VIDEO: The Long Trail - Part 1

**12trysomething** · 05-31-2015, 16:22

My hiking goal in 2015 is to traverse the 273 mile Long Trail which travels the entire length of Vermont, from Massachusetts to Canada. In part 1 of my documentary I use the Pine Cobble Trail Head in Williamstown, MA as my entry point to my first step on the LT. Staying at Seth Warner shelter, night 1 proved to be a challenge with the over night lows into the mid 20's. The next day, Saturday, the plan was to hike just over 13 miles passing by the Congdon Shelter, eventually staying at Melville Nauheim Shelter, but I decided to push on and attempt to make it to Goddard Shelter(at just under 22 miles). The afternoon turned to early evening and...

The night before this adventure my wife asked me for 3 things I was apprehensive about. After much thought I shared the following with her, 1) my body holding up - I'm not getting any younger. 2) Severe weather - specifically thunderstorms. and 3) Loneliness. Follow along to see how these potential obstacles were handled.

Thanks for watching,

Rob

**Cave Man** · 05-31-2015, 18:40

Great stuff Rob , looks like great weather .

Thanks

**2ply** · 05-31-2015, 21:04

Looking forward to the next installment of the adventure.

**mrh_on** · 05-31-2015, 21:54

Great video Rob...thanks for taking us along.

**BigRed77** · 06-01-2015, 05:24

Enjoyed very much. Looking forward to part 2. BigRed77

**Scubahhh** · 06-01-2015, 06:30

Thanks again, 1... can't wait to find out whether or not you survived ;-)

and welcome to Vermont! Be glad you're not out on the trail this week.

**Dead Man** · 06-01-2015, 09:50

Great video Rob. Looking forward to more.

**KSC** · 06-01-2015, 20:38

As always I enjoyed your video. Looking forward to the next part. Thanks for taking the time to share your trips with us.

**JSH** · 06-01-2015, 20:42

Rob,

As always, very entertaining and informative trip. Hope you made it to the Goddard shelter that last bit to cap solid day. Sure were some pretty views. Looking forward to the rest of the trip.

Steve

**12trysomething** · 06-02-2015, 08:14

Originally Posted by Cave Man

Great stuff Rob , looks like great weather .

Thanks

Weather was great the whole 8 days. Thanks

Originally Posted by 2ply

Looking forward to the next installment of the adventure.

I always look forward to your comments. I hope to have P2 up over the weekend - backpack for 8 days and work takes over the next 8

need to fix that!

Originally Posted by mrh_on

Great video Rob...thanks for taking us along.

I am glad you liked it - thank you

Originally Posted by BigRed77

Enjoyed very much. Looking forward to part 2. BigRed77

Thanks BigRed! What a trail!

Originally Posted by Scubahhh

Thanks again, 1... can't wait to find out whether or not you survived ;-)

and welcome to Vermont! Be glad you're not out on the trail this week.

haha - friends I met on the trail, who kept heading to Canada, got beat up the last few days. I lucked out.

Originally Posted by DaddyDaddy

Great video Rob. Looking forward to more.

Appreciate it DaddyDaddy - twas a fun week for me

Originally Posted by KSC

As always I enjoyed your video. Looking forward to the next part. Thanks for taking the time to share your trips with us.

You are welcome and thank you for taking the time to leave a note

we are even!

Originally Posted by JSH

Rob,

As always, very entertaining and informative trip. Hope you made it to the Goddard shelter that last bit to cap solid day. Sure were some pretty views. Looking forward to the rest of the trip.

Steve

Thanks Steve, you had to work for them, but the rewards were some amazing vistas!