Green Mountain Club's 28th Annual James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Series
Walking the GR5: From the Cold North Sea to the Warm Mediterranean
Kathy & Jim Elkind
Thursday, March 12th, 2020, 7 P.M.
GMC Visitor Center, Waterbury Center, VT
The Grand Randonnee 5 (GR5) is a 1,400-mile walking route that traverses four countries, three mountain ranges, and innumerable historic and cultural landmarks. Nightly indoor accommodations distinguish this route from most long North American hiking journeys. The GR5 starts at the North Sea in The Netherlands and travels through Belgium, Luxembourg, and the whole length of France to Nice on the Mediterranean Sea. Kathy and Jim Elkind spent over 3 months in 2018 walking the changing landscape from the flat Delta region, through Ardennes, Moselle and Lorraine Valleys, finally Vosges, Jura and the Alps. They will share slides of the magnificent landscape and humorous stories of their trials and tribulations of walking together as a couple for 98 days.
For more than a hundred years the Long Trail has inspired Vermonters to seek adventure in the Green Mountains and beyond. The James P. Taylor Outdoor Adventure Series, named after the man who first envisioned the Long Trail, brings such adventures to you through stories, photographs, and videos. Join us for inspiring presentations that will transport you to mountains and waterways near and far as we celebrate twenty-eight years of the Taylor Series—a great way to spend an evening!
Admission is $5 for members and $8 for nonmembers; kids under 12 are free. Tickets are available at the door only. Proceeds support local sections and the GMC Education Program. Coffee is provided at all presentations at GMC Headquarters by Vermont Artisan Coffee & Tea Co and baked goods are provided by Woodstock Farmers' Market.
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