Klauks to Katahdin: "And I would walk 100 miles"

Day: 11 (April 5)
Starting location: Carter Gap Shelter
Ending location: Rock Gap Shelter
Miles today: 12.1
Miles total: 103.9

Today was another beautiful day on the trail with clear skys and 70 degree temperatures. Kristen and I are beginning to think we are getting a little spoiled with all the great weather but who is complaining.

As unusal, we broke down camp around 8:30am and started down the trail. In only about 5 miles we were again greeted by trail magic. This time it was a cooler full of cold PBRs that someone had left on the side of the trail. So needless to say I had a beer at 11am. Hey, it is 5 o'clock somewhere. Josh Shapiro at FBR Capital Markets would be so proud.

Today also included one of our toughest climbs yet over Albert Mountain. This was the first time that Kristen and I actually had to climb on our hands and knees in order to scale the mountain. On top of Albert Mt. there was an old fire tower which Kristen and I decided to climb. The views on top of the tower were amazing and well worth the hard climb.

We also achieved a significant milestone today by hiking over 100 miles on the AT. On average, 30% of hikers that attempt to thru hike the AT each year never make it past 100 miles. Kristen and I are very pleased to be in that other 70%.