<p>Having literally just finished doing all those things that Iceaxe references, I agree. At times en route up to and scrambling back down from South Peak I had some doubts as to the wisdom of taking that route (I'll vouch for Ley's comments/warning on that), but it was pretty special being up on South Peak. </p>
<p>Lucky Joe and I also did some night hiking the last two evenings on trail, given the full moon, and that was also a very cool way to take advantage of the dirt road walking stretches.</p>
<p>Now if only there weren't so many long thorns piercing right through shoes and soles and into the feet ...<br></p>
<p> Gadget</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Nov 12, 2011 12:27 PM, <<a href="mailto:hetchhetchyman@aol.com">hetchhetchyman@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey, the Columbus route was NOT all roadwalking. There are the Florida<br>
mountains and South Peak on day two. This is a superb way to begin a<br>
CDT hike.<br>
The Butterfield stage route on the way out of Deming was awesome hiking<br>
under massacre peak and the remains of an old adobe fort. To each their<br>
own but i would not dream of missing that if i re-hiked the CDT.<br>
-iceaxe<br>
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