LT 2014 Day 7: David Logan Shelter to Middlebury Gap
Now that I didn’t have a set schedule, I just let myself go. I slept in until 8:30 in the morning. Crazy, I know. I met a Middlebury orientation group in the morning on the trail. I don’t want to…
LT 2014 Day 6: Inn at Long Trail to David Logan Shelter
Day 6? What happened to Day 5? My leg was not in a normal type of pain when I got to the Inn and when I walked on it later that night I was pretty sure it wasn’t going to…
LT 2014 Day 4: Minerva Hinchey Shelter to Inn at Long Trail
Note: This is written as if I wrote it all the day of the hike. It was actually compiled from my memories and notes that I took on my phone as I hiked and written much later. Planned Schedule:4:30am –…
LT 2014 Day 3: Bromley Shelter to Minerva Hinchey Shelter
Note: This is written as if I wrote it all the day of the hike. It was actually compiled from my memories and notes that I took on my phone as I hiked and written much later. Planned Schedule: 5am…
LT 2014 Day 2: Kid Gore Shelter to Bromley Shelter
Note: This is written as if I wrote it all the day of the hike. It was actually compiled from my memories and notes that I took on my phone as I hiked and written much later. Schedule:5am – Wake-up5:30am…
LT 2014 Day 1: Sherman Brook Tentsite to Kid Gore Shelter
Note: This is written as if I wrote it all the day of the hike. It was actually compiled from my memories and notes that I took on my phone as I hiked and written much later. Planned Schedule: 5am…
LT 2014 Day 0: North Adams to Sherman Brook Tentsite
Note: This is written as if I wrote it all the day of the hike. It was actually compiled from my memories and notes that I took on my phone as I hiked and written much later. Schedule: 2pm –…
Long Trail 2014 Pre-Trip
For almost ten years now, I’ve been dreaming about thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail. I’ve read many, many books on it, read online forums, and avidly look forward to meeting “real, live thru-hikers” on my weekend hikes. It’s become possibly the…
Trip Report: Monadnock via White Cross/White Dot
I had Calvin (my son) duty for the day yesterday while my wife was working. I was looking for something to do with him and late in the morning decided that maybe I could throw him on my back and…
Gummi bears are too healthy
I’ve been telling everyone lately that I’m going to use gummi bears as my main pure sugar snack on my hike. I love their chew, they are pure sugar when you need that, I don’t get tired of their flavor…