Well, at around 1400 hrs today, we officially crossed the half-way point on the trail! 1325 miles done, 1325 to go.
Going by the data books Tom has, we knew we were roughly going to cross the half-way point sometime in the afternoon, but it was pretty sweet to find a proper marker.
As we have passed various milestones along the way, we have seen some clever ways of indicating the miles: 400 & 500 were both written in pine cones, 900 was big sticks and 1000 nicely done in large stones. My favourite though, was 600. The '6' was made up of a few sticks, but the two '0's were two big fat round dry cow-pats! Classic!!
So now, at roughy 1335 miles done, we are stopped for the night, ensconsed in our tents to avoid the bugs, & waiting to see if the rumbling overhead actually yeilds any rain tonight. We did get a bit of a downpour earlier as we stopped for lunch (lousy timing!), but since then it has been dry. Cooler too, which made the afternoons hike a bit easier.
Ok, time to upload then sleep!
Half-way! Yer-har!!
Cheers.
RWK.
Out.
2 comments:
Proud of you boys, love the "Throwing of the Rocks" video, and am on edge to hear/see more updates along the way, I can finally see what its like to be on the other side of a thru-hike, awaiting your every move!
Much Love,
Spence aka Warpzilla aka RWC and RWS hopeful!
Keep it comin Boys!
Congrats on making the halfway mark. Another two more months and you will be done....
Cheers,
Todd
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