pablo wrote:Great post, I especially like the Devil's Rest trail description where they discuss the Primrose Trail. Although I've see photos of the Basil Clark signs posted here, in all the times I've done that route I've never seen one. I should keep looking.
I think I've seen one of those, but that's it. Seems there's always something new to find up there.
Looking at the map, it seems this Primrose Trail drops directly down (north) from Devil's Rest? I followed that a bit, once, but it seemed to really fade away quickly. I guess I need to give it more of a chance next time.
Splintercat wrote:Great finds, Karl! Thanks for scanning and posting -- great to see!
The second of your new additions is by a different author - did you notice that? Not someone I've heard of, though Keith Gunnar is well known as a landscape photographer. Maybe that's why they were in short succession?
OMGosh, no, I didn't look that closely. I was just so excited to see another one fall out of the folds. Jeeeze... That's embarrassing. I guess it does lend more weight to my original recollection of them only doing it once a month, though?
Edit: I just moved it into the Bump post. It was already scanned, and interesting, so I didn't see the need to completely get rid of it. But it isn't part of the Subject body of work, so that only seemed right.
Splintercat wrote:BTW, a fascinating factoid about Don Lowe's maps: they were hand-drafted with a Leroy lettering system, which isn't as remarkable as the fact that in the later editions (1980s) of their guides, he abandoned the tedious overlays of photos of topo maps and actually DRAFTED HIS OWN CONTOURS! For example, compare the maps in "50 Hiking Trails" to the original "100 Hiking Trails" and you'll see the difference. This represents a HUGE amount of drafting, and when I asked him about it back in the 1980s, he sort of shrugged it off and said that it just looked better than the red-on-topo photo design, since they had to overprint the red lines on a white mask on the topo photo - which was tedious on its own. Really amazing!
Wow, I'll have to take a close look at that sometime. I was just getting started in cartography in the early 80s, so I well remember the effort that went into all that. We had a guy up here in Vancouver, Phil Arnold, who continued to make *the* definitive Clark County maps until he was nearly 100. All by hand. Ink and mylar. Until just about a year ago, or so.
Y'know, looking up at that oddball one again... Can't believe it didn't hit me originally. No map! <grumble>
Well kinda, anyway. 
