OK... another Post... Video this time!

Hey Spencer!

As it says in the clip... This one's for you, bud!

Rock on!!

RWK.
DONE.

COMPLETE!

Well, after 4.5 months, over 2600 miles, and each having lost in excess of 30lbs in weight, we have made it to the northern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail, crossing into Canada on Thursday morning at 0900. After a tired, cold but happy celebration at the monument, with copious amounts of picture taking and video recording, Tom and I had to make the final 8 mile push further north into Canada through Manning park to reach the nearest road... it was either that or a 30-odd mile hike back to Harts Pass in the USA. And obviously, by then, with bodies long beyond knackered, we chose the 8 mile option. That was tough enough!

So after reaching the lodge and hostel at Manning Park and discovering electricity and water was as good as it got, we rested up that day and began to try the weight recovery process with a few hefty meals at the resterant there!

Stacie, Will and Christa joined us there for celebratory dinner too. We did final interviews for their film the next morning before F1 driver Stacie drove us all the way back 5 hours, to Seattle where we are all chilling and internetting like mad. And eating too. Lots!

Once Tom and I get back to MN, I will get busy with an update to the journal with the last sections worth of pix and narrative, and probably follow that up with a "stats" style last entry... but for this 'blog', this will probably be one of the last, if not the last, post.... we'll see!

OK, gonna upload the all-important pic, and then get busy again with some more eating!

Cheers y'all.

RWK.

Accomplished.

A Blast from the Pass't.

After 2 years and 3 months, Tom and I found ourselves back in a familiar place... Rainy Pass.

We'd cycled up the long steep road to Rainy Pass during the Northern Tier bike ride in June 2007, rough-camping on the side of the road in the snow that was still there.

This time we emerged from the forest to cross the road to the now snow-free proper campsite that we couldn't get to those 27 month before.

It was pretty cool to be back there, and during the hike up along the trail, we crossed over the creek that further downstream we'd been camped next to, cold and tired. This time we were in better shape and the weather was much warmer!

From Rainy Pass, it is around a 'mere' 60 miles to the border... so we are almost there!

RWK

Pushin' on!