cdt – PMags.com https://pmags.com Practical advice and musings on the outdoors, hiking, backpacking, ski touring, and camping. Fri, 17 Nov 2023 23:35:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://pmags.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/cropped-fav-ico-160x160.jpg cdt – PMags.com https://pmags.com 32 32 81463906 Why support the Continental Divide Trail Coalition? https://pmags.com/why-support-the-continental-divide-trail-coalition https://pmags.com/why-support-the-continental-divide-trail-coalition#comments Thu, 04 Dec 2014 18:46:26 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6626 Why support the Continental Divide Trail Coalition?

In this time of giving, helping to support the Continental Divide Trail Coalition is a worthy cause.

As we passed on, it seemed as if those scenes of visionary enchantment would never have an end.”    —Meriwether Lewis, 1805

The Continental Divide National Scenic Trail (CDNST) is an amazing achievement. With a diverse group of volunteers, federal and state government agencies, private groups and others, a trail from the Canadian border to the Mexican border is being built, maintained and administered.

A route is going through some of the most remote areas of the lower 48.  From deserts, to peaks soaring over 14,000 ft high to ancient by-ways, the route is a diverse one.

Currently, there are 32 miles to go before this route is complete.

And the Continental Divide Trail Coalition (CDTC) needs your help in completing this last stretch.

Why does the CDTC need your help?

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]]> https://pmags.com/why-support-the-continental-divide-trail-coalition/feed 3 6626 Embrace the Brutality – the origins https://pmags.com/embrace-the-brutality-the-origins https://pmags.com/embrace-the-brutality-the-origins#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2014 18:40:42 +0000 https://pmags.com/?p=6124 Embrace the Brutality – the origins

The origins of the phrase “Embrace the Brutality” for the CDT.

Embrace the Brutality

The un-official slogan of the Continental Divide Trail and the title of an excellent documentary by Shane “Jester” O ‘ Donnell.

There have been stories floating around about the origins of this phrase.

A few statements I’ve seen written online:

  •  “Some hiker a few years ago came up with it”
  •  “I think Mags came up with it?”
  • “Wasn’t it Yogi who coined the phrase?”

The truth is that the phrase was coined by Mike “d-low” DiLorenzo back in 2006.

On my own CDT hike back in 2006, I was pretty much drained mentally by the end of my SoBo journey.   The navigation, the being by myself and the wear and tear of just hiking for months on end.

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An article I wrote for Backpacking Light.  A photo essay and a briefy synopsis of the  lightweight backpacking gear I used from the trail.

Check it out!

 

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]]> https://pmags.com/walking-the-backbone-a-backpacking-light-article/feed 2 2487 Boulder Daily Camera Articles – GET OUT – CDT https://pmags.com/boulder-daily-camera-articles-get-out-cdt https://pmags.com/boulder-daily-camera-articles-get-out-cdt#respond Thu, 16 Nov 2006 17:39:35 +0000 http://pmags2.jzapin.com/boulder-daily-camera-articles-get-out-cdt/ Boulder Daily Camera Articles – GET OUT – CDT

In the summer and fall of 2006, wrote some articles about my Continental Divide Trail thru-hike.  The articles appeared in the GET OUT section of the paper every other Friday. The archived articles are still there, if a bit out of order.

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