Embrace the Brutality! :)

[Mags]

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, said as a joke by CDTers starting off...and said not so jokingly by CDTers a few months into their hikes.

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!)

[Bearpaw]

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, said as a joke by CDTers starting off...and said not so jokingly by CDTers a few months into their hikes.

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!)

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.

[Mags]

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]

When we hiked it in '98, our motto was: "CDT, it's not for everybody"

[neighbor dave]

great photo!

[garlic08]

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".

[sbhikes]

I heard someone say the motto should be "Embrace the Beautality."

[oso loco]

I heard someone say the motto should be "Embrace the Beautality."

And that's a lot closer to the truth.