Comments on: COntinental Divide Trail versus Appalachian http://www.constanttrek.com/index.php/408 everywhere is walking distance if you have the time Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:17:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: cyberhobo http://www.constanttrek.com/index.php/408/comment-page-1#comment-9016 cyberhobo Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:46:00 +0000 http://www.constanttrek.com/?p=408#comment-9016 Good! The CDT has its own brand of nomad hospitality. Also, a recommendation for all, watch the longest version you can stand of <a href="http://www.made-in-england.org/videos/cdt/" rel="nofollow">Cookie and Paul do America</a>. Good! The CDT has its own brand of nomad hospitality.

Also, a recommendation for all, watch the longest version you can stand of Cookie and Paul do America.

]]> By: paula http://www.constanttrek.com/index.php/408/comment-page-1#comment-9015 paula Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:40:33 +0000 http://www.constanttrek.com/?p=408#comment-9015 My cyberhobo - was your opinion revised in a good or a bad way? So far according to emails, the CDT is winning the debate...and it really does look stunning. I had better start actually training at some point soon.... My cyberhobo – was your opinion revised in a good or a bad way? So far according to emails, the CDT is winning the debate…and it really does look stunning. I had better start actually training at some point soon….

]]> By: cyberhobo http://www.constanttrek.com/index.php/408/comment-page-1#comment-9013 cyberhobo Wed, 17 Mar 2010 03:38:06 +0000 http://www.constanttrek.com/?p=408#comment-9013 Having hiked most of the CDT, much of it on my own while being resupplied by my wife, I'd have to say that solitude is probably the single biggest challenge for a solo hiker. If you hike the high season you can definitely spend time with other hikers, but differences in pace and style tend to limit it eventually. The AT I have not hiked, but I hear that it is a far more social experience. The Pacific Crest Trail might be somewhere in the middle, with long wilderness sections but more hikers than the CDT. The CDT and PCT both have nice desert sections. As far as writing, I know you'll write well about any trail you hike. My encounters with people on the PCT and CDT drastically revised my view of humanity. Having hiked most of the CDT, much of it on my own while being resupplied by my wife, I’d have to say that solitude is probably the single biggest challenge for a solo hiker. If you hike the high season you can definitely spend time with other hikers, but differences in pace and style tend to limit it eventually. The AT I have not hiked, but I hear that it is a far more social experience. The Pacific Crest Trail might be somewhere in the middle, with long wilderness sections but more hikers than the CDT. The CDT and PCT both have nice desert sections.

As far as writing, I know you’ll write well about any trail you hike. My encounters with people on the PCT and CDT drastically revised my view of humanity.

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