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Reader Leader Contest Winner!

After sifting through scores of submissions, we've chosen a reader who will be an official BACKPACKER field scout.

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BACKPACKER Field Scout Winner!

Congratulations Colleen Lewis! The Pennsylvania hiker won our Reader Leader contest. Her prize? Colleen will be hitting the trail in Glacier National Park this summer as a BACKPACKER field scout, and reporting on a route we haven’t covered. Look for her story in spring 2012.

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im bummed, i just found out about this contest. Two weeks ago i put my notice in to quit my career to hike the pacific crest trail, once done with that im going to get a seasonal job for the winter then fly to cork irland and back pack to wherever the wind takes me... all this with verry limited funs....good luck to the winner you are going to be one lucky s.o.b.
Posted: Jan 28, 2011 jacob corella

Any word on when the winner will be annouced?
Posted: Jan 19, 2011 Steve

Long time reader and subscriber!
Come support us on "The Dream Trip"! We have entered to WIN! We are looking forward to taking our abilities to Isle Royale National Park and would love our fellow trekers support!!

Please visit and support us at:

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Steve Moon
Posted: Jan 18, 2011 Steve Moon

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Come support us on "The Dream Trip"! We have entered to WIN! We are looking forward to taking our abilities to Isle Royale National Park and would love our fellow trekers support!!

Please visit and support us at:

http://twitter.com/#!/TheDreamTrip
AND:
http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Route-Ready/128497717215749
Finally:
http://routeready.com/

Thank you!

Steve Moon
Posted: Jan 17, 2011 Steve Moon

We just entered the contest! An epic Isle Royale trip! Check out the details here: http://routeready.com/ Thanks for this opportunity! I hope that we win! Love the magazine!
Posted: Jan 15, 2011 Ben Atkinson

Take a second and help a fellow BP reader win a trip to Glacier NP: http://stinkatnothing.com/?p=619
Posted: Dec 21, 2010 Cory

Age: 60
Proposed Dream Hike: Start a hike from the south end of the Manzano Mountains in New Mexico, through the Sandia Mountains, and northward into the Rockies in Colorado. There will be gaps where the hiking won't be through mountains (some private land that has to be bypassed, persistent snow), but much of the trip can be in high Rockies.

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Posted: Dec 21, 2010 Pat O'Connell

good luck-merry xmas
Posted: Dec 21, 2010 carl

Chris,
This is for you!!!
I read this article in Backpacker magazine and instantly thought of you. There's this guy who is a photographer for Backpacker magazine now because he started this way - by winning a dream hike and submitting the photos. Now he gets paid in his dream job. Check it out, the deadline is Jan 15th.
Leah
Posted: Dec 10, 2010 Leah Browning

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