Mt Katahdin
Well, only 2 days till I begin my vagabond life on the AT. Heres my plan:
The plane leaves from Tampa at 6:00am on Saturday, and me and my dad will arrive in Bangor, Maine at around 11:00am. From there we are getting picked up by Phil Pepin of 100 Mile Wilderness Adventures and Outfitters. We're going to spend the night at one of Phil's cabin's in Springfield, ME, pack up all our gear and head for Mt. Katahdin bright and early on June 9th. Katahdin is the Northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, and where I will begin my journey. It should be a tough day with over 5200 ft of elevation gain in just 5 miles. After we summit we'll go back down the mountain and stay in a lean-to at Katahdin Stream Campground in Baxter State Park.
The next morning we'll start our trip into the 100 mile wilderness, which as I'm told is currently flooded and full of swarming black flies. We've planned to have a food drop half way through the wilderness so we only have to carry five days of food as oppossed to 9. We have till June 19th to complete the 115 mile section from Katahdin to Monson,ME it could take less time but my dad definetly has to be out of the woods on the 19th so he can catch his plane to a wedding in San Francisco. From there I'll resupply in Monson, maybe take a day off, and keep pushing for Stratton, ME another 74 miles down trail.
Thats the plan for now, who know's what will happen we'll just have to wait and see. Next update from Maine.
Info:
http://100milewilderness.info/
http://www.baxterstateparkauthority.com/index.htm
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