I'm done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've officially ended my journey, as most of y'all know. We summited on the 28th of September on a gloriously foggy day in Maine. Not the ideal blue sky Katahdin pic, but it was beautiful all the same. There were ten thru-hikers total who summited on Sept. 28th. Lunchbox, Holdout, Hatchet, Hot Feet, Chewy, Goose, Creep, Ketchup, Pyrofly, and me.

Oddly enough, I don't feel like I'm able to fully comprehend that I've actually walked from GA to ME and lived on the trail for an entire 6+ months. Maybe it's not so odd. It almost feels like I was on a 2 week vacation. But then I have moments where it hits me and then I can't comprehend why on earth I'd want to do such a thing. An odd goal, really.

This is me at the summit - officially done with the thru-hike, 2178 miles. But I'm not really done because I still have to hike the 5 miles back down the mountain.

Pyrofly and me at the summit...the sign is a blowin' in the wind. It says "Pyrofly & Lucky Star Rocked the AT March-Sept 2009." Pyro's parents had the sign made which was totally awesome. Both his and my parent's (all of them) came to support us at the end. That was incredible.

This is the view we were offered once the fog lifted from the mountain later in the afternoon. The entire mountain was fogged over on our way up so we had no idea what the surrounding, incredibly difficult terrain looked like. We left the summit around 2 pm (still fogged over), and this view was probably about 1/3 the way down. The summit finally did clear by the time we reached the parking lot, but that was waaay to late to start descending at 5pm.

I guess I'm just gonna have to go back - although I won't be walking from GA again. That's not the plan, anyway. But who knows... :)

Chances are, I'll be posting more photos and entries about the hike itself, and about post-hike life. It's only the beginning regarding post-hike life and I'm curious to see how I've changed, developed, grown...

And over a week of not hiking, my feet still hurt. I hope they don't take a whole six months to heal!