8/17/22
New England 100 Highest
Wilson & Breadloaf

Today is the two year anniversary of my cancer diagnosis. I escaped to the woods of Vermont to tackle two of the New England 100 Highest that are on the Long Trail in Vermont. I intentionally picked this hike because I needed to get away today. I needed to not have cell phone service and to be able to block out reality for a few hours. I’m not going to say that I had a wonderful hike because I didn’t. I don’t love the Long Trail nor do I love the only way to anywhere in Vermont requires hours on back roads. The trail to the ridge was pretty. I was clearly some sort of old logging road, and meandered next to a river for the first few miles before jutting up onto the Long Trail. Once on the trail, I went to the summit of Wilson first and then hit Bread Loaf. On the way back down I came to the determination that I am absolutely sick of going downhill (and so are my knees). Thankfully for the next few days I won’t be doing large climbs.

Daily Miles: 9.42
Daily Vert: 2777’
Overall Miles: 303.10
Overall Vert: 104,112’
NEHH: 18/100