<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">A few months from now I'll be heading out on a 4,250 mile thru-hike of what I'm calling the "AZT to GDT Route". It's a combination of four different long-distance hiking routes that runs from the U.S.-Mexico border at the Arizona Trail's southern terminus to deep in the Canadian Rockies at the northern terminus of the Great Divide Trail. Its largest section is along the Continental Divide Trail, which it follows for about 1,800 miles from southern Colorado to Waterton Lakes.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">I figure everyone on the CDT-l might be interested in seeing this since it is, as far as I know, a totally new route that incorporates the CDT. I've really enjoyed reading about hikers that find new ways to make use of hiking trails </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">(i.e. not just hiking from end to end like everyone else - no offense intended to any thru-hikers) </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">and hope that others will find my hike interesting for the same reason. There's lots of info on my hike at <a href="http://benmayberry.net/adventures/azt-to-gdt" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(64, 100, 128); ">http://benmayberry.net/adventures/azt-to-gdt</a> and I'll be posting updates there once I get started.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">If this doesn't interest you, I apologize for the spam. I've spent enough time on the PCT-l and CDT-l to see worse crimes committed than shameless self promotion, so I assumed this would be permissible.</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; "><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Happy holidays,</span></div>
<div><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; border-collapse: collapse; ">Ben Mayberry</span></div></span>