This article was written by Rich Holschuh and previously appeared in the Fall 2019 Long Trail News. As Europeans settled on the continent and early pioneers explored, they often gave places new names commemorating the Founding Fathers and other important Americans… [Indigenous people] have viewed such commemorative names as inappropriate: humans are too small, too […]
The Mountains Through a Different Cultural Lens: An Abenaki Perspective
This article was written by Melody Walker and previously appeared in the Fall 2019 Long Trail News. In the beginning of all things, Gluskabe, the culture hero of the Abenaki people, formed himself out of dust and began his work of transformation. As he rolled, the valleys and the mountains took shape, but in the […]
Sun or Shadow: Mental Health and the Outdoors
This article was written by Rob Rives, former GMC education & volunteer coordinator, and previously appeared in the Summer 2019 Long Trail News. Early this year a popular hiking and running footwear manufacturer produced a short video describing the struggles that three of their sponsored athletes have with mental illnesses, including depression, anxiety, eating disorders, […]
Hiking with Autism: One Parent’s Journey
This article was written by Scott Finn, president of Vermont Public Radio, and previously appeared in the Summer 2019 Long Trail News. One of the best parts of being a parent is sharing interests with your kid. For example, my “typical” 16-year-old daughter has introduced me to some gripping fiction podcasts, and I’ve shown her […]
Trail Runs on the Long Trail
This article was written by Rob Rives, former GMC Education & Volunteer Coordinator. In 1876, Walt Whitman opened his short poem, “The Runner,” with this simple phrase: “On a flat road runs the well-train’d runner….” Obviously, much has changed since 1876. Many millions of “well-train’d runners” have chosen trails and mountains over roads as their […]
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