Appalachian Pages

[Furlough]

What is the physical dimension of the book?

Weight?

5 inches by 8 inches. No clue on the weight.

Furlough

[attroll]

5 inches by 8 inches. No clue on the weight.

Furlough

weight is 6.5 oz

[Doughnut]

In a ziplock, all the pages (entire book) unbound.... 6.7 oz, according to the scale I won at SORUCK (I love that thing)

Of course, just carry the pages you need.....

Dough Nut

[highway]

It sure does not take long to get an answer on Whiteblaze. Thanks for the prompt replies.

Now, AWOL, will Rebecca at our local Cocoa/Rockledge 'Basecamp' be selling them or should I order through your site?

[Doughnut]

ATTROLL,
Sorry, Didn't notice you'd already answered the question.

Dough Nut

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

I asked this in another thread, but I guess it got overlooked - are there any user options besides bound or unbound, NOBO or SOBO? The reason I ask is I'm a section hiker. Section hikers often hike over a number of years. Since there is an unbound option, it would seem the ability to sell the guidebooks in section would be there - this would give section hikers the ability to buy just the section needed for a particular year and to have the guide they used be up-to-date for the section they were actually hiking that year. This would be a huge plus for sectioners.

[rafe]

I asked this in another thread, but I guess it got overlooked - are there any user options besides bound or unbound, NOBO or SOBO? The reason I ask is I'm a section hiker. Section hikers often hike over a number of years. Since there is an unbound option, it would seem the ability to sell the guidebooks in section would be there - this would give section hikers the ability to buy just the section needed for a particular year and to have the guide they used be up-to-date for the section they were actually hiking that year. This would be a huge plus for sectioners.

Too bad you're writing off the simplest and most obvious answer, Dino... (you know my answer from that "other thread.")

[Frolicking Dinosaurs]

Terrapin - I like the format of this book much better than the ALDHA Companion. I'm just trying to find out if something along the lines of a multi-year subscription or a sell-by-section option is available from this source.

[BigCat]

I assume the source data comes from the same place as the Companion? The reason I ask is that last year I remember a couple of us being miffed at the crazy directions for water at Laurel Creek Shelter in Va:

Water is west on the A.T., 45 yards south of the shelter junction.

So we backtracked southbound and couldn't find the stream. Then after lunch we continued on, preparing ourselves to be thirsty when we saw a huge stream 45 yards in the nobo direction. Since day one, the Companion had taught us to consider the trail towards Maine as north and vice versa without regard for the actual compass heading. So here at the 659 mark they deviated from that plan?

So imagine my sadness when I saw the sample page on appalachianpages.com that had the same entry:

Water west on AT, 45 yrds south of shelter junction.

Who supplies this info? The trail clubs?

Why not just say:
"Water 45 yards north on AT" like every other similar entry?

Ok, /RANT OVER

[Terry7]

I just got my copy of A.pages. They came in at Mount Rodgers Outfitters [I never buy things thru the mail]. I like the lay out, my only gripe is I thought the town info was not as informative as the thru hiker. With that said, A.Pages will be the book I carry.

[warren doyle]

I don't worry about the compare/contrast discussion concerning the Companion, Appalachian Pages, Handbook simply because all I need is the ever-reliable, economical and mostly accurate AT Data Book.

[highway]

My local outfitter on the east coast of central Florida had some copies and I bought one this afternoon. I love the size, format and it even comes in a most pleasing darkish (olive) green color. What more could I ask?

The above stated weights for it were slightly off, though. On my calibrated scale the bound book, with correction page weighs 0.41 pounds or 6.56 ounces, still less than the Companion's 8.64 ounces

[kirbysf]

I think the Thru-hiker's handbook was getting out of date, because Wingfoot was burning-out (pure speculation on my part). One day (2007) while sitting in a laundromat in Erwing, I was considering doing a cycling trip of the East Coast, through all the Appalachian trail towns to help him update his map/services info, never got the chance to approach him about this because he....well we all know what happened.

No, what happened?

[Pedaling Fool]

No, what happened?

He's no longer part of the AT community.

[Almost There]

I ordered the book and got it in about a week. I like what I have seen so far of it.

[kirbysf]

He's no longer part of the AT community.

Why is he no longer part of the AT community?

[Pedaling Fool]

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...ilplace+closed

[dixicritter]

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...ilplace+closed

Better yet...

http://www.trailplace.com/farewell.html

[attroll]

I asked this in another thread, but I guess it got overlooked - are there any user options besides bound or unbound, NOBO or SOBO? The reason I ask is I'm a section hiker. Section hikers often hike over a number of years. Since there is an unbound option, it would seem the ability to sell the guidebooks in section would be there - this would give section hikers the ability to buy just the section needed for a particular year and to have the guide they used be up-to-date for the section they were actually hiking that year. This would be a huge plus for sectioners.

http://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/show...&postcount=115

[thia]

this book appears to be out of stock - $180.00 or so used on Amazon! any idea where to find it reasonably?