Appalachian Trail: Four State Challenge
May 17, 2007
Here is an excerpt from the blog of the two thru-hikers Lud and I met on Kelly’s Knob. From their Half Way post:
And, maybe the coolest part yet – The Traveler invented the quad-state challenge. The quad-state challenge involves walking from the Virginia/West Virginia border, doing all of West Virginia and all of Maryland and ending up in Pennsylvania – in ONE day. It’s a total of about 43.5 miles. Stash was so inspired by meeting this guy that he decided to try it. Remix decided to walk all of Maryland (still over 41 miles).
So, after eating dinner with The Traveler, Stash hiked backwards to the border of VA/WV during the night. After a restless night of sleep, he awoke at 2:45 and started hiking at 3:04 am. An hour later, when he reached Remix, he woke him up and kept going. After 40+ miles of hiking, Stash got to the Mason-Dixon line (the Maryland/PA border) at 6:04 pm – 15 hours of hiking. Remix had left an hour after Stash that morning and showed up right around 7:00 pm. Mission accomplished.
Wha-wha-what?!? 43.5 miles in one day? 43.5 miles in one day!!! I’m just astonished and impressed. I don’t know what else to say.
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