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<DIV> N of Silver City, on the JLey route, you can hike
to Sapillo Creek, and cross it hopefully just above it's confluence with the
Gila; I'd check with the Rangers on that creek ford first (It runs from the E,
and isn't too high an elevation as I recall.). From there hike about 5 mi E on
the ????? Trail, then hike N about 15 mi on NM-15 to Gila Hot Springs. This
avoids the "lower" Gila.
<DIV> Supposedly the Middle Fork Gila may be more
passable, but check w/the Rangers. I'm going to bail out at Silver City; I don't
want to miss the Gila or Middle Gila, nor do I want to get up into the Gila Hot
Springs/Cliff Dwellings area and have to hitch back to Silver City where my
car will be; that's a hard hitch on a 25 mph road. Instead, I'll drive over
to the AZT for a S Terminus start and hike to Oracle. Then I have to
drive to KS for a 1 May wedding. </DIV>
<DIV> After it I'll return to the CDT preferably , if the
"lower" Gila is passable, or the AZT if not. I'll hike to Superior or Phoenix,
and then take a break for part of Jun. In Jul I'll drive to MT and start the CDT
from Canada for a month, and then drive to WA to finish the PCT from Trout
Lake WA to Canada in Aug. </DIV>
<DIV> Hell of a complicated summer, but the El Nino snows
in NM and the wedding have made it more complicated; otherwise I'd have just
hiked the CDT to Cumbres Pass. If I can give anyone a ride in all that mess, let
me know.</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT lang=0 size=2 face=Arial FAMILY="SANSSERIF" PTSIZE="10">Bob
"Trekker"<BR>Big Bend Desert Denizen, and...<BR>Naturalized Citizen - Republic
of Texas<BR><BR>"Government cripples you, then hands you a crutch and says,
'See, if it wasn't for us, you couldn't walk.' " -- Harry Browne<BR><BR>"If you
think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when its
free." -- P J O'Rourke<BR><BR>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/17/2010 1:45:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
ks1007@aol.com writes:</DIV>
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<DIV>ron,</DIV>
<DIV>I have 4 or 5 hikers leaving on the 14th or 15th of april - I know very
little about the trail north of emory pass but if the trails you will take
will take you through the mimbres you can mail a box to julie one of our best
trail angels in NM - I'm thinking that you would start your hiway 15 road walk
at julie's - actually, all of us are good lol I will contact a person I know
in the black range that works for the USFS and whatever he says I will forward
to here</DIV>
<DIV>FYI - as of today we have 18 nobo's from columbus</DIV>
<DIV>julies email address is above with cdt<BR><FONT color=black size=3 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT color=black size=3 face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><FONT color=black size=2 face=arial><STRONG><FONT size=3>el coyote</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Keith</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=3>Deming,
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