It's finally over! This afternoon, we sumitted Mt. Katahdin...yay! We were the 54th and 55th northbound thru-hikers of the 2009 season. Our parents were at the end to cheer us on which was awesome. Today, our parents hiked 1.1 northbound and 1.1 southbound on the AT. They're on their way to section hiking the trail. We will fully support their endeavor...happy hiking...no sarcasm. Now, we're a road tripping it back home with our parents. Such a better way to travel. We'll take numb behinds (from sitting) over soar legs, tired feet, bruised up, bug bitten, chaffed bodies. We will be posting pictures and writing updates very soon. We wanted to quickly up-date you all!
The road to Katahdin. You can see the mountain in the background.
Rocks, rocks, and more rocks!
Rock scrambling up to the summit.
An awesome view on our way up.
More rocks!
We made it...WOOT, WOOT!!
10 comments:
Well done! What an adventure, huh? It was good seeing the two of you on the way to the summit. The looks on your faces was priceless! Can't wait to see pics. I enjoyed hiking with you guys.
So, when do you start planning the cross country bicycle trip? Keep me posted.
All the Best,
Spokes
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AWESOME job girls!!! Truly an inspiration... can't wait to see pictures and hear more about your journey... now go eat some huge portions of hot fried food or something. :)
Congrats to you and your sis!
I have been following your updates since the beginning.....I really wish I was back in Chicago so I can see you two and hear all the stories! Can't wait to see the pics. Please tell your family hello.
Mindy (Mollenkamp) Heaton
Wow! Way to go girls! I can't believe you did the whole thing! I am SO impressed. I can't wait to hear all the stories and see lots more pictures! Congrats to you both!
CONGRATULATIONS!!!! What a huge accomplishment! So happy for you. :)
Love,
Kara and Peyton
CONGRATULATIONS! What an amazing feat of endurance the two of you have :) WOW!!!! :) I loved hiking alongside you via the blog. You should be pride!
I wish I was in Chicago so that I could hear the stories, see the pictures, and see the two of you!
Keep me posted on what's next!
Love!!!
Kara
"you were right. we were wrong."
you girls are FABULOUS! i am so proud of you!!! way to stick through it for the 2,000 some miles of blizzards, downpours, bugs, scrapes, scratches, chaffing, bruises, interesting encounters, fatigue....
now it's back to reality! i'm so glad you are back in chicago!! it was great seeing you this morning... can't wait to hang out. LOVE YOU!
I've been in Canada so havent't been to your blog in awhile. Thanks for letting me follow your adventure via the internet.
Ah, the Memories.....
hi there, nice blog!i love hiking too...how did u all stand on the signboard and take pics?hehe...
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