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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Forums:</span></u></b><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>There is a CDT Forum at Trailforums.com (very similar to the Whiteblaze CDT subforum).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoPlainText>You already know about the CDT_List forum.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><u><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Books and maps:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Johnathan Ley’s excellent site and free map CD: <a href="http://www.phlumf.com/travels/cdt/index.shtml">http://www.phlumf.com/travels/cdt/index.shtml</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Paul Mag’s excellent site: <a href="http://www.pmags.com/a-quick-and-dirty-cdt-guide">http://www.pmags.com/a-quick-and-dirty-cdt-guide</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>CDT Association (CDTA): the “official” route<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cdtrail.org/page.php">http://www.cdtrail.org/page.php</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>CDT Society (CDTS): the more popular alternate routes and the source for the Wolf Guides to the CDT (use with Ley’s maps)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.cdtsociety.org/">http://www.cdtsociety.org/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>That should give you plenty of information. You can also read the trail journals of current and past hikers at <a href="http://trailjournals.com/index.cfm">http://trailjournals.com/index.cfm</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Wandering Bob<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net [mailto:cdt-l-bounces@backcountry.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Andy Johnson<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, September 18, 2011 1:57 PM<br><b>To:</b> Cdt-l@backcountry.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Cdt-l] Info requests<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Are there any regular organization publications, magazines, books etc available for the CDT-?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>also is there a CDT equivalent to White Blaze online for info updates and contacts-?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Just observing after the AT met Irene this year how the trail was closed and trespassers were hauled in, given tickets and with no way out of town and no money. They were even stopping people picking up re-supply boxes at the USPS POs... news earlier might have allowed changes in plan and direction...</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Information is very valuable. Trying to learn anything and everything before makes planning and timing a lot easier..and it makes survival safer for everyone... Ignorance costs time, money and lives... I'm working hard to avoid wasting anybody's or my own.</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>I'd appreciate any/all info that is available. </span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>If this another one of too many people keep asking, maybe there is a website or bulletin board where info can be found-?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Thank you for your assistance,</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Regards</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Andy J</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>