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The Greater Patagonian Trail was first hiked from November 12, 2013 to February 23, 2014 by Meylin Ubilla and Jan Dudeck. Thanks Due to the detailed planning only few minor route seek detours were required when first hiking this trail. The now verified published trail elimintates this detours and can hiked by an experienced hiker with sufficent endurance.
The trail was first published in 2014 on wikiexploraafter completing the long distance hike. Plenty Also plenty of images are uploaded to Panoramio for display on Google Earthwith a reference to this trail.
The trail was published without any commercial interests. The motives publishing were:
* Share this trail with other interested hikers to promote this first long distance trail in South America and the Andes
* Attract contributors that perfect and extent this trail
* Promote hiking in the rather unknown of the trail to create an additional source of income for the humble people still living along the trail
* Protect and maintain this trail by making it known and used
This trail is not finished yet. There is plenty of terrain left till this trail finally reaches the southern tip of Patagonia and ends either on the shores of the Magellan street or even on Tierra del Fuego. Also a few smaller sections need to verified and recorded and additional alternatives may be aggregated. Read the chapter [[#Trail Verifications, Additional Options and Extensions|Trail Verifications, Additional Options and Extensions]] to see how you can contribute to perfect and extent the Greater Patagonian Trail.
