All my problems on the long path

TThe morning begins with some easy miles on flat terrain, which I appreciate since I need something to get my funk yesterday.

Today is Saturday, and I see many adult day young people walking along the way. When I check my map, I realize how close I am from Middlebury College and I wonder if all university students are out in the morning.

Steep. Rocky. Rooty.

When I checked the amount of gain and loss of elevation that I hope to do today, I face a very large number. I know that every flat mile now means that the path of the path will be even more pronounced later in the day.

Of course, enough, after a gradual descent to a road, I spend the next hour slowly uploading a strong rise. The positive side is that the path is very well maintained, and it is basically a series of stone steps, but my quads are burned at the top.

As much as I would love to get to a lunch shelter to be able to bed in the bunk and stretch my back, the climb took more than expected and instead I decide to find a pretty view and take my lunch there.

Ramen? For lunch? Revolutionary.

Finally, views!

At least the rain of the last days has dissipated, and the day is crispy and sunny without further fog to block my views.

I speak with my friend, Livvy (who is totally crushing a sobo on the walk, by the way) about how we feel in the mountains. She describes the connection of the soul she feels for the mountains of the Apalaches; And I heard my thoughts about the rocky mountains reflected.

I want to leave this walk in the love of the area and desperate to walk through the AT, but the mountains are simply not talking to me. If they are, I can’t listen to them.

A brief list of problems

1. It is too humid; I started breaking for the first time on a walk. The only solution is to get rid of underwear and flash sporadically. I’m sorry.
2. My eruption in the foot is improving, but it really hurts when the skin around it moves (you know, like when you walk).
3. I don’t like listening to people throwing and lighting their pads in shelters, and the anxiety of making my own noise keeps me awake at night.
4. Chickn says he doesn’t like this path very much. I think I don’t agree, but I’m online. I would really like to love this path.

A brief historical interlude

Before the European settlement, the Abenaki people were the main inhabitants of Vermont. They lived in the region for thousands of years, hunting, fishing and agriculture along rivers and lakes, using the earth sustainably.

Abenaki’s connection with the earth was deep, and many of the areas through which the long path was once part of their territory. Some names of places along the path still carry the echoes of the Abenaki language, although much of its history was erased through colonization.

After the European settlers arrived in the 18th century, Vermont became a center for the wood industries. Tala was a great economic activity, and much of the forest was clear to give way to agriculture and settlement. Over the centuries, this left the landscape with remains of old roads, abandoned mills and other traces of human activity.

However, in recent decades, Vermont has suffered significant reforestation, and many areas that were once authorized for agriculture or industry have once again been dense forests. The long path itself was created to exhibit and protect Vermont’s natural beauty, preserving the desert that has emerged after centuries of human impact. It is good to see this, but in a bittersweet, painful way.

Bored path (?)

The rest of the day is without incident: climbing, descents, more ups and a lake. We arrive at the camp long before dusk and watch the forest fall into the dark while we make dinners.

Today I listen to «free things» by Edward Sharpe and the magnetic zeros and sounds like bed in bed with her eyes closed while my friend touches a duet in the piano above with her mother.

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