Troll's 2010 AT Journal

25 August 2010, Chateauguay Road
Today I hit the thru hiker wall. I got out and hiked today but not because I wanted to. I need to keep putting one foot in front of the other. I know if I quit now I will regret it for the rest of my life. I will finish!

I thought when I came out here I would find myself. I don't think I am any closer to that than before I started.

I came upon Thundering Falls today. I came here two years ago when mapping the reroute ...

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22 August 2010, VT 140
I decided to take a short day today. The factor in this decision was the rain. The other factor stems from the blister on my left heal that is starting to bother me again. I starting wearing a new pair of boots yesterday and that’s where the blister came from.

Not much to write about when you doing nothing but trudging along in the rain and looking forward to getting to someplace dry. That is all you think about when you’re hiking in the rain. ...

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23 August 2010, VT 103
It rained all morning. I am tired of the rain. I know I should not complain. It is nothing close to the rain the thru hikers experienced in 2003. I know a couple of people that hiked in 2003 and they told me about all the rain they received that year.

Not much to say about the walking today. Just another day in the Vermont mud, hence the nick name us hikers have given the state, Vermud.

It sure was nice to go to a dry place tonight. ...

22 August 2010, VT 140
I decided to take a short day today. The factor in this decision was the rain. The other factor stems from the blister on my left heal that is starting to bother me again. I starting wearing a new pair of boots yesterday and that’s where the blister came from.

Not much to write about when you doing nothing but trudging along in the rain and looking forward to getting to someplace dry. That is all you think about when you’re hiking ...

21 August 2010, USFS0 10
Llano and I started out at a good pace this morning. We reached Styles Peak and we thought we were on Peru Peak. I was a little disappointed that I had two more miles to go to get to Peru Peak. When we got to Peru Peak I had another disappointment when the peak was covered by trees. We decided to go to Peru Peak Shelter for lunch.

After a relatively quick lunch break we moved on another 2.7 miles to Baker Peak. We stopped for a quick snack and ...

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