15 miles (28 Total) Congdon Shelter to Glastonbury Mountain 42.97742, -73.07162 We slept okay for the first night and morning soon came, along with a light drizzle that only lasted a moment. It was still humid and warm, and everything was sticky and gross, something we will have to get used to. First light is […]
13 miles (13 Total) Pine Cobble Trail Head to Congdon Shelter 42.84811, -73.10961 It rained somewhat on our ride up to North Adams from Springfield to start our Long Trail hike. Clouds hovered over the northern Berkshire Mountains hiding them from sight as we drove along winding Route 2. There were a lot of rafting
It’s already been quite a year: 3,250 miles cycled across the United States, 400 miles cycled across South Korea, two weeks backpacking through Japan, and a 500 mile walk across Spain. I’m not really sure where the time went, but it certainly went by fast. I can still remember planning for all this stuff not
Domonick and I have completed another course in the art of bipedal motion. This time it was El Camino 301: A Hike Across the Northern Coast of Spain. At 500 miles, it was my second longest thru-hike and unlike any other hike I’ve gone on. Perhaps that’s just it, it wasn’t really a hike, certainly
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June 1st, 2017 St Irene to Santiago de Compostella Km walked: 23 Km total: 817 Today we walked into Santiago and made our way to the Cathedral of St. James. We arrived at 11:30 and were among hundreds of other pilgrims and tourists visiting the church. It was a happy place: people smiling, hugging, taking
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May 31st, 2017 Sobrado des Monxes to St Irene (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km Walked: 38 Km total: 795 Well, that was the worst night at an Alburgue by a wide margin. It was so awful I hesitate to even write about it, because it makes me so angry. How can such a pristine monastery make
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May 30th, 2017 Baamonde to Sobrado des Monxes (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 40 Km total: 757 Today was one of the better days on the trail and one of the most “remote.” For a good 3-4 hours we walked on quiet, far out country roads with nary a sign of human life. It almost
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May 29th, 2017 Gontan to Baamonde (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 40Km total: 714 Well, only 100 km left. Today’s walk wasn’t too bad and we mostly stayed on dirt and gravel roads. We had a long day because we decided we wanted to finish the trail in 4 days instead of 5. So much
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May 28th, 2017 Mondonedo to Gontan (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 17 Km total: 674 We walked outside into near zero visibility as we left the Alburgue. We had a pleasantly good stay there. The room was actually cold (a good thing), and there were no snorers in the room. Today’s walking was a fairly
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May 27th, 2017 Ribadeo to Mondonedo (Alburgue de Perigrino) Km walked: 36 km Km total: 657 It was a misty and cloudy morning as we walked out of Ribadeo, but it wasn’t really raining, and that was okay. The forecast for the next three days looked glum- lots of rain and thunderstorms. We climbed up
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