day 109 - 06/27

no lie - this was a tough day! i still can't believe we did 27.7 miles yesterday including three fords. i've got tons of pics and videos today as it was was very eventful, to say the least. the first picture is from yesterday when bomber and i were crossing ther beaver dam. the second picture is of the easy part leading up to our ford of the east branch of the piscataquis river this morning. the first video is of me fording the river. it was really, really strong. don't let the lack of white water deceive you! the second video is of bomber making his way across. after we forded the river successfully with no casualities (i'm only slightly kidding), we ran into some sobos who were walking down to the river to check it out. apparently they had been stuck in monson for three days waiting for the river to quiet down and were quite shocked that we so determinedly and quickly made our way across. when we got to the road in to monson, they actually drove up and gave us a ride. they had just been to an outfitter where they bought very thick rope and some life jackets for their attempt of the fording. this was also gratifying. ;) we then chilled out in monson for a while, dried out our stuff, ate some luch, picked up resupply from our rents (thanx a million mum and dad!), and the proceeded on our way with the intent of completing another 15 miles. so the next pic is of the warning sign upon entering the 100-mile wilderness. i am holding up 4 fingers because it warns you to take 10 days of food and supplies and we only took 4 because that was more than enough for us! we quickly changed our intent to 10 miles when we discovered the big and little wilson fords! so the next picture is of a beautiful pond on our way to little wilson. the next picture is of the thundering water falls of little wilson. i haven't felt my heart pound in my chest in a really long time as it did when i heard these waters from about a 1/2 mile up the trail. when i got there i almost peed my pants thinking that i would have ford this river right before it dropped off 50 feet! at this point i was alone because i felt like getting my speed on so i had hiked on up ahead of bomber and ams. next i have a rather long (so feel free to skip ahead) video of bomber and ams crossing little wilson. next i have three pics of the finishing of our crossing of little wilson. finally there are two pictures of me crossing big wilson, which actually ended up being less scary than little wilson. 19.4mi from horseshoe to wilson valley lean-to. 2080.1 total.