The Aftermath

We made it out alive! There may have been a few points where we thought it would be otherwise, but all in all, we conquered the trail.

The picture above is actually from the day after, when we went to meet our friend Billy and his dad, and went to Bickle Knob. It was a nice relaxed day after the insanity of the previous 24 hours. If you look carefully, you will see that we spell out T-I-R-E-D... which we definitely were!

We ended up hiking the whole North Fork Mountain Trail in 24 hours... when originally we had planned to do it in about 36. Why? Because we are insane.

But it was incredibly awesome to see the views we got to see, and to know that we pushed ourselves past any thinkable limit and hiked 22 miles straight in one day (the 2 beginning miles were hiked the previous night before camping). All in all, it was worth it I think. Would I do that whole thing again? Maybe not. Unless I turn into a superhero. Then we'll see.

More details to come...