Katahdin

At 6:40 am we left the Birches campsite and headed to Katahdin stream campground. From there we began our climb, roughly 4000 feet in five miles, it was the most difficult ascent of the whole trip. The wind was gusting over 50 mph, re bar pegs assisted us in the hand over hand climbs and the clouds swirled around us, obscuring our view. We summited mid morning, soaked it all in for over an hour, rejoiced in our victory and then descended. We snatched a few views when the clouds broke on our way down, and chase's parents were waiting for us at the foot of the mountain. This is it, the end of journey.