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<DIV>I just did a calculation yesterday that we spent 56% of our walk on the 'official' CDT against 44% on other trails/ cross country. I guess the 44% might seem high but includes the Columbus route NM, Gila river NM, the Butte to Yellowstone 'Big Sky' variant MT/WY (about 400 miles), Shale Mtn- Titcomb Basin-Elkhart Trailhead-Cirque of the Towers in the Winds WY plus lots of other bits and pieces.</DIV>
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<DIV>That said, we also followed the CDT right round the San Juans CO.</DIV>
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<DIV>I used the CDTA 'Official Guides' as the definition for the official route except where I knew that new trail has been built since these were published(ie the excellent trail south of Cuba NM).</DIV>
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<DIV>Has anyone else tried to work this one out for their hike- or have you all got better things to do !?</DIV>
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<DIV>brian</DIV>
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<B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jim and_or Ginny Owen <spiriteagle99@hotmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> briansolar1@yahoo.co.uk; cdt-l <cdt-l@backcountry.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Mon, 30 November, 2009 4:26:22<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> RE: [Cdt-l] 2009 CDT hike photo gallery from Brian and Martina<BR></FONT><BR>
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Terrific photos! I really enjoyed seeing the beauty of the CDT again. It brought back a lot of good memories. Thanks for sharing.<BR>Ginny<BR><BR> <BR>
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Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2009 20:16:00 +0000<BR>From: briansolar1@yahoo.co.uk<BR>To: cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR>Subject: [Cdt-l] 2009 CDT hike photo gallery from Brian and Martina<BR><BR>
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<DIV>Hi folks, </DIV>
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<DIV>We - Brian and Martina- have posted photos from our hike this year to the site below. I have linked the photos in each state to maps so you can see the photos from the gallery or by looking at a google style map. I also noted the Jonathan Ley map number against most of the photos for reference.</DIV>
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<DIV>Brian</DIV>
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