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Anyone who is thinking of the CDT probably knows of the unofficial motto of the CDT ("Embrace the Brutality!") Coined by d-low in an e-mail to me, it is the first page of Yogi's planning guide (http://www.pcthandbook.com/), said as a joke by CDTers starting off...and said not so jokingly by CDTers a few months into their hikes (http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=192291). :)
Well, Yogi now has bandannas for sale in blaze orange with this motto.
For some photos in the newer guidebook, I was given a complimentary bandanna... I wore it on a local jaunt today (25 miles/10k elev gain) and it seemed fitting. :)
Anyway, d-low, Disco and I posed for this photo... (All CDT alums..and again, d-low coined the term!)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs558.ash1/32512_426435965020_563440020_5796537_4666631_n.jpg
Anyone who is thinking of the CDT probably knows of the unofficial motto of the CDT ("Embrace the Brutality!") Coined by d-low in an e-mail to me, it is the first page of Yogi's planning guide (http://www.pcthandbook.com/), said as a joke by CDTers starting off...and said not so jokingly by CDTers a few months into their hikes (http://trailjournals.com/entry.cfm?id=192291). :)
Well, Yogi now has bandannas for sale in blaze orange with this motto.
For some photos in the newer guidebook, I was given a complimentary bandanna... I wore it on a local jaunt today (25 miles/10k elev gain) and it seemed fitting. :)
Anyway, d-low, Disco and I posed for this photo... (All CDT alums..and again, d-low coined the term!)
http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash1/hs558.ash1/32512_426435965020_563440020_5796537_4666631_n.jpg
Tell Disco that Bearpaw said hello. I haven't seen him since my AT thru-hike 11 years ago, when he picked up the name Disco Inferno about 100 miles in.
Tell Disco that Bearpaw said hello. I haven't seen him since my AT thru-hike 11 years ago, when he picked up the name Disco Inferno about 100 miles in.
He's a very good friend of mine. See him once or twice a month generally and I (along with d-low) are going to his wedding next month! Good guy.
He was on the AT for about two weeks recently and is about to start a new job with the CO state forest service.
fiddlehead
05-09-2010, 02:32
When we hiked it in '98, our motto was: "CDT, it's not for everybody"
neighbor dave
05-09-2010, 08:40
great photo!
garlic08
05-09-2010, 17:30
When Pickle and I hiked the CDT in '07, our motto was taken from the Mags quote in Yogi's book, "You'll have your butt handed to you".
I heard someone say the motto should be "Embrace the Beautality."
oso loco
02-27-2011, 18:53
I heard someone say the motto should be "Embrace the Beautality."
And that's a lot closer to the truth.