Photos October 5-8 Tom and Kevin and notes

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Kevin's first view of Mt Katahdin




At The Penobscot River



We did it! October 8, 2014 Mt Katahdin



The four thru hikers-Moose, Teton, Superman and Mexbuki

             Here are some things that Tom has told me about their time together so far.

 

The schedule was pretty aggressive from Sunday through Wednesday with 15 miles, 17 miles, 21 miles each day before making it to the location on Wednesday morning where they would summit. Mt Katahdin. Each of those days they hiked well past dark with headlamps on. The weather forecast was not good on Wednesday morning as they were leaving Baxter State Park but 3 other thru hikers also were eager to get going so they all hiked as a group. To their knowledge they were the only hikers to try and summit at all that day. There is a sign in and out register system set up by the park rangers to make sure each hiker does come back down safely. It rained so much that their phones got quite wet and Tom's phone with these photos has made a recovery; Kevin is going to try the rice bag trick and see if his cell phone  can come back to life. While they were at the very top I am told that the winds were so strong that Tom was pushed over twice while they were getting the photo.

They spent Wednesday night in Portland, Maine, enjoyed their dry beds, showers and a great breakfast before heading out to explore the area on Thursday. Both guys have pretty sore leg muscles right now. Once they have some better internet access they will be making more entries to this blog. As of Thursday October 9 they are in a hotel in Downtown/ Old Port- Portland, Maine exploring the city for a few days before heading home this weekend. I had Kevin promise to try to eat some lobster with butter dripping off his elbow. Perfect!

 Anne