Spruce Ledge Camp to Roundtop Shelter September 30, 2007 LT Miles – 14.7 Total LT Miles – 47.4 Extra Miles – 0 My morning view – this is Devil’s Perch Outlook – only a few steps from Spruce Ledge Camp. It looks to the north, with Ritterbush Pond in the foreground, and Belvidere Mountain in […]
Day 4 – Belvidere Mountain
Hazen’s Notch Camp to Spruce Ledge Camp September 29, 2007 LT Miles – 14.5 Total LT Miles – 32.7 Extra Miles – 1 I wake and I remember where I am. Aged wooden boards are inches from my nose. The sounds that stirred me awake continue – rustles of sleeping bags, nylon, zippers, the light […]
Day 3 – Jay Peak
Laura Wodward Shelter to Hazen’s Notch Camp September 28, 2007 LT Miles – 9.5 Total LT Miles – 18.2 Extra Miles – 0 I lie around and eat pop-tarts. The rain diminishes. Hopes for the sun to come out prove futile, so it looks as though it’ll be a moody ascent up Jay Peak. The […]
Day 2 – Journey’s End
Journey’s End Camp to Laura Woodward Shelter September 27, 2007 LT Miles – 8.7 Total LT Miles – 8.7 Extra Miles – 0.6 I wake in the dim light before dawn. I don’t know what time it is – I’m not carrying a wristwatch on this trip. From within my sleeping bag, the interior of […]
Day 1 – North Troy
Burlington, Vt to Journey’s End Camp September 26, 2007 LT Miles – 0 Total LT Miles – 0 Extra Miles – 5 It was a long ride yesterday on Greyhound buses from Allentown, Pennsylvania. I wake this morning in a motel room in Burlington, Vermont… the Green Mountain State. I spend the afternoon hitch-hiking to […]