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===Selecting the Trail Name===
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While hiking the trail I have long thought how to name this trail. I was looking for a precise but well descriptive name.
Naming the trail after Patagonia like "Patagonian Trail" would be incorrect, because most of the trail is actually not located in Patagonia at least when applying the traditional limits of this region. Most of the trail is on the Chilean side of the Andes where only the regions Aysén and Magallanes are traditonally considered part of Patagonia traditionally don't reach as far north as . In comparison on the Argentine sidePatagonia reaches much further north to the Río Colorado which has its spring near the Laguna del Maule (Latitude where section 1 ends and section 2 starts).
To be precise and well descriptive at the same time I decided to use the geographic term "Greater Patagonia" that includes Patagonia in its traditional limits and the surrounding area (like "Greater London" includes the city of London and the surrounding areas)surroundings. "Greater Patagonia" applies very well to the entire trail because all parts of the route are located at least 100 km within the traditional limits of Patagonia.
The name "Greater Patagonian Trail" seams a good choise because:
* with more than 1300 km it’s a great greater than all other published trail in lengthPatagonia,* the trail is without doubt a great trail in beautyand diversity,* the trail is located completely in within "Greater Patagonia",* the name remains correct while the trail gets continued extended further south and
* the name incorporates the legend of Patagonia and may become one day a legend himself.