<html><head><base href="x-msg://42/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Don't discount the Gila National Forest. Even if you stick to the actual CDT or use one of several alternates, you would be missing a gentle and wonderful wilderness. And more water this year.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">Willy</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; "><br></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; ">-----Original Message-----</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div lang="EN-US" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; "><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">From: Doug Carlson <<a href="mailto:doug-sue@centurylink.net"><span style="color: windowtext; ">doug-sue@centurylink.net</span></a>><br>To: 'cdt-l' <<a href="mailto:cdt-l@backcountry.net"><span style="color: windowtext; ">cdt-l@backcountry.net</span></a>><br>Sent: Mon, Feb 29, 2016 8:40 pm<br>Subject: [Cdt-l] I Start the AZT on Thursday, March 3<o:p></o:p></span></p><div id="AOLMsgPart_1.2_aa5c8b1c-abfa-44a8-bdfa-6c71fca7d422"><div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">I know Arizona is a state over from the CDT, but its 800+ miles long and in many ways nicer than New Mexico. :)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">So, one could start in AZ, do the AZT, then jump over to Colo/Chama and continue on the CDT and still make the walk border to border, only you would have the Grand Canyon in on the way.<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">:)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">Happy Trails everyone!!<o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; "> <o:p></o:p></span></div></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: black; ">-Trew (Keymaster)<o:p></o:p></span></div></div></div></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; "><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: black; ">_______________________________________________<br>Cdt-l mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Cdt-l@backcountry.net"><u><span style="color: blue; ">Cdt-l@backcountry.net</span></u></a><br><a href="http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/cdt-l" target="_blank"><u><span style="color: blue; 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