From iceaxehikes at gmail.com  Sun Mar  4 21:46:03 2018
From: iceaxehikes at gmail.com (Matthew Edwards)
Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 20:46:03 -0700
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L
Message-ID: <CACOP0JwO1W1bnTqiGz1X7E4AeieUteeRYPxEr_4U=uWregvqTQ@mail.gmail.com>

I thought it all disappeared.
Haven't seen anything from PCT or CDT-L in my inbox for years.
Still in the Bighorns of Wyoming working at a wilderness lodge year round
as the maintenance man, wrench, snow removal guy and Breakfast chef.
Hiking the PCT CDT and AT completely ruined my life as it had been.
I had quite a tidy little box of a life.
Too small in fact.
Then I walked.
And after..
Took me three years back in the world until I got the courage to chuck it
all and move to Wyoming.
Now I live and work in the National Forest at 8,990 feet elevation
Drive snowcats and snowmobiles in winter and hike the mountains in summer
as time off allows.
Thinking of buying land here at the foot of the mountain and starting a
rental business while keeping this job so I can afford to build a shop,
cabin, septic, and well, and solar.
I was 40 years old to the day back in 2009 when i stood on the Mexican
border and started north.
Be careful out on them trails..
You may not be able to fit back in, what you pulled out of that stuff sack.
And if you don't act on it, it will tear you up inside until you do.
Life still isn't rainbows and butterflies (like the trail) but there is a
slow burning pleasant reverie, years on, from having made the effort.
I rarely pull the albums out anymore.
Never tell people about it unless a co-worker spills the beans.
I am almost afraid to think about it sometimes as if the memory might
shatter in my head.
But I secretly keep a full set of Jonathan Ley CDT maps printed double
sided on 11x14 paper, tucked away in a cabinet with my Sunnto compass and
MLD Exodus pack filled with going to Canada gear.
As the young folks say; "The struggle is real."
It was worth it.
Many thanks to everyone on and off this list who helped.
Many thanks!

A hiker once known as iceaxe.
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From baidarker at gmail.com  Sun Mar  4 23:37:59 2018
From: baidarker at gmail.com (Scott Williams)
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 05:37:59 +0000
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L
In-Reply-To: <CACOP0JwO1W1bnTqiGz1X7E4AeieUteeRYPxEr_4U=uWregvqTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Message-ID: <CAGxcj11bd8yLmv-Tr6f+n9fr7zKLsSOM6-jB01zpZ+50ByJtfQ@mail.gmail.com>

Yeah, we get ruined in the very best way!  Just knocked out the Te Araroa
and I know it won?t be the last.

Nice to hear what you?ve been up to Iceaxe.

Shroomer

On Mon, Mar 5, 30 Heisei at 4:46 PM Matthew Edwards <iceaxehikes at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I thought it all disappeared.
> Haven't seen anything from PCT or CDT-L in my inbox for years.
> Still in the Bighorns of Wyoming working at a wilderness lodge year round
> as the maintenance man, wrench, snow removal guy and Breakfast chef.
> Hiking the PCT CDT and AT completely ruined my life as it had been.
> I had quite a tidy little box of a life.
> Too small in fact.
> Then I walked.
> And after..
> Took me three years back in the world until I got the courage to chuck it
> all and move to Wyoming.
> Now I live and work in the National Forest at 8,990 feet elevation
> Drive snowcats and snowmobiles in winter and hike the mountains in summer
> as time off allows.
> Thinking of buying land here at the foot of the mountain and starting a
> rental business while keeping this job so I can afford to build a shop,
> cabin, septic, and well, and solar.
> I was 40 years old to the day back in 2009 when i stood on the Mexican
> border and started north.
> Be careful out on them trails..
> You may not be able to fit back in, what you pulled out of that stuff sack.
> And if you don't act on it, it will tear you up inside until you do.
> Life still isn't rainbows and butterflies (like the trail) but there is a
> slow burning pleasant reverie, years on, from having made the effort.
> I rarely pull the albums out anymore.
> Never tell people about it unless a co-worker spills the beans.
> I am almost afraid to think about it sometimes as if the memory might
> shatter in my head.
> But I secretly keep a full set of Jonathan Ley CDT maps printed double
> sided on 11x14 paper, tucked away in a cabinet with my Sunnto compass and
> MLD Exodus pack filled with going to Canada gear.
> As the young folks say; "The struggle is real."
> It was worth it.
> Many thanks to everyone on and off this list who helped.
> Many thanks!
>
> A hiker once known as iceaxe.
>
> _______________________________________________
> Cdt-l mailing list
> Cdt-l at backcountry.net
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From JimLBanks at verizon.net  Mon Mar  5 10:55:36 2018
From: JimLBanks at verizon.net (Jim Banks)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 08:55:36 -0800
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L
In-Reply-To: <CACOP0JwO1W1bnTqiGz1X7E4AeieUteeRYPxEr_4U=uWregvqTQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Iceaxe, it is good to hear from you and to know you are doing well.  I totally agree with your assessment about how the trails ?ruin? your life.  I doubt if I go more than an hour or two without thinking about hiking the trails.

 

I-Beam 

 

From: Cdt-l <cdt-l-bounces at backcountry.net> On Behalf Of Matthew Edwards
Sent: Sunday, March 4, 2018 7:46 PM
To: cdt-l at backcountry.net
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L

 

I thought it all disappeared.

Haven't seen anything from PCT or CDT-L in my inbox for years.

Still in the Bighorns of Wyoming working at a wilderness lodge year round as the maintenance man, wrench, snow removal guy and Breakfast chef.

Hiking the PCT CDT and AT completely ruined my life as it had been.

I had quite a tidy little box of a life.

Too small in fact.

Then I walked.

And after..

Took me three years back in the world until I got the courage to chuck it all and move to Wyoming.

Now I live and work in the National Forest at 8,990 feet elevation

Drive snowcats and snowmobiles in winter and hike the mountains in summer as time off allows.

Thinking of buying land here at the foot of the mountain and starting a rental business while keeping this job so I can afford to build a shop, cabin, septic, and well, and solar.

I was 40 years old to the day back in 2009 when i stood on the Mexican border and started north.

Be careful out on them trails.. 

You may not be able to fit back in, what you pulled out of that stuff sack.

And if you don't act on it, it will tear you up inside until you do.

Life still isn't rainbows and butterflies (like the trail) but there is a slow burning pleasant reverie, years on, from having made the effort.

I rarely pull the albums out anymore.

Never tell people about it unless a co-worker spills the beans.

I am almost afraid to think about it sometimes as if the memory might shatter in my head.

But I secretly keep a full set of Jonathan Ley CDT maps printed double sided on 11x14 paper, tucked away in a cabinet with my Sunnto compass and MLD Exodus pack filled with going to Canada gear.

As the young folks say; "The struggle is real."

It was worth it.

Many thanks to everyone on and off this list who helped.

Many thanks!

 

A hiker once known as iceaxe.

 

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From earl.kd5xb at gmail.com  Mon Mar  5 12:26:41 2018
From: earl.kd5xb at gmail.com (Earl Needham)
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2018 18:26:41 +0000
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L
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On Sun, Mar 4, 2018, 8:46 PM Matthew Edwards <iceaxehikes at gmail.com> wrote:

> I was 40 years old to the day back in 2009 when i stood on the Mexican
> border and started north.
> Be careful out on them trails..
> You may not be able to fit back in, what you pulled out of that stuff sack.
> And if you don't act on it, it will tear you up inside until you do.
>

You're right.  I started the CDT-L going on about 20 years ago because I
wanted to try the CDT and I couldn't find any other way to get I formation
on the trail.  I never got out there and that bothers me sometimes.
However --

I knew a guy, either a master sergeant or else a senior master sergeant.
We were both in the Air Force.  When he retired, he went and hiked the AT.
When he came back, he couldn't staying his old life any more and got
divorced and moved away.  I saw his wife some months later and she told me
"Mike never came out of the woods, he's still out there somewhere".  I
didn't know what she meant at they but now I do.

So Iceaxe is right, it'll change you.

Earl
Clovis, New Mexico USA



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From vboch at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  5 16:49:33 2018
From: vboch at yahoo.com (Vince Bochsler)
Date: Mon, 5 Mar 2018 22:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Cdt-l] Social media fatigue
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 I agree. Facebook is a big turnoff to me. I miss cdt-l for connecting. Bummer.
High Country

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From spkbeam at yahoo.com  Mon Mar  5 19:37:43 2018
From: spkbeam at yahoo.com (Kevin gloria Sedgwick)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 01:37:43 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Cdt-l] Good old days
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Yes, miss the old list. Also not a big fan of Facebook.?

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From iceaxehikes at gmail.com  Tue Mar  6 15:26:02 2018
From: iceaxehikes at gmail.com (Matthew Edwards)
Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2018 14:26:02 -0700
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDT-L
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Strange, that engaged in a self indulgent activity, we should find
ourselves together.

I missed you all so much.
I am not a hugger.
Somehow I believe that in 1,000 years hence, bourne upon a Thiokol rocket,
some poor thru hiker will be resupplied in Valles Marineres on Mars and
lament;"Where are my Snickers?!"

Cdt-l will still be there to commiserate.

-iceaxe
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From mbracht at live.com  Mon Mar 12 17:39:07 2018
From: mbracht at live.com (michelle bracht)
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 22:39:07 +0000
Subject: [Cdt-l] Silver City and Gila National Forest Area
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Hello to anyone planning to hike near Silver City. I recently purchased a camp in mimbres, not far from the CDT. As it is my Camp I won't be there all of the time but I do plan to be out there for a couple of weeks early May. If anyone needs rides or a shower feel free to contact me. I doubt I will have internet when I am out there so obviously get a hold of me ahead of time.

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Yes, miss the old list. Also not a big fan of Facebook.?

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From mikeflan at att.net  Tue Mar 13 06:39:31 2018
From: mikeflan at att.net (Mike Flannigan)
Date: Tue, 13 Mar 2018 06:39:31 -0500
Subject: [Cdt-l] Silver City and Gila National Forest Area
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This is a nice offer.? Thank you.
I won't be on the trail at all this year,
but the offer is appreciated.


Mike


On 3/12/2018 7:55 PM, cdt-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
> Hello to anyone planning to hike near Silver City. I recently purchased a camp in mimbres, not far from the CDT. As it is my Camp I won't be there all of the time but I do plan to be out there for a couple of weeks early May. If anyone needs rides or a shower feel free to contact me. I doubt I will have internet when I am out there so obviously get a hold of me ahead of time.


From sloetoe at yahoo.com  Wed Mar 21 08:37:11 2018
From: sloetoe at yahoo.com (Indy toe)
Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2018 13:37:11 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: [Cdt-l] "Awesome-and-a-half!!!!"   Re: Cdt-l Digest, Vol 113,
 Issue 6
References: <1747441913.4651097.1521639431323.ref@mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <1747441913.4651097.1521639431323@mail.yahoo.com>

I feel like a Christmas card was delivered, long after the dead-quiet holidays had passed.

I have been out of circulation for so long --
and NO I do not "do" The Facebook (and the data-breach news has just broken a day or so ago...)
-- technically, I do have a The Facebook page -- as Charles Ulysses Farley
(from The X-Files... "Scully! Don't you get it?? 'Chuck U. Farley'??? We've been had!")
There are a few of us, but you'll recognize which one is me.

But couple of years ago, as I was contemplating a The FB presence, I started getting LIVE PHONECALLS
to my 30-year-old landline phone number, "bill-collecting" aimed at that scallawag Charles Farley, and
insisting (through a thick Indo-asian accent) that the IRS was coming for him.....

No thanks.

I REALLY NEED to get my ass out on a trail again.

SO GLAD to see some traffic here. The CDT (per all you's guys/gals that know me) is still a daily-confirmed goal.


sloetoe
AT'79,LT'01,CDT_______


Solvitur Ambulando.

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