[Cdt-l] Stephen pern and His Great Divide Walk

[Patrick Beggan]

Sounds like a long-term aspiration to me. Maybe after I'm a triple- 
crowner I'll walk the actual divide. :P


On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Jim and/or Ginny Owen wrote:

> Doug -
> Re: Pern's book - I believe the words to keep in mind are "literary  
> license".
>
> He may or may not have walked the actual Divide right from the  
> border - but in those days it was the Gray Ranch
> and hikers were not welcome.  Later, that first section became  
> Nature Conservancy land and hikers were even
> less welcome. Not sure who actually owns the land now - but hikers  
> are even less welcome now than at any time
> in the past.  In addition to being at greater risk of "encounters of  
> the illegal" kind.
>
> This was discussed at some length on cdt-l last year (Jan 2007).
>
> There have been a number of people who've intended or attempted to  
> walk "THE DIVIDE" all the way - but there
> are a LOT of land ownership issues and a LOT of places where doing  
> so requires technical climbing gear and experience.
> In 2006 we did hike with a couple who evidently belonged to a group  
> that hikes the Colorado Divide (not the Trail) -
> and gets a T-shirt for doing so. But we have no details about that.
> Walk softly,
> Jim
>
> http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/
>
>
>
> > From: doug-sue71 at comcast.net
> > To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
> > Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:58:27 -0500
> > Subject: [Cdt-l] Stephen pern and His Great Divide Walk
> >
> > I'm reading Stephen Pern's book The Great Divide. This wak was  
> done in the
> > more primitive days of the CDT. He started at Antelope Wells,  
> walked amost
> > directly west to the actual Divide and tried to follow it as much as
> > possible.
> >
> > Has anyone treid this route recently? Is it possible? His food  
> drops were
> > incredible- first one was in Silver City. He expected to reach it  
> in ten
> > days. Just starting the book so not sure if he does yet, but I am  
> wondering
> > about his starting route.
> >
> > -RedDoug
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Cdt-l mailing list
> > Cdt-l at backcountry.net
> > http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cdt-l mailing list
> Cdt-l at backcountry.net
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/cdt-l/attachments/20080111/da8f83ba/attachment.html