Friday, October 1, 2010

Hike-a-Thon 2010 recap & birthday hike

Here's how Hike-a-Thon ended up for me:

I set a fund-raising goal of $600...and I raised $805.00!

I set a mileage goal of 300 miles...and I hiked 306.3 miles!

En route to exceeding my goals I went on my longest day hike ever, and I hiked 30 out of 31 days for the month!  I was completely exhausted by the end, but it was all worth it!

September didn't go quite as well for hiking--school is back in session, so I'm back to long, long hours.  On Monday I left the house at 6:30am and didn't get home until 9:30pm.  Ugh.  Sometimes I still make it home before dark...barely.

Last weekend I managed to escape town for one day--my birthday!  I picked the Shedroof Divide trail in hopes of catching some fantastic fall color--and I was not disappointed!  It was amazing up there!