Map & Compass, Resources

[Speed00007]

The mining towns/ghost towns you mentioned, are they open to the public?

[GearBuyersGuide]

fewer and fewer are

Places I used to climb around on ten years ago are now fenced off or new homes now..

But some are ownwed privatly and the respect of a phone call can go a long way

[ValProductions]

You can download the military manuals for free from globalsecurity*dot*org/militar­y/library/policy/army/fm/

replace the *dot* with . it won't let me post links

[GearBuyersGuide]

good point..

I printed a copy of the Ranger handbook at 25% scale and was able to print 4 pages per page, on a laser printer it's very readable still

[GearBuyersGuide]

Thanks, I hope people will add comments and refer us to the resources they like

[dragonflyhiker]

good info