[Cdt-l] CDTA

[Teresa Ellis]

What about the CDTS?
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "lynne whelden" <lwgear at juno.com>
To: <cdt-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2012 5:44 AM
Subject: [Cdt-l] CDTA


> The CDTA's closing its doors sent a shock wave through the hiking 
> community. Just when it seemed like there was some momentum building, what 
> with the new data books and the well-organized summer work trips and the 
> ever-increasing volumes of hikers each summer. It personally affected me 
> because I had just released my "Overexposed" CDT documentary and was 
> hoping the CDTA would add it to their store. I was hoping the video would 
> inspire and educate and mobilize.
> So now what? Will government agencies keep building trail only to have it 
> lie fallow from then on (as is already the case in places)? Will someone 
> step forward with a new vision for how to organize and marshall the forces 
> of long-distance/long-time hikers who by their very nature are fiercely 
> independent and are suspicious from anything smacking of boards and rules, 
> business-mindedness and corporate donations?
> Will the CDT(_) always be a 3rd cousin to the grand ATC and the PCTA? Will 
> the trail ultimately become a fuzzy corridor concept that never quite made 
> it off the ground due to lack of funds and clubs?
> lynne whelden
> lwgear.com
>
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