Halfway Done!

Halfway done!...and still over a 1000miles to go. It's an unbelievable feeling - seems like it took forever yet the passed 82 days also seemed to fly by. So much has happened - we've hiked in 7 states now, through the Mason-Dixon line into the north. For those of you out there hiking you know that Harpers Ferry is not the halfway point. Mile marker 1,090.5 is it! And what a beautiful sign it is.


To celebrate this great achievement...we tortured ourselves by trying to eat a half-gallon of ice cream (that's 1.89L). You may think it's awesome those of you at home, as we did originally, but halfway through the challenge you curse the idiot who started this tradition. 10 of us strolled into Pine Grove Furnace State Park just 3 miles beyond the halfway marker - Short Order, Cotton, Bearbait, Rainbow, Firestarter, Maps, Tomahawk, Stearman, Metric and I to take on the challenge. Only 6 completed it. Hats off to Cotton and Rainbow for eating it all under 45min; to Shorty and Tomahawk for choosing fruit flavoured ice cream; and to Firestarter for getting it done when you didn't even want to participate. And though it took me 1hour 28min I damn well did it - consuming the most calories at a whopping 3520. For any thru-hiker about to attempt the challenge - DO NOT PICK MOOSE TRACKS! The fudge almost had me puking a number of times. All in all the challenge was a blast.

Now we are in Pennsylvania making our way through the "rocks" everyone keeps talking about. It actually hasn't been that bad, but there's lots of PA to go still.

The trail magic continues - thanks to Fin, King Krawler, and Steve & Doris.

Happy trails!