Hanover, New Hampshire

You know you are a thru-hiker when... You measure your weeks in Miles per day.

That bring us up to date. We are currently in Hanover, New Hampshire and have 440 miles and 2 states left to walk. We have the White Mountains and the 100 Mile Wilderness to look forward to.

Since we know that some of you have bets running as to how far we will get on this trip we would like to propose our own challenge for you all. See if you can guess our finishing date and time (to the nearest minute).

To help you in your guess:

1) We currently have 440 miles to go.
2) We plan to average around 15 miles a day, however there are sections where we are told we may only be able to manage a mile every 2 1/2 hours and other sections where we may be able to average 20 miles a day.
3) Today's date is the 4th of August.
4) We are currently planning to finish around the first half of September.
5) On the day of our summit it will be a 5 mile walk to the top. We climb around 4000 feet over those 5 miles. You can do the conversions yourself.

The Rules:

1) No parents guessing (or helping others guess).
2) Post your guess in the comments section of this blog (so we can find it easily) with your name, a finish date and time.
3) No guesses after the 17th of August.
4) For those of you with itineraries, throw them in the bin. They no longer mean anything.

The Winner:

1) Will be the guess closest to the time we touch the sign on the Summit of Mt Katahdin (US Eastern Standard Time).
2) Must reside in one of the countries on Planet Earth.
3) Must be older than 3 months.
4) Will receive an autographed postcard from Baxter State Park written on the summit of Katahdin.
5) Must know what Mt Katahdin is.
6) Will be invited to join us for drinks, country permitting. We will be in Europe during October, New England and New York for the latter half of September (So foreign nationals feel free to enter) and Australia after then.

Good luck and look foreword to seeing your guesses.