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Tuesday, April 17, 2007

The Other New Mexico Team

While our New Mexico teams are hard at work mapping the CDT section by section, another pair will be doing the same, on a larger scale. Curt Harris and Randy Sackerson (pictured, with Curt at left) are two hopeful thru-hikers planning on bagging the entire length of the trail this season, starting in New Mexico. Amazingly enough, they had planned their trip to start from the Mexico border next week; that times out perfectly with our southern terminus team.

So in that there are some hefty chunks of undesirable trail throughout the state (lovely country, but less-than scenic roadwalking), Randy and Curt will be filling in the gaps. We've equipped them with a Magellan Meridian GPS unit, an SD card that should get them as far as Grants, NM, and 48 lithium batteries (roughly enough to make it to Colorado).

They may cross paths with other teams along the way, but on the whole they're out there on their own. Both had originally planned on hiking with Matt Matson, a CDTA-connected Rotarian walking the trail to spread awareness, but he's slowed his pace to a four-summer section hike. You can keep tabs on his effort, MatQuest, at www.matquest.blogspot.com.

And now, a little about the pair...
Curt Harris: Retired banker, current student of business & finance; has bagged 35 Colorado 14ers; summited Mt. Kilimanjaro--three times; CDTA and Colorado Mountain Club member, Colorado Rotarian.
Randall Sackerson:Professional photographer & graphic designer; contributor to the Canyon Courier and High Timber Times (here's a sample column); avid hiker, skier, world traveler; Colorado Rotarian.

Curt, Randy, good luck hammering out final trip details. Drop the blog a line if you get a chance before heading out.

35 comments:

Hannas said...

So, Randy, we now know that you are insane, but seriously, is there another soul out there who might be willing to accompany you on your monster trek? Yes dear reader, put your mind at ease. I may be crazy, but I'm not stupid. Who's gonna carry the beer? Enter stage right, Mr. Curt Harris of Evergreen. Yet another outdoor aficionado, he will be exactly 50% of this expedition. Curt has logged many miles along the trails of Colorado and informs me that he is willing and able to carry great weights long distances with little or no complaining about the lack of creature comforts. He has been known to chant encouraging epithets such as “Hydrate or Die!!!” and “Eat More Fat!!!”

One of the challenges of hiking this trail is, as you might know, finding it. I am not kidding. There are about 1000 miles of the trail that actually aren't the trail. At least not the “official” trail. And what do I mean by official? Well, that means that the various government agencies and special interest groups and private land owners and indian reservations and casinos and gas stations all need to be in agreement (oops I forgot the EPA and THAT can of worms) about where that dang trail is located. So ask me where I'll be and I'll tell you, only I might not officially know.

To find out more about the CDT you can contact the CDTA (Continental Divide Trail Alliance) by visiting www.cdtrail.org or the CDTS (Continental Divide Trail Society) at www.cdtsociety.org. If you want real official dirt in the finest federal form, take a look at www.fs.fed.us/r2/trails/cdnst/.

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