1086.8 miles 'til Maine
You know you are a thru-hiker when... you can eat half a gallon of ice-cream.
As of 21st of June we officially have fewer miles left to walk than we have already done. We have finished 6 states and have 8 to go. We have gone through 2 pairs of shoes / boots each and eaten 504 fun size snickers bars in 3 months. It is customary for all thru-hikers to buy half a gallon (about 2 litres) of ice cream at the store closest to the halfway point and eat it as quickly as possible without throwing up. The record is 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
The Halfway Marker
The 21st of June is the Summer solstice, it is the longest day of the year, the begining of summer and also the annual 'hike naked day.' A lot of hikers mark this day by hiking naked...
We appologise for the lack of photos. We're still having technical difficulties but are trying to post them at every opportunity.
As of 21st of June we officially have fewer miles left to walk than we have already done. We have finished 6 states and have 8 to go. We have gone through 2 pairs of shoes / boots each and eaten 504 fun size snickers bars in 3 months. It is customary for all thru-hikers to buy half a gallon (about 2 litres) of ice cream at the store closest to the halfway point and eat it as quickly as possible without throwing up. The record is 2 minutes and 37 seconds.
The Halfway Marker
The 21st of June is the Summer solstice, it is the longest day of the year, the begining of summer and also the annual 'hike naked day.' A lot of hikers mark this day by hiking naked...
We appologise for the lack of photos. We're still having technical difficulties but are trying to post them at every opportunity.
posted by Mike & Zan :-) | 3:06 am
4 Comments:
HALLELUJAH! I HAVEN'T EVEN READ YOUR LATEST UPDATES YET, I'M JUST SO HAPPY YO HEAR THAT YOU'RE OK. ...IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME BETWEEN UPDATES!!
did you guys hike naked? Whhhhhoooooooooofffff Rahhhhhhhh
hello to you both,
all i can say is that after reading your posts your texts finally make (some) sense!
glad to hear you managed to make friends with the local rep and i hope you managed to score some awesome free gear... i also hope that you were able to get close to that record.. all our sessions of coffee and ice cream would have paid off for it!
i hope to see some photos soon! Stay well and play safe.
:P
Yeah, photos would be awesome, just leave out any from the summer solstice!
catch you guys later!
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