Thanks for cranking this out!  Makes thing much easier

I've got the zpacks quantum bivy.  Haven't used it much yet but It'll be on the AZT with me in a few days!

I use the 30 as well.  I also have the Gaia Gps program on my iphone with all my needed tracks and waypoints loaded in case I lose or trash my gps.

Post 129 on page 7 has the trackleaders signup info.  Thanks for the info on Mormon lake!

I'm a huge fan of Event rain gear.  I have a jacket from REI that I don't leave home without.  I agree that you might not be able to stay absolutely dry but good rain gear is huge part of any adventure for me.  Even when it's relatively warm outside a hard rain can freeze you in no time at all and your fun instantly becomes miserable.

The 300 track is over 55,000 points so you will have to simplify it to 10,000 points total or split it into 6 segments with 10,000 points in 5 of them and the remainder in the 6th segment.  Sorry if you've already tried this. 

Been a long time since I've used one but I always used the cateye enduro.  Basic but does everything I ever needed. 

I'm looking at my options of getting to Tucson and right now I'm leaning towards getting a rental car out of Farmington, NM and making the 8 hr drive.  Not sure if I'll head down on the 9th or 10th though.  Anyone else have plans of getting there from the same area?  Would be fairly cheap if splitting the rental / gas cost. 

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I'm a fan of the MSR Hyperflow.  Steripens and iodine are great if your water source is fairly clear but a filter is always nice just in case!

Shimano's are the way to go for me. 

Great!  Thanks for the info. 

In here for the shuttle as well.  Would be great to get to the border but will have to take what I can get! 

Thanks Yogi.  I already have the 10k version in my gps and was wondering if I would have any difficulty following it.  I've read that some of the trail is fairly faint and hard to follow at night and I wasn't sure if keeping all of the points would make any difference on the gps or not.  Unless I hear differently I'll just stick with the 10k.

Are you guys simplifying the 750 track from 80,254 points to a single 10,000 point track or are you splitting it up into equal pieces? 

I've looked at the shuttle services from Tucson on ATA's website and it looks like they will deliver me to the Coronado national memorial. I'm assuming that from there I should be able to get to the start point easy enough on my trusty steed.  A question I have is if I have to show up the afternoon prior to the start and bring the extra food / water for the nights stay, are there trash cans at the start point or will I have to carry everything with me till I find the first dumpster?

Totally agree and I will study the routes as much as I can from the maps.  I rode the Coconino 250 several years ago but never any trails south of there.  Seems like water isn't too hard to find for the first day or so of the race so and I'm sure by then I'll have gauged what I think I'll need for the longer stretches. 

Thanks! That's pretty much what I was thinking. 

I'm really thinking hard about being at the border on the 11th.  I've read the 2013 and 2014 forums and all the post race write ups I can find but can't get a solid feel for how much water capacity to roll with.  I've plotted out the known water stops from AZtripper and also fredgaudetphotography. It does seem like there is at least one long stretch without guaranteed water? Thoughts?

Mine is SC Tallboy and I love it.