Friday, September 5, 2008

WE HAVE FINISHED 2175 DONE






Hi Everyone

Just wanted to let everyone know that Patty and I have finished our hike of the Appalachian Trail.

We crossed the 100 mile Wilderness this past week and climbed up Mount Katahdin today.

The Wilderness was not as much wilderness as we thought it would be but we ended up carrying almost 8 days of food to get through it.

We climbed Katahdin today and it was quite a climb. Over 4000 vertical feet and a lot of bouldering. We both survived and are not on crutches. I have posted a few pictures from today and the past week.

We are going to Bangor tomorrow and will take some vacation time. We hope to be back in MN late next week.

Thanks to everyone for following along on our travels and for keeping us in your thoughts and prayers. I know it helped both of us on a couple of the climbs we made up and down the mountains.

I still plan on posting our gear list at some point when I have more time. Right now we are at the Appalachian Cafe in Millinocket Maine.

Pictures I have posted are as follows:

1. Looking at Mt Katahdin from 10 miles away as we crossed the Penobscot River. We camped here on Wed Night.
2. Patty finally getting Smores the night before we climb the big K
3. Jeff getting a beer the night before we climb the big K, more trail magic
4. Patty climbing
5. At the top. It was a little cloudy with visibility at about 20 yards