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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Fiddlehead wrote: </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">>Anyway it's good (IMO) that you are doing this BUT, of course there will <BR>>always be some controversy over this "official" thing.<BR>>Many of us CDT hikers don't want the trail to be a continous marked <BR>>footpath and enjoy the CDT for what it is: a hike to test your skills in map <BR>>reading, bushwhacking, water finding, route creating, and sometimes: how far <BR>>can i go before i have to head to town, among some.</SPAN><BR><BR>
Good thoughts. Thank you. At one time I tried to express that thought and failed. And got accused of elitism. <BR>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">>Through yellowstone: you have to go where they let you as there's often <BR>>grizzly closings</SPAN><BR>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Actually, Yellowstone let us go where WE wanted to go last year - north on the east side of the Park. The next hike will likely be through the Bechler - on the west side. </SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><BR>>not official but compromises need to made on this trail almost daily.</SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN> <BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Another good thought - me and thee should sit down and talk abut this trail someday. OTOH - sounds like we'd be preaching to the choir. </SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN> <BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">> I think it's a grand goal, but i do believe you will have to do a lot of <BR>> research and count on getting lost quite a bit. </SPAN></SPAN><BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"></SPAN></SPAN> <BR>
<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">Interestingly - the only places we got "lost" last year were either in burn zones or where the trail was being rerouted - and following the "new" trail led us to places where the trail just stopped - and left us in the middle of nowhere. That'll teach me to follow pink ribbons. The Forest Service apparently doesn't know how to build trail, either. Yeah - the trail has changed that much. </SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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<SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #444444; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA">You didn't mention Temple Pass vs the "official" roadwalk vs the Popo Agie. I'd recommend 2 of the 3. Do I need to specify which ones? </SPAN></SPAN><BR>
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