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Appalachian Trail – Massachusetts / Vermont

Massachusetts / Vermont

“If you’re killed, you’ve lost a very important part of your life.”

- Brooke Shields

Sunset from the summit of Mt. Greylock, MA

Journal Entry 7.1.00
“At Bascom Lodge on the summit of Mt. Greylock. 8 miles out of Cheshire today – we decided to make it a short day and do work-for-stay here. We get to sleep on the floor in the porch after 1.5 hours of washing dishes. Tomorrow I’ll be heading into Vermont and have less than 600 miles to go!”

WonderGimp, Good Vibe and No Whey

Journal Entry 7.2.00
“8pm in my tent at Congdon shelter in VERMONT! 20.4 miles today. Only 3 states to go! Not a great day for me – was feeling tired and low on energy all day. I got to the shelter and some section hiker started talking about how much it would suck to start as a couple on the trail and then break up. Then my stove exploded. I just want to sleep.”

Journal Entry 7.3.00
“18.7 miles today. Much easier day for me than yesterday. I’m working through the “funk” that I’ve been in for the last week or so. It seems like everyone has been feeling low lately. Mostly because we’ve come so far but there is still a considerable distance to go. Getting to Vermont has definitely helped and I know I’ll be in New Hampshire next week.”

Journal Entry 7.4.00
“Fourth of July at Stratton Pond! Here with Good Vibe, No Whey, Horses Trot, and a few Long Trail hikers. I had to pay $5 to stay at this shelter – the first time I’ve paid to sleep in a shelter on the entire trail. We all swam in the pond earlier – it was SO nice to rinse off all the mud, sweat and Deet that has been stuck to my body for days. I met my first southbounder today – Red Dog. He started on May 22. Well, the only fireworks we have are our photon lights and the strobe setting on No Whey’s flashlight so I’m going to go watch the show!”

Journal Index

Georgia – Overview And the poop on the Trail Divorce

0 (miles from Georgia) – Springer Mountain, Georgia Whose idea was this again??
87.7 – Georgia / North Carolina Aint no all-inclusive package vacation story…
161.7 – Fontana Dam, North Carolina No Rain, No Pain, No Maine
204.6 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park I My deodorant gets the heave-ho!
268.7 – Great Smoky Mountains National Park II The Food Appreciation Trail
336.5 – North Carolina / Tennessee & Trail Names How the Gimp got her name
390.7 – North Carolina / Tennessee The famous Roan Mountain hitch
452.9 – Crossing into Damascus, Virginia 3 states down, 11 to go!
516.7 – Grayson Highlands State Park Roughin it at Partnership Shelter
573.3 – Bland, Virginia My wonderful trail angels!
665.3 – Pearisburg, Virginia The switch from boots to sandals
767.4 – Catawba / Troutville, Virginia Heat wave in Virginia
839.4 – Montebello / Rockfish Gap, Virginia ‘Hiking with Gimpy Sr.
920.0 – Shenandoah National Park Rattlesnakes, Jack Daniels, and bears – oh my!
988.3 – Front Royal, Virginia Invasion of the Boy Scouts
1001.1 – Harper’s Ferry, West Virginia The mental half-way point
1061.4 – Maryland / Pennsyltucky Y’all done drank enough beer!
1123.8 – Duncannon, Pennsylvania The Half-Gallon Challenge
1208.9 – Port Clinton, Pennsylvania $1 Yuengling drafts and the rocks of PA
1283.9 – Pennsylvania / New Jersey Friends and family visit WonderGimp
1334.2 – High Point, New Jersey Rain, rain, rain, trail magic, and more rain
1440.7 – Bear Mountain, New York Hike Naked Day!
1486.1 – Kent, Connecticut Gimpy Sr. and Barkeater hike with W.Gimp
1543.8 – Great Barrington, MassachusettsWelcome to Mosquito Hell
1618.0 – Massachusetts / VermontPhoton and strobe lights for the 4th of July
1687.3 – Killington, Vermont The Inn at the Long Trail
1738.1 – New Hampshire Live Free or Die!
1794.4 – North Woodstock, New Hampshire Gettin’ above treeline
1814.4 – AMC-land, New Hampshire Entering the White Mountains!
1854.0 – Pinkham Notch, New Hampshire Mooning the tourists on Mt. Washington
1869.2 – Gorham, New Hampshire My first Moose sighting!
1920.7 – Andover, Maine The way Life should be…
1979.3 – Rangeley, Maine Closing in on the end
2015.6 – Kennebec River, Maine Eye of the Tiger!
2095.7 – Monson, Maine 100-mile Wilderness
2152.0 – Abol Bridge, Maine Katahdin is in sight!
2167.1 – Baxter Peak, Mount Katahdin, Maine Goodbye Capilene – Hello Cotton!!

Other Pages:
Map – Yep, 14 states
Gear – What to Bring
FAQs – See for yourself
Glossary (learn the AT lingo)
Links to Additional Info
Trail Injuries Everything from blisters to swampfoot
Trail Privies Bring your own TP
Class of 2000 Katahdin Thru-Hiker Pictures