<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Congratulations Ben that must have been a magnificent long hike. I have had a look through your photos which are particularly great with a varied mix of landscape and many wildlife shots. Phew what a journey! Hope to return to the US for the Hayduke someday soon<VAR id=yui-ie-cursor></VAR> and your shots make we want to get out there now!</SPAN></div>
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<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Well done</SPAN></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Benjamin Mayberry <benmayberry@gmail.com><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> cdt-l <cdt-l@backcountry.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Monday, 19 September 2011, 23:47<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [Cdt-l] AZT to GDT Complete<BR></FONT><BR>
<DIV style="RIGHT: auto" id=yiv955346129>On September 8th, I reached the northern terminus of the Great Divide Trail at Kakwa Lake and finished hiking the AZT to GDT Route. There's more info on the route itself at <A href="http://benmayberry.net/azt-to-gdt" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://benmayberry.net/azt-to-gdt</A> and more info on my trip at <A href="http://benmayberry.net/" rel=nofollow target=_blank>http://benmayberry.net</A>.
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<DIV>I haven't calculated the total mileage yet but I think it will be less than the 4,300 miles that I estimated before I started. The route may be a bit longer than some hikers will want to travel in one season but it's an incredible route (passes through 14 national parks, nearly a thousand miles of the Colorado Plateau AND the entire length of the southern Canadian Rockies) that deserves to be repeated and is more approachable than it might appear.</DIV>
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<DIV>For anyone interested in a shorter version, my first recommendation would be hiking an Arizona Trail-Hayduke Trail-Continental Divide Trail combo. My second recommendation would be hiking the CDT followed by the Great Divide Trail.</DIV>
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<DIV>Best of luck to the SOBO's still out there, I've got my fingers crossed the snow holds off until you're out of Colorado.</DIV>
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<DIV>Ben Mayberry</DIV>
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