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<P>We ended up dating another six years, through a PCT attempt in '00. Got hitched in '04 and took off to try the PCT again - this time made it to Canada. Rode our bicycles self-supported from coast-to-coast the next summer. Then, attempted the CDT in '07, only to discover I was pregnant in Scapegoat Wilderness. We are expecting our second daughter in a few weeks.</P>
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<P>Oasis and Purple met on the AT in '98; they are some of my best friends to this day. They were married a few years after the hike and have a daughter.</P>
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<P>Katie-Did and Real Bill met on the AT in '98 and were married a year or so afterwards. I haven't kept up with them in a few years.</P>
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<P>Debbie and Germanator met on the PCT in '04 and were married last year in Lake Tahoe. They are also close friends of mine; Debbie was my college roommate.</P>
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<P>There are several other AT '98 couples that I know of who were married....at least three other couples, though I don't know them that well and don't keep up with them. Heard about their marriages through the grapevine.</P>
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<P>Nocona</P>
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<P>> To: <A href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net"><FONT color=#0000ff>cdt-l@backcountry.net</FONT></A><BR>> From: <A href="mailto:ks1007@aol.com" rel=nofollow target=_blank ymailto="mailto:ks1007@aol.com"><FONT color=#0000ff>ks1007@aol.com</FONT></A><BR>> Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2010 11:45:08 -0500<BR>> Subject: [Cdt-l] marriage or ?<BR>> <BR>> here's a question for you - how many people have met their soul mates on one of the 3 trails and have gotten married or are still together as a couple? I know one right away - cruiser and reason met on the AT and are married<BR>> <BR>> <BR>> el coyote<BR>> Keith and Mary<BR>> Trail Angels<BR>> Deming, NM<BR>> <BR></P></div><br>
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