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<DIV>The Hayduke in particular looks an excellent 'route' with much off trail and scrambling through sublime, remote canyon scenery. I would love to have a go at that one myself some day...... </DIV>
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<DIV>You probably are already aware of this but Andrew Skurka has an excellent map/guide pack available <A href="http://www.andrewskurka.com/CANY09/index.php">http://www.andrewskurka.com/CANY09/index.php</A> in Jonathan Ley map style.</DIV>
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<DIV>From Arches to the San Juan's will be interesting I think. Is there not already a mountain bike trail with on-route huts from Telluride (near the CDT) to Moab? Maybe your plan would be a better hiking route than that though. If you can create a good way here then that provides a possible 'Colorado Plataeu' loop of the Hayduke-> CDT New Mexico-> GET -> AZT. What a desert trip that would be!</DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman, new york, times, serif"><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>----- Forwarded Message ----<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Jonathan Ley <jonathan@phlumf.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> cdt-l@backcountry.net<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Thu, 16 December, 2010 3:30:29<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> Re: [Cdt-l] Trip notification/Shameless self promotion<BR></FONT><BR>Nothing shameless about that... This is exactly what the list is for - hearing more about crazy long trips involving the CDT. I think you make a lot of us jealous :-) Be sure to post an update from time to time... Good luck!<BR><BR>-Jonathan<BR><BR>On 12/15/2010 12:17 PM, Benjamin Mayberry wrote:
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; 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>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; 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-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; 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-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; 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 style="COLOR: rgb(64,100,128)" href="http://benmayberry.net/adventures/azt-to-gdt" target=_blank rel=nofollow>http://benmayberry.net/adventures/azt-to-gdt</A> and I'll be posting updates there once I get
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; 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>
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<DIV><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 13px; FONT-FAMILY: arial, sans-serif; BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse">Happy holidays,</SPAN></DIV>
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