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Vermont

Vermont has been very wet thus far

Kevin

by Kevin

Up,up,up. Down. Up,up,up,up. Down. The trail today seemed to climb a never ending hill somewhere in the Green Mountains of Vermont. Vermont has not been very friendly thus far.

I slept in until 5:45AM, and was walking within an hour, I believe. After the climbing up, pointlessly, to the summit of Harmon Hill, the trail was tumbling descent to VT route 9. This descent was steep with rock steps that sent twinges of pain through my knees.

Then it was onward and upward. The initial climb out of the road was steep with steps as well. I've discovered steps throw off any sort of rhythm I've put together. The climb was long and persistent. There were some small downs along the way, but overall I was going up.

I spent all of this climb walking in a cloud, which killed any hopes of any sort of view today. Cookie and I rolled into Goddard Shelter around 1:00PM for our lunch break. When we arrived, Warpaint was preparing to march on. He's thinking about a 30 mile day today, so I doubt I'll see him again anytime soon. This lunch break only lasted 25 minutes today because there was a chill in the air that cooled down my body quite rapidly.

4/10ths later we arrived on the summit of Glastenbury Mountain. On a clear day I imagine the fire tower on the summit offers a nice view, but I did not bother today.

Cookie and I rolled into Kid Gore Shelter at 3:10PM and decided to call it a day, we wanted to give our bodies a little rest. Ever since New York City we have been in a big push without much rest, so hopefully this will do us some good.

The shelter tonight is full, there are several section hikers a couple other thru's. Hit and Miss are staying in the closed shelter 100 yards north on the trail.

Tomorrow Cookie and I shall push for 23 miles, putting us in position for a short dash into Manchester Center for resupply the following morning.

Vermont has been very wet thus far, and there has not been much to look at. I'm ready for a change in scenery. I'm ready for the White Mountains of New Hampshire.

And that's the way it was.

Kirby

Ga>ME 2008.

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