<div>Hikers - Just a quick reminder that if you would like to receive the Triple Crown Award from ALDHA-West this year the deadline to submit your information is <strong><u>September 1.</u></strong></div>
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<div>Information on the award and the annual gathering can be found at:</div>
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<div><a href="http://www.aldhawest.org/triplecrown.html">http://www.aldhawest.org/triplecrown.html</a></div>
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<div>The award (a cool plaque) is free to those who attend the gathering and around $25 for those who don't. Either way you will be forever immortalized on the ALDHA-West website.</div>
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<div><strong><u>The only rule</u></strong> is that you must have hiked all 3 trails in full by the time you apply for the award. It doesn't matter how you hiked the trails as long as you walked them at some point, some how, some way.</div>
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<div>ALDHA-West is the only organization that recognizes the Triple Crown and to date 122 plaques have been awarded. I've already got around 15 for this year so the numbers keep growing.</div>
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<div>Buck-30 - ALDHA West Triple Crown Coordinator </div>