<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:blue;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:purple;
text-decoration:underline;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:windowtext;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I just dropped a note to Erin/Wired about her list of CDT hikers. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>This is what I sent her:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Thank you for your list. I have been hoping and planning on taking a longer hike on the CDT and every year up until this year I have been unable to do it. But I would follow the CDT-L to see who was hiking and try to follow their progress- your list of hikers is a great way to keep track of who is out there.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>So thanks to you both! (to Liz and Erin)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I remember when I was into the cancer stuff and unable to pack at all for a few years how much interest I had in following this list and seeing who was out there hiking. One of you wrote my name in the dirt up by the Parting of the Waters in WY. I don't know if I will ever see that spot, but it was a great moral boost for me during a very difficult time. At least I got my name out on the CDT. That was something. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>4 years ago I was Dx with stage iv prostate cancer- the cancer had moved out of the prostate into the bladderneck. I had surgery, radiation, hormone shots and a few other related surgeries to fix my internal plumbing and then told I had a 50/50 chance of a positive outcome at the end of 5 yrs. I am still a little tired from the radiation, but otherwise, doing good, and this hike is like a celebration hike. I am now 64, retired- I have the time!<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I share this as just one of the stories that will be out there on the trail this year. I like names and following hikers.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>And I do enjoy seeing a list of who is out there every year. I have been following the CDT-l for over 10 years. I am not sure how many map CDs I ordered from Jonathan Ley, but I got a number of them- each year hoping....<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Everyone on this list, thanks for the support and encouragement over the years, and your help getting out this year. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am less than 3 weeks from my start date. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>-Trew<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So far on the CDT I have hiked:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Canadian border to Lincoln, MT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Yellowstone (Old Faithful) to Aldous Lake thru Mack's Inn, WY/ID/MT<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Green River Lake, WY to Big Sandy Lodge TH, WY in the Winds<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From Cumbres Pass to San Louis Pk, CO (I have been up San Louis Peak 3x. Once at night under a full moon!!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>From Mt Elbert to just past the Ten-Mile Range in CO. That was actually a sobo hike thru Beckinridge area.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>A section in Mt Zirkel Wilderness, CO<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I am not sure of the total miles, but I think they add up.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I have been waiting for New Mexico for a long time. Now is the time. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>