6/28/22
White Mountain Guide Day Seven

When I left my career as a Special Educator in June 2020 it was to start what I considered my dream of attempting to hike all the trails in The Whites in a year and my new career as a writer. Everything was supposed to be starting over for me, in the best way. And when I started working on my hikes that summer, I felt incredibly disconnected, rushed, and unable to stay in the moment. To really acknowledge that I was living my dream, not working towards living it. I’ve been waiting to restart the dream since August 2020 and in the meantime, I learned life lessons that you can’t possibly learn unless you go through what I went through. On my hike today it hit me. I am living my dream now. I’m not filling time until it is a reality, or putting in the work as a cancer patient. My dream is a reality finally and this time around, I have been more than present and unfathomably grateful for every single moment because I know what I went through to get here, and I know how quickly all of this can be stripped away. Today was amazing.

Daily Miles: 13.34
Overall Miles: 77.80
Daily Vert: 3846’
Overall Vert: 24,773’
Guide: 2.9% -> 3.5%

Trails:

Algonquin Trail
Guinea Pond Trail
Mead Trail
Wentworth Trail
Bearcamp River Trail