<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>A few have hiked the AZT to the North Rim, the Hayduke to Moab, the bike hut route to Telluride, and local trails to join the CDT near Silverton. Going directly to Chama from the AZT would entail crossing at least two native nations so you would have to road hike it. </div><div id="AppleMailSignature"><br></div><div id="AppleMailSignature">I really like the AZT in AZ. I really like the CDT in NM. They are what they are. I emphatically disagree with notion that one is any better than the other. <br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">best wishes,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Jerry Brown<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="mailto:bearcreek.gis@gmail.com">bearcreek.gis@gmail.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><font color="#000000"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><a href="x-apple-msg-load://90484561-CB5D-417D-B4C3-D669FCB3B7B8/www.bearcreeksurvey.com">www.bearcreeksurvey.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><o:p style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"> </o:p></p></div><div><br>On Mar 1, 2016, at 1:07 AM, Doug Carlson <<a href="mailto:doug-sue@centurylink.net">doug-sue@centurylink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 12 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Good question. Why not just keep hiking. My dad is 93 and I can only be away so long. I'll take what I can get. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The Arizona better than NM comment was just for discussion. Arizona is markedly different than New Mexico. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">I am doing that last minute stuff tonight and tomorrow. Pre-hike excitement. Everyone on this list understands that.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:ks1007@aol.com">ks1007@aol.com</a> [<a href="mailto:ks1007@aol.com">mailto:ks1007@aol.com</a>] <br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 29, 2016 10:47 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:doug-sue@centurylink.net">doug-sue@centurylink.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Cdt-l] I Start the AZT on Thursday, March 3<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">AZ is not nicer than NM in any ways</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">good luck on your hike</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">why not the AZT to the GET to the CDT?</span></strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Keith </span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Loreto BCS</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Mexico</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>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><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;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></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">:)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Happy Trails everyone!!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p 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