Some numbers:
Consecutive days hiked: 23 --- Number of miles hiked: 277.2 (doesn't include a couple of extra miles hiked to get my resupply boxes, to get back on trail when I got lost, to get to some of the water sources at camp, and to meet up with my dad on Rt. 2 in Williamstown) --- Overall average miles hiked per day: 12.8 --- Average miles hiked per day from Canadian border to Johnson: 10.1
Average miles hiked per day from Johnson to Waitsfield: 10.8 Average miles hiked per day from Waitsfield to Rutland: 13.8 Average miles hiked per day from Rutland to Manchester Center: 16.6 Average miles hiked per day from Manchester Center to Williamstown: 14.7 ----- Overall average hours hiked per day: 8.25 --- Average hours hiked per day from Canadian border to Johnson (Leg 1): 7.25 Average hours hiked per day from Johnson to Waitsfield (Leg 2): 8.1 Average hours hiked per day from Waitsfield to Rutland (Leg 3): 8.7 Average hours hiked per day from Rutland to Manchester Center (Leg 4): 9.2 Average hours hiked per day from Manchester Center to Williamstown (Leg 5): 8.4 --- Number of "zeroes" taken (days with no hiking): 0 Number of "nearos" taken (days with only a partial day of hiking): 3 --- Base weight: 12.6 lbs. (my backpack and everything in it except food and water) Base weight plus food and water: 26 lbs. --- Cumulative elevation gain: 69,455 feet --- Number of snakes seen: 2 Number of bears seen: 0 Number of naked hikers seen: 1 --- Number of southbound (SOBOs) Long Trail hikers in my "bubble", not including me: 3 --- Number of alpine (treeless) summits: 3 --- Number of mosquito bites: 1 --- Number of blisters on my feet: 0 Number of blisters on my hands: 2 (from my trekking poles) Number of toenails lost: 2 --- Number of Advil taken: too many --- Number of campfires at shelter sites: 3 --- Number of nights spent in town: 4 Number of times I slept in a shelter: 2 Number of times I slept in my tent: 16 --- Number of resupply boxes received: 4 --- Number of slips/falls on my rear-end: 6 —- Pounds lost: 14 --- Number of days rained on: 4 --- Number of 4,000-foot mountains climbed: 5 --- Number of miles the Long Trail is shared with the Appalachian Trail: 105 --- Number of AT thru-hikers seen: several dozen --- Number of women over 65 who passed me on the trail: 4
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