life till now
It's been a while since I've made a post, so here goes:
I spent a week in the Bahamas helping a proffessor do research on the Allen's Keys Rock Iguanas, and endagered species that occurs nowhere else in the world. That was quite an experience, and I got very torn up in the process. We also got to see the tourist district in Nassau, and we checked out Atlantis, which had a very cool underground aquarium that's free at night (10 foot Manta Ray was my favorite) as well as a casino where many people wasted much money. The bulk of the trip was spend scrambling over rocks, getting bitten and scratched, and giving small talks to tourists.
After that, I went and started work as a ridgerunner for the AMC Berkshire trails office, and am currently about to back onto the AT for another four day stint. Some of the job is a pain, what with breaking up fire rings and cleaning up litter, but overall it's a good one, and it's getting me in shape a lot quicker than was happenning at college. It's fun hanging out with thru-hikers, and I've seen some wildlife and a lot of sign of wildlife. There's a large Helgramite population that emerges from the river and moves up to Stewart Hollow shelter every night, creeping out many hikers, and I found a rock that is serving as a restroom for a bobcat near the Pine Swamp/Pine Knob area. There's also a multitude of sizeable millipedes and many birds of varying descriptions. Several Thru-hikers have also seen bears and rattlesnakes in this area. I'm carrying my camera, so hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post soon.
A general note to all day hikers out there. KNOW HOW FAR YOUR GOING, and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH WATER. We've already had a case of heat exhaustion this week.
Anyway, I hope to have some pictures to put up here soon, of the AT as well as the Bahamas.
back to the woods now
I spent a week in the Bahamas helping a proffessor do research on the Allen's Keys Rock Iguanas, and endagered species that occurs nowhere else in the world. That was quite an experience, and I got very torn up in the process. We also got to see the tourist district in Nassau, and we checked out Atlantis, which had a very cool underground aquarium that's free at night (10 foot Manta Ray was my favorite) as well as a casino where many people wasted much money. The bulk of the trip was spend scrambling over rocks, getting bitten and scratched, and giving small talks to tourists.
After that, I went and started work as a ridgerunner for the AMC Berkshire trails office, and am currently about to back onto the AT for another four day stint. Some of the job is a pain, what with breaking up fire rings and cleaning up litter, but overall it's a good one, and it's getting me in shape a lot quicker than was happenning at college. It's fun hanging out with thru-hikers, and I've seen some wildlife and a lot of sign of wildlife. There's a large Helgramite population that emerges from the river and moves up to Stewart Hollow shelter every night, creeping out many hikers, and I found a rock that is serving as a restroom for a bobcat near the Pine Swamp/Pine Knob area. There's also a multitude of sizeable millipedes and many birds of varying descriptions. Several Thru-hikers have also seen bears and rattlesnakes in this area. I'm carrying my camera, so hopefully I'll have some good pictures to post soon.
A general note to all day hikers out there. KNOW HOW FAR YOUR GOING, and MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ENOUGH WATER. We've already had a case of heat exhaustion this week.
Anyway, I hope to have some pictures to put up here soon, of the AT as well as the Bahamas.
back to the woods now
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