Cambios

The four hikers that first completed most of the trail (Bethany Hughes and Lauren Reed from [[https://her-odyssey.org/meet-the-team/ Her-Odyssey], Meylin Ubilla and me the author) have evaluated each section in respect of attractiveness and difficulty. This evaluation only compares the 40 sections between each other (relative comparison) and is no attempt to compare the GPT with other trails.

Such an evaluation of the attractiveness and challenge is obviously subjective and . Rather random factors like the weather when hiking or particular memorable encounters with the locals local population influence such an judgement. Anyway, we four found little discrepancies in our evaluation where we hike the same route at different times.   The evaluation of the attractiveness considers not only the landscape and the trail itself but also the social experience with the local population as this trail comes only with the people living on it and you can't have just the trail.  The evaluation of the difficulty and challenge considers the terrain, the trail condition, exposure to weather, remoteness, section length and resupply possibilities along the trail. This evaluation is based on the regular route. The individual experience will greatly vary with the actual weather someone is exposed to when hiking. Also some optional routes might be much more demanding then the regular route. Keep this in mind when making you choices.