Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-09-18
HAPPY TRAMP ON
THE LONG TRAIL
Ten Members of the Appalachian
Club Discover" the Beau
ties of Vermont.

the Appalachian club left yesterday for
pos,on aftcr n week spent in n trim over
~, ,r, ~. ,.,,i,.., &,
Wv
Rutland fr1"aN eNe"'HS' ''P'''"''' ~
climbed Kilington Peak the next morn
ing and set out for Gamers Hump. rms
Is the first large party to follow the IRAN
from killington to Camcrs Hump The
"a militiamen Of Company NJ who mad"
q practice march in July along the tral"
iid their walking In the sterling Bottom
region. Two other parties of two ana ilNe
persons respectively are now on the trail
md expect to cover the entire distance
rom Mansfield to Nillington
TO aid the Or, Mountain club ana
ihe forestry dcp; mt I'm the work or
completing the between Lincoln
mountain and NJ Iorrd. so that
through trip wo"l" 'r posslole, 'he APP
Paib'i on '"" z,..t ,,
~ 'he iu,'"' VI 49, So, ,,a,,r.,t,,a
hAteT 'Ieii wen 10 ....,.
ne" iliou"'di' ''''u w.,
lovers " 'ne i,''s - VI
yeti that 'h's "Trip "ouiu prov ~ De ille.e
'he lrs' Vi man VI 80 49,.
tne Green "'oun''''.s ny ~
ms occasion maze II ln'posSIoIe ior '''e'',
20 continue 10 tle Ilort' oNel p'''oi' anu
Mansheld ana SterIihR'
Inc party carried ioou SupPllcs' t'H.s anu
blankets SO that they were apsolutelS IN
dependent as they fonoWed 'he SKY line OF
Vermont along the mountains lhelr
packs heaped up in IRON or the Berwick
Hotel at Rutland on saturday morninH'
September g. looked formidable, even
though 6o pounds or supplies had heeh
sent ahead to be picked up at Rreadloat'
The khak-clad party seemed to be quite
a novelty as they set out IN carriages
for the base of killington But since the
mountain has become the southern ter
mina of 1870 miles of trail, the people or
Rutland will soon become accustomed to
extending hospitality to parties Of this
kind.
ON AGAIN At 5.30 4 NJ
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party, marked their route with bits of
blue handkerchief tied to branches. The
handkerchief from which the niCCardly
signals We're torn was so small and the
air was so misty in the late afternoon
that the trampers came near spending
the night lost and supperless Their re-
lief at finding the camp and the Joys of
generous supper rather dangerously
heightened the day of men who had risen
at $50, for the party, to quote the diary,
fooled till midnight" and then went to
sleep several times"
Strangely enough to the uninitiated. but
naturally enough to those who know. the
party next morning felt fine" and hit
tho trail hard at $50. And apparently
they needed to. The diarist Of the COM
pany recorded that the trail slabbing
around Little Carmel is by nature mean
trail" There was enough Jewel weed and
nettle to make a man sclf-conscious.
Stung into pace making they covered the
arst Az misty mountain miles in ~ hours.
They arrived at Rochester pass south of
Mount Horrid, at $3.50 Half n dozen of
the party climbed the mountain for a
view of the sunset. That evening Won
derful moonlight seemed to take the chill
out of the air
PAST BEATrTIFIrJ, pTErAD IALr
-ruosdo,. ,ro,, 90. 80. - -, --.,
,bo t,.u ,st o..il.,
Itorrid 70 Iircol,, ,,,a,,,,.ai, wa
ap,arnoo, .ha .i, -, -, - '"0 10
the most attractive ,,oun,at,, ,al,a ~
-. - -''o''''a'n lanes Oh
near tbe Rintor.Hancoo,, roaa - -.
the most not.hlo o,,a,,.. 90 49,. ~
the machine IN 90 +t,a On "@a
ordinary car,r a,,..',,e. " '"'
soun and hoco,, ,,,hio,. H., - 49, ~
cd tn Rread,oot ,a T., aa,s.t 80
exnec,od h.. Io,o,,a,,, -, va
notatoes u.hio, oera.,os ""9 VI
forgotten Eos.
rho oo,d H.,
veaIed o.tr,o.,,,o ,,,.s.a,.
were on+oyad thro,,,,h1''t
ing tbemseIyos &c ~. NV 20 a.
,,,or.ar. ~ =, VI
Elliott Vista to a splendid view of rou,
ranges which reached to the horizon
The silence of the mountain slopes wa!
broken by the noisy cascade, Clark
1alis' Which reminded them of White
mountain waters with which they are 81
Iahlilar' Altogether II was mos
stimulating day, due both to what wa,