<font color='black' size='3' face='Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif'><STRONG>maybe now the cdts will be recognised for what good they do?</STRONG><br>
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<div><STRONG><FONT size=3>Keith and Mary</FONT></STRONG></div>
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From: Teresa Ellis <tomteresa89@gmail.com><br>
To: lynne whelden <lwgear@juno.com>; cdt-l <cdt-l@backcountry.net><br>
Sent: Sun, Jan 15, 2012 3:59 pm<br>
Subject: Re: [Cdt-l] CDTA<br>
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From: "lynne whelden" <<A href="mailto:lwgear@juno.com">lwgear@juno.com</A>>
To: <<A href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net">cdt-l@backcountry.net</A>>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:44 AM
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDTA
> The CDTA's closing its doors sent a shock wave through the hiking
> community. Just when it seemed like there was some momentum building, what
> with the new data books and the well-organized summer work trips and the
> ever-increasing volumes of hikers each summer. It personally affected me
> because I had just released my "Overexposed" CDT documentary and was
> hoping the CDTA would add it to their store. I was hoping the video would
> inspire and educate and mobilize.
> So now what? Will government agencies keep building trail only to have it
> lie fallow from then on (as is already the case in places)? Will someone
> step forward with a new vision for how to organize and marshall the forces
> of long-distance/long-time hikers who by their very nature are fiercely
> independent and are suspicious from anything smacking of boards and rules,
> business-mindedness and corporate donations?
> Will the CDT(_) always be a 3rd cousin to the grand ATC and the PCTA? Will
> the trail ultimately become a fuzzy corridor concept that never quite made
> it off the ground due to lack of funds and clubs?
> lynne whelden
> lwgear.com
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