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"Planning on doing a very long hike in Europe in the next few years."

I've greatly enjoyed the bits of hiking that I've done in Europe. Have you a specific trip, trail, itinerary in mind? My wife enjoys biking more, so our next European trip will be a bike vacation, but I hope to get back someday and do some more extensive hiking.
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Brian Lewis
http://postholer.com/brianle