Day: 163, 9/30/2013: Last Day – FINISHED!

10.2 miles hiked, 5.1 miles up Katahdin and 5.1 miles back down. We all started around 5-5:15am and I hit the summit at 8:46am. We did night hiking with our headlamps for the first hour. The terrain was pretty flat the first mile and then gradually got steeper for the next hour. After that we had two very steep sections with lots of bouldering. However, almost nobody took their regular backpacks. We had day packs on that were available for free at the ranger station. Just water, snacks, camera and an extra warm shirt and windbreaker. Parts of the climb were challenging but once you got over the last steep section, it was a pretty flat mile over to the summit. Another perfect day for weather. Minimal clouds, very warm and sunny with minimal wind.

Milestones: Finished, completed a through-hike of the AT, 2,185.9 miles later.  Made it.  As a bonus, it was a perfect day.

Average Miles/State: 12.2