2007 Solstice - AT Loop

The old AT meets the new on a 36-mile Solstice Death March

Year 5 of the famed Annual Solstice DEATH MARCH!  It all started in 2003 with the Presidential Traverse hike on the solstice.  Then in 2004 we followed with the Devil’s Path in the Catskills.  2005 brought us to the Franconia Notch/ Pemi Loop in a day.  In 2006 we did a 2-day traverse of the 50-mile Monadnock-Sunapee-Greenway.  This year three tired hikers, Ed Laroche, Rick Briggs & John Klebes, on June 16th completed the full 36-mile loop connecting the old section of the Appalachian Trail, now called the Mohawk trail, with the new relocation of the AT in Connecticut.  Waking at 3:00am from our bivouac near the Mohawk State Park Shelter we were on the trail by 4:00am and finished by 8:20pm.  Great weather, long ups and downs and great company.  Anyone ready to join us next year?