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The Great Outdoors:
Camping in Vermont
By,Marsh Gooding
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Camping
• Camping is unique in that it is an activity thatincludes setting up temporary shelter. Thisshelter is necessary for surviving comfortablyin the Vermont climate, but it is not whatdefines camping
• Camping is defined by the time spent outsideof this shelter and interacting with the naturalenvironment
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For Work and Fun
• WORK: Whether to be closer to the worksite or to enjoythe great outdoors, setting up camp in the woods has been
part of what shaped Vermont• WORK: arly loggers camped out in the woods working
to establish pastures and har!est lumber to make potashand charcoal "allroutes#to$
• %&': (ames ) *aylor and the +reen ountain -lub beganwork on the .ong *rail in the early /0112s to 3make theVermont mountains play a larger part in the life of the
people#4 "greenmountainclub#org$
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For Work and Fun Cont.
• %&': yron 5!ery2s thoughts on the 5ppalachian trailsum up the significance of the camping e6perience,3Remote for detachment, narrow for chosen company,winding for leisure, lonely for contemplation, it beckonsnot merely north and south but upward to the body, mindand soul of man4"trailspace#com$
• *his scrapbook will show the ways in which peoplee6perienced camping in the past
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Camping as part of VT History
• Whether changing the physical appearance of the land orfueling Vermont2s economy, logging is a large part of V*history
• *he beautiful landscape that makes up Vermont is whatdraws tourists to this state# *he great outdoors is adefining characteristic of Vermont as a place
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Camping in VT History:
• arly e6plorers,settlers, andloggers campedin V* bynecessity
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Camping in VT History: Cont.
• *oday, Vermont isknown for it2s
beautiful landscapeand !isitors tra!elgreat distances toe6perience the
outdoors of Vermont
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Modern Camping
The Modern VTCamper en9oys
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Cir$umstan$e
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Working Outdoors
At wasn2t only laborerswho camped out inthe woods7 *hisgroup of military menseem to be set up foran e6tended stay witha sto!e manned by a
cook in the background.918/ 0
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6 Good Time• Recreational camping
is not that recent of a phenomenon# )eople
ha!e enjoyedinteracting with theoutdoors for a longtime7 *he birth of the+reen ountain
'ational %orest in /0;?helped spark thegrowth of recreationalcamping "fs#fed#us$
)eople in ontpelier gather at the start of atoboggan run .91@801
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6 Good Time Cont.
*his group ofcampers may be outhunting, but the
banjo suggests thatthey are able to enjoy
being out in thewoods7 /8>17/801.91?8B@
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6 Good
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>History, Curiosity, and
6d"enture?• 5 group of /0; college
students were Duoted sayingthat 3history, curiosity, andad!enture4 were theirreasons for camping"trailspace#com$
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/haping the ;and• !en getting into the
woods reDuiredcutting paths7 An the
early /0112s the .ongtrail began allowing people to !enture intothe woods
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Changing Fa$e
• .ogging "supported bylogging camps$ helpedchange the physicalappearance of the V*landscape and fueled the V*economy "allroutes#to$
*his photo shows tents set up ina cleared area near killington7
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Camping o!• -amping in
Vermont is nowall about enjoyingthe beauty of thelandscape# At iseasy to forget how
big a part we ha!e played in shapingit
*his aerial !iew of 'orth=each shows a landscapeshaped for camping7/0>17/081 .9//0 1
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Works Cited• 5llroutes#to# ?11/# 3.ogging Cistory4# d 9anders# @ (anuary, ?118#
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%orest4# &9H5 %orest 9er!ice +reen ountain 'ational %orest# @ (an,?118# Ehttp:FFwww#fs#fed#usFr0FgmflFaboutFinde6#htm G#
• +reenmountainclub#org# ?118# 3Cistory of the .ong *rail4# +reenountain -lub# > (anuary, ?118# E http:FFwww#greenmountainclub
#orgFpage#phpIidJ/B G#• *railspace#com# ?118# 3=la ing a +ood trail: *he 5* in aine 4#
acleay Anteracti!e Hesign# > (anuary, ?118# Ehttp:FFwww#trailspace#comFnewsF?11>F10F/0Fbla ing7a7good7trail7the7at7in7maine7part7one#htmlG#
• +mcsterling#org# ?11B# 3Cistory of the 9terling 9ection4# 9terling9ection of the +reen ountain -lub# @ (anuary, ?118# E http:FFwww#gmcsterling#orgFhtmFau