Cool, I will have to look at your journal. I imagine that you hit quite a few of the side trails, with the frequent on and off.
When I did my End-to-End in 2015 I walked all of the then side trails – as part of a continuous route. This occasionally meant hiking the Long Trail Northbound on a Southbound hike.
I am in the process of typing up my journal, but I have only written up to Mansfield, as of today:
http://www.trailjournals.com/lt2015goat
Just stumbled across this thread— congrats on your third time completing the LT!
I started section hiking in May of this year and made it to Stratton-(the Ver-mud was unreal..) then went back the last weekend of October to get to Rte 11 before Bromley. So I hope to have it all done within 3-5 more years. Beautiful trail for sure- and VERY challenging. Living in MD makes it tough to get up there for just a weekend trip..
Thanks for sharing your trail journal!
The CT
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Haha!! —wow... well you’re right, that drive is long and I dread that whole NJ turnpike and NYC area, but once you get north of that, it’s all completely worth it!
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Cooker: I haven't been around White Blaze for a while, but was glad to see this thread. I enjoyed following your complete dissection of the LT this year. It was great to renew your acquaintance during my hike. I much appreciated your kindness.