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« Reply #15 on: December 06, 2006, 07:34:49 pm »

Zone camping is a great way to go.  Just be sure you have topography maps,  know how to read them and have enough water. A GPS is nice to have for sure.  Remember it is the desert and  everything out there wants to poke or cut you.  Enjoy!

Al

Moderator note:  followups on how to read topo maps have been moved to
http://www.bigbendchat.com/portal/forum/general-questions-and-answers/how-to-read-topo-maps-t4889.0.html
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