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[at-l] Long Trails



>A question for all of you:
>One of the things that continually returned to my thoughts as I was hiking
>last year was if anyone had ever compiled a list of all the "long" 
>trails in the
>world.  I suppose "long" varies depending on who's talking, but it seems like
>someone, Backpacker, ALDHA, someone should have a database of long trails.  I
>spent some time poking around the internet looking for some kind of list
>after I got back, but couldn't find anything.  I suppose it's just 
>the OCD part of
>myself that would love to do all the "long" trails *in order* of some kind.
>:)  But mainly I'd just like to have a list.
>

I remember a discussion a long time back, maybe on this list or 
possibly the old Backpacker Chat Room on AOL,  concerning what 
constitutes a long distance hike.  I remeber that Frank Logue was 
involved in the discussion.  And the general agreement was any hike 
that required resupply was considered a long distance hike.  Now at 
that time one would not consider doing a resupply in 3 day intervals, 
usually 8 to 10 days made more sense.  Would it make sense to define 
a long trail as one that would require resupply?  It makes sense to 
me but that would qualify a lot of trails.

Gabby "GAME04"
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