Exploring Tobyhanna.
https://photos.app.goo.gl/UPi1Uu3nevrqcFCi8
I wanted to test my theory that the higher up you go here the more boreal the forest gets, particularly in terms of soft ground. That seems to hold true here. The ground was significantly softer than in many other parts of the Poconos I've been too. And the marshes are very good for extremely soft terrain. There's no shortage of marshes in the Poconos.
The problem for orienteering here, and in many other parts of this region, is that the forest is just one big dense stand of beech. It would seem that since the deer prefer not to eat beech, they've eaten many of the other species, leaving beech trees with a competitive advantage. And the trees have enjoyed this privileged position. At least that's my amateur opinion.
I stopped after 10 because I had seen enough and didn't need to get any more sticks in my eyes. It's encouraging to see that soft terrain like that does exist here. Now I've just got to keep searching for a forest that I can actually move through.
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