<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Sounds like a long-term aspiration to me. Maybe after I'm a triple-crowner I'll walk the actual divide. :P</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><br><div><div>On Jan 11, 2008, at 1:16 PM, Jim and/or Ginny Owen wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Doug -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Re: Pern's book - I believe the words to keep in mind are "literary license". <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>He may or may not have walked the actual Divide right from the border - but in those days it was the Gray Ranch<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>and hikers were not welcome. Later, that first section became Nature Conservancy land and hikers were even<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>less welcome. Not sure who actually owns the land now - but hikers are even less welcome now than at any time<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>in the past. In addition to being at greater risk of "encounters of the illegal" kind.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>This was discussed at some length on cdt-l last year (Jan 2007). <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br> <br>There have been a number of people who've intended or attempted to walk "THE DIVIDE" all the way - but there<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>are a LOT of land ownership issues and a LOT of places where doing so requires technical climbing gear and experience. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>In 2006 we did hike with a couple who evidently belonged to a group that hikes the Colorado Divide (not the Trail) -<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>and gets a T-shirt for doing so. But we have no details about that. <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Walk softly,<br>Jim<br><br><a href="http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/">http://www.spiriteaglehome.com/</a><br><br><br><hr id="stopSpelling"><br>> From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:doug-sue71@comcast.net">doug-sue71@comcast.net</a><br>> To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 20:58:27 -0500<br>> Subject: [Cdt-l] Stephen pern and His Great Divide Walk<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> I'm reading Stephen Pern's book The Great Divide. This wak was done in the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> more primitive days of the CDT. He started at Antelope Wells, walked amost<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> directly west to the actual Divide and tried to follow it as much as<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> possible.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> Has anyone treid this route recently? Is it possible? His food drops were<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> incredible- first one was in Silver City. He expected to reach it in ten<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> days. Just starting the book so not sure if he does yet, but I am wondering<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> about his starting route.<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> -RedDoug<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>> _______________________________________________<br>> Cdt-l mailing list<br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br>><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</a><br><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l">http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>