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Belated Apology

7/18/2014

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Hey everyone!


I wanted to send a quick note and apologize for the lack of posts lately. After leaving Gorham last week the service dropped immediately. Despite trying at the tops of mountains for any kind of cell reception, it seems that only Verizon covers this region of the country (I'm on AT&T). The viewership this past week has been through the roof so I appreciate you all checking in to see if there are posts.


Santa and I have parted from the main group and are pushing ourselves through Maine in record time. Separating from the group was not easy, was not desirable, and has been difficult to deal with. Despite that, it was necessary as I have set goals for myself and in the end the right decision was to do what's best for me. I'll be driving back to Maine to resummit Katahdin with Legs, Rocket, Dorothy, Blue, Joules, and Canary on the 1st of August. Long days have limited my writing time so I'm a few days back logged, but am working to have posts to put up when I have service. I'm currently on wifi in a restaurant in Stratton, ME. The plan is to 'Marathon' Maine, hiking 26-32 miles every day despite the difficult terrain in order to summit Katahdin on the 26th of July, which will be my 114th day. I had been aiming for 110 but the camaraderie of the group I was with was far more important than just completing it in a time period that sounded good. The days are exhausting but as you all know I'm one for a challenge... 1,000 miles in 5 weeks, 60 miles in 20 hours, etc. As such, this will be a grand finale to an amazing hike. We're a few miles shy of the 2,000 mile mark as I write this, with only 7 days left until I'll arrive in Baxter State Park where Katahdin resides. Next Friday my folks will meet me up there, and come Saturday morning my dad will summit K with Santa and myself. The weather lately has been as much of a challenge as the terrain, unforgiving and at times excruciatingly difficult, but I'm pressing on towards the end.


Thank you, as always, for your continued support. Words do no justice to the influence and motivation your readership, comments, and trail magic have given me over the past 2,000 miles of adventure. In 185 miles I'll have no more walking to do, but please do hang around for some closing blog posts. As far as the next week I can't guarantee being able to post anything, but I'll be writing so you'll have something to read for a few days after my summit.


Onwards, and ever upwards.


Ryan 'Texaco' McKee
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5 Comments
Jason
7/18/2014 15:07:38

I'll definitely hang around for the closing blog posts! This whole adventure of yours has been a great read and a great source of knowledge and inspiration for my own thru hike.

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Shannan Hamil
7/19/2014 10:49:20

GO GO Texaco! I'm excited for you to finish and am living vicariously through you.

BTW I fit 4 stinky hikers in my Wrangler today with packs. You just have to be REALLY friendly and not mind the fact that the springs were compressed to the point of rubbing and drive 40 miles an hour. And to think you were worried about 2 people... HA!

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Slim Jim
7/19/2014 15:35:34

Crush Maine! Good luck to you and Santa. Seems like just yesterday Santa, Moose, Prom Queen and Trail Wife were sitting at the hot dog stand below Prospect Rock (NJ NY state line) with us Virginia section hikers.

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Andy
7/19/2014 15:58:44

Great to finally hear from you, I've been checking every day for an update. Best of luck over the last 185 miles.

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Colin Kuntz
7/19/2014 16:38:25

The fact that you are out of cell coverage and can not post your extremely well-written daily stories and pictures is besides the point.
The fact that you are on the grand finale is beyond my comprehension how anybody can do (in so many ways) what you are doing.

Reading your blog and watching your daily location has been addicting since before you started back in April.

Rest assured that, MANY people will be watching your progress, checking for blog updates, thinking of you often, and maybe even gaining inspiritation by what you are doing.

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