Getting pretty close. I still need to polish my boots, get a haircut, shave and pick up my spare socks from Tripp. We’re going to get Denaro to drop us off tomorrow night in sourthern VT. I’m going to drive the left over food out to Andrew Ziehl’s tonight and leave it with him – he’s agreed to meet us at the summit of Killington for our first resupply. Things are shapin’ up…
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Packing and Planning
We did a final round of planning and packed up our bags for the first leg of the trip. The first resupply will be at Churchill Scott Hut on day seven. The second resupply will be on day fourteen at Mt. Mansfield. We loaded up our packs for the first leg and they each weighed in around 60 lbs. Thankfully they will be getting progressively lighter, even considering considering resupply points; we are carrying most of the staples the whole way just to be safe. Photographic coming soon…
Tracker RSS Feed
The following RSS feed should reflect our ‘track’ from day to day. Hopefully I’ll be able to use the Android MyTracks app to track all of this, and having acheived that, hopefully I’ll be able to upload regularly. In any event, the RSS will provide a nice digest of activity whenever updates are available. It’s viewed pretty well in Google Reader but other readers should work just as well.
Additionally, coming straight to this link should be interesting as well; it’s the original map that the feed is derived from and should be cool to look at.
Projected LT Itinerary
Here’s our projected itinerary:
Mile 10, day 1: Congdon Shelter
Mile 28, day 2: Glastenbury Hut
Mile 47.5, day 3: Stratton Pond
Mile 59.5, day 4: Bromley
Mile 73.5, day 5: Big Branch Ridge
Mile 90.5, day 6: Clarendon Shelter (first resupply?)
Mile 106.5, day 7: Churchill Scott Hut
Mile 123.5, day 8: David Logen Shelter
Mile 143.5, day 9: Boyce Shelter
Mile 153.5, day 10: Cooley Glen Shelter
Mile 172.5, day 11: Birch Glen Camp
Mile 186, day 12: Banforth Ridge Shelter
Mile 203.5, day 13: Puffer Shelter
Mile 214.5, day 14: Mt. Mansfield
Mile 234, day 15: Round Top Shelter
Mile 249, day 16: Spruce Ledge Shelter
Mile 262.5, day 17: Hazen’s Notch
Mile ~280, day 18: Journey’s End Camp
Commence betting on how close to this plan we are actually to stay over the weeks…