South of Greylock (14 October 1974)

 I left Williams College on the 14th of October, climbed over Mt. Greylock, the tallest peak in Massachusetts.  I camped at Kitchen Brook LT, that I believe has been torn down and replaced with Mark Noepel Shelter.  The LT was about four miles south of the summit so should be on this map somewhere.

The trail has since been relocated to the east as shown in the newer USGS map and the State Park map here.

If you were hiking the trail in 1939, you could have used this trail map.

Berkshire Hills Conference. 1939. “The Berkshire Hills, Members of the Federal Writers'

Project of the Works Progress Administration for Massachusetts”. Funk & Wagnalls Co: NY.

Get your free copy from Archive.org.

The next day I continued south, passing through Cheshire and Dalton to camp out.

Even today, RELOs are taking place on the Appalachian Trail

 I tried a google search to find relos on the AT, hoping to find details of the more significant changes in the route over the decade like the on in Virginia (1950s), Cumberland Gap (PA) and so on.  What I found are the numerous ones more recently.  Here are the links.

https://www.mcall.com/sports/outdoors/mc-nws-app-trail-relocation-20210915-mjdhvlsgzraghelwnc5rym4d7m-story.html

https://virginiasmtnplayground.com/relocated-section-of-the-appalachian-trail-will-officially-open/

https://www.ratc.org/part-1-dentons-and-campbells-lead-a-170-mile-relocation-of-the-appalachian-trail/

https://www.hudsonrivervalleyramble.com/ramble/events/ev-detail/appalachian-trail-rehabilitation-relocation-project

https://ktalehighgapat.weebly.com/news/planned-relocations-on-ktas-section-ofthe-appalachian-trail

https://www.satc-hike.org/at-relocation-2022.html

https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59211

https://m.facebook.com/events/284296643109318/?source=3&action_history=null

https://smokymountainnews.com/archives/item/32652-a-t-gets-1-2-miles-longer

https://www.nynjtc.org/news/appalachian-trail-rerouted-west-mountain-harriman-state-park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_N8htcfyJoo

https://www.fs.usda.gov/project/?project=59209

and some news clips

https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1992-12-27-1992362042-story.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1985-02-24-mn-24470-story.html

This is why the official length of the AT continues to grow (or shrink).

In the meantime, here are some photos of a relo in Massachusetts, some 200 feet I believe, to avoid a wet spot.

Thanks to the thousands of AT Volunteers!

And if interested a paper on volunteers.

Crossing over into Massachusetts on AT

On this date in 1974, I crossed over the state line between Vermont and Massachusetts on the AT. Left Seth Warner LT*

And reached Route 2 in Mass to head west into Williamstown, where I found a dorm to crash at Williams College.  This is a bridge just north of the highway where Mt. Greylock is in the distance.

The topo map here.

Present day trail has been relocated to the east.

Anyway, I stayed two days at Williams College, not sure why unless it had to do with PO hours on Saturday.  Maybe is was just nice to sleep inside the dorm and get a shower?

* Seth Warner has been closed and apparently a new shelter will open 2 miles north.

Baker Peak, VT, south of Clarendon Gorge

 Here is a shot from what I believe to be Baker Peak along the AT in Vermont.  I kinda' think it is actually along White Rocks, east of South Wallingford.

The Clarendon Gorge Bridge was new and needed after a hiker drowned attempting to cross the river.  It is a dark shot since it was taken early in the morning on my southbound hike.

I reached Lost Pond LT after an 18 mile day.  "Alone in the LT tonite."

AT on 6 October 1974

 On my flip flop hike during 1974-75, on this fall date I hiked from Pico Camp S, south of Junction Point 

to Clarendon S some 13 miles south.

At the shelter I met Jim, a Ga to Me hiker who started a few days behind me in Georgia.  I hiked in shorts today so it was a nice sunny hike.  It might have been Jim Stoltz.

The next day, I would hike the trail as shown on this map:

Kyra Schon - Happy Birthday

 Cult movie fans will recognize this name as the child actor in the classic Night of the Living Dead.

Kyra Schon is 65 today, wish her well.  Read more about her at her website.

For more about the film that changed Horror see the production team info.

TCM Halloween movies

Found this on the web and will share here

TCM October Horror 2022 Schedule

*date/times are subject to change – all times shown in Eastern*

Only horror films airing on TCM are found below:

Saturday, October 1, 2022

10:45pm – Forbidden Planet (1956)

Monday, October 3, 2022

8:45am – Carnival of Sinners (1943)

Tuesday, October 4, 2022

12:15am – The Devil’s Own (1966)

2:00am – The Haunting (1936)

Wednesday, October 5, 2022

2:00am – Hausu (1977)

Saturday, October 8, 2022

2:30am – The Velvet Vampire (1971)

4:00am – The Hunger (1983)

6:15pm – The Omega Man (1971)

10:00pm – Westworld (1973)

Monday, October 10, 2022

2:45am – Village of the Damned (1960)

4:15am – Children of the Damned (1964)

6:00am – Five Million Years to Earth (1968)

9:15am – The Time Machine (1960)

11:15am – War of the Planets (1965)

1:00pm – The Wild, Wild Planet (1965)

2:45pm – The Green Slime (1969)

        (I have this one on 16mm)

4:30pm – The Illustrated Man (1969)

6:30pm – Goke, Body Snatcher from Hell (1968)

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

3:15am – The Brood (1979)

5:00am – Night of the Living Dead (1968)

         (I have this one on 16mm)

Saturday, October 15, 2022

8:00pm – THX 1138 (1971)

Monday, October 17, 2022

11:45pm – The Masque of the Red Death (1964)

Tuesday, October 18, 2022

1:30am – House of Wax (1953)

3:15am – The Hypnotic Eye (1960)

4:45am – Mad Love (1935)

Thursday, October 20, 2022

6:00am – The Thirteenth Chair (1929)

7:30am – Freaks (1932)

8:45am – Mark of the Vampire (1935)

10:00am – The Devil-Doll (1936)

2:15pm – Isle of the Dead (1945)

3:30pm – The Body Snatcher (1945)

5:00pm – The Ghost Ship (1943)

Saturday, October 22, 2022

2:00am – It’s Alive (1974)

3:45am – It Lives Again (1978)

Monday, October 24, 2022

4:00am – The Plumber (1979)

11:45am – 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

6:00pm – Brainstorm (1983)

9:45pm – Alice, Sweet Alice (1977)

Tuesday, October 25, 2022

3:15am – Carnival of Souls (1962)

4:45am – Spider baby (1964)

6:15am – Freaks (1932)

9:00am – Dracula Prince of Darkness (1965)

10:45am – The Face of Fu Manchu (1965)

12:30pm – Rasputin The Mad Monk (1966)

4:00pm – Taste of the Blood of Dracula (1970)

5:45pm – The Satanic Rites of Dracula (1973)

Friday, October 28, 2022

4:00pm – Them! (1954)

8:00pm – Poltergeist (1982)

Saturday, October 29, 2022

2:15am – Alligator (1980)

4:00am – Alligator II: The Mutation (1990)

6:00am – Around the World Under the Sea (1965)

12:00pm – Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)

3:45pm – What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)

6:15pm – House of Dark Shadows (1970)

9:45pm – Deadly Friend (1986)

Sunday, October 30, 2022

4:00am – Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)

         (I have this one on 16mm)

6:00am – Two on a Guillotine (1965)

8:00am – It! (1967)

1:30pm – I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

2:45pm – The Seventh Victim (1943)

4:15pm – Return to Glennascaul (1953)

4:45pm – Eye of the Devil (1966)

Monday, October 31, 2022

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

12:15am – Haxan (1922)

4:00am – Eyes Without a Face (1959)

6:00am – The Bat (1959)

9:00am – Horror Hotel (1960)

10:30am – The Curse of Frankenstein (1957)

1:30pm – The Mummy (1959)

3:00pm – The Devil’s Bride (1968)

4:45pm – Dracula A.D. 1972 (1972)

6:30pm – The Plague of the Zombies (1966)

8:00pm – Bride of Frankenstein (1935)

11:15pm – Frankenstein (1931)

12:30am – The Invisible Man (1933)

Boo