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Listen: The Summer Hike That Prepares This Woman For Vermont Winters

Vermont Public | By Annie Russell
Published December 5, 2014 at 3:41 PM EST
Lucia Orantes
"Vermont can be pretty rough over winter, especially, like, April ... If you're not outside at least over summer and part of winter, you can get pretty depressed," says Lucia Orantes. That's why she hikes.

For Lucia Orantes, who came to Vermont from Guatemala to earn her Ph.D. at the University of Vermont, this state's winters can be long and punishing. To stave off the blues, she stores up summer sunshine on the top of Mt. Abe.
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Annie Russell
Annie Russell was VPR's Deputy News Director. She came to VPR from NPR's Weekends on All Things Considered and WNYC's On The Media. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School.
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