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Title: Get this book and get lost
Review: Want to get horribly lost? Then get his book! The key to writing a useful guidebook is to put yourself in the shoes of the reader, something the authors of this book neglected to do. The misleading and incomplete directions in it got me lost both on the way to the trailhead and on the trail itself!The descriptions to the trailhead were vague and cryptic at best, with very few references to street names or landmarks. I had to depend on the kindness of strangers to get myself to the trailhead. And once on the trail, I had to depend on the park rangers to stay on the right track.While the book may make sense to the authors, it doesn't make sense to anyone who is new to the area (the very audience of this book). This book is in serious need of an outside editor who would have caught the many gaps in directions. I have no doubt that the authors know the region very well, but they did not do a good job communicating their knowledge.
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