is understandable. However, I find it extremely annoying that the authors failed to give a description for trail sections that are built, but just haven't been signed as the AZT yet. For example, the AZT through the Mazatzal Wilderness uses previously built trails and roads exclusivly. It would have been very easy for the authors to hike these sections and give a description of them, but they have failed to do that. They don't even give basic information like water sources. This means that besides buying this book you are going to have to dig for a ton of information. Personally, I'd rather get the info sheets from the ATA.
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