LT12 – Irasville – 163

The first 150 miles are just training for the last 120. Or, as 3 high-octane SOBO hikers told me atop Stark’s Nest, “you’re getting into The Shit”. Part of me thinks, “bring it on”, while the other part starts the perpetual chess-game calculations of miles per hour, miles per day, and food carrying capacity. It’s…

Long Trail videos, part 1

Random videos from my Long Trail trip. https://youtu.be/watch?v=3Sv-2oEmD9k&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=VFkoSfOa4gs&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=ciK4vf6J6hM&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=9-tvsWnj60w&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=9WbXBev55s8&rel=0 https://youtu.be/watch?v=HGsGOgVCFpg&rel=0

LT17 – Johnson – 222

Sep 18 – Day 12 Into and out of Waitsfield, with a long stopover at Three Mountain Coffee. After dillydallying as long as i could, I started walking to theedge of town where the road made an obvious split north. Plus, I feel that hitching from th outskirts of town is less likely to draw…

LT21 – Journey’s End – 273

If you want to skip to the end, I did hike the whole Long Trail. Day 18 – Corliss Camp – 233 Rain started 5 min after I left the trailhead and even said out loud, in spite of the grim and lowering clouds, “I’ve got a good feeling about today.” (Squint and you can…