In three weeks I set off for the Continental Divide Trail, a 2,800-mile "trail" along the Divide, the point in the United States at which water has to choose to flow either to the Atlantic or the Pacific. I use quotes around the word trail because this trail is largely incomplete, and will require maps and compass navigation. No two people who hike this trail hike it the same way.

Only 20-40 people set off to hike this each year, and when I finish I will be one of less than a hundred people to hike the "Triple Crown" - the Appalachian Trail, Pacific Crest Trail, and the Continental Divide Trail - around 8,000 miles in total.

I'm expecting this trip to take me about six months to complete.

Of course I will be hiking in a kilt, the same kilt that already has 5,000 backpacking miles on it.

Andrew.