I listen to the wind, to the wind of my soul Where I'll end up, well, I think only God
really knows I've sat upon the setting sun But never, never, never, never I never wanted
water once, and I never, never, never So my brother, our cousin, and myself sat out
on a six-day journey to hike the highest mountains in both Maine and Vermont.
Our first stop was Baxter State Park, home of Mount Katahdin, highest point in Maine
and the beginning of the Appalachian Trail.
First thing we did was we took a day hike to South Turner Peak, also in Baxter State Park.
This is us driving up there right now, and this is the story.
We have a map of the entire park, and then we have this one, which is kind of the immediate
Katahdin area, 100-foot contour intervals, really good detail specifically for Katahdin.
You can either go up the cathedral, which is really intense, very steep, to the peak,
the peak is right here, and with the wind advisory and the knife edge, I wouldn't suggest
you go out across, but it is an advisory, so you use your judgment on that, you want
to get blown off, get blown off, you use your judgment on that, get blown off, you use your
judgment on that.
You guys want to go to the top of that mountain over there.
What do you think Steve?
I feel like I'm warm up.
Oh, shit.
He's not fucking around.
Now.
All right, so we just completed a day hike to South Turner Mountain, 3,122, pretty intense.
Summoner bus, Summoner bus to the river.
On the way there.
What do you think, Rich?
I'm ready, man.
Pretty intense right now, maybe we did what, about a mile and a half, not even, about four
miles to go straight uphill.
Name, occupation, officer Malone, NYPD, Rich, White Trash Park over there.
We're still at the height of the mountain that we were at yesterday, a little while
before we get there.
Feel good.
How many miles we do, Rich?
I don't know, maybe not even two, maybe two, doubtful two.
Let's see how long it takes you to scramble that.
He's up.
Sample B.
Oh, he's up.
Yeah, that's correct, dude.
September 2, 2008.
That's right.
Typical.
Via Knife Sedge.
Knife Sedge.
We were warned not to do it.
We don't care.
We don't care.
Right?
We don't care.
This guy's spacing.
Can you pull that up and put it in the bag?
In five, four.
Steve's a lighting guy.
All right, you're on.
Mountain Taden, biggest mountain in Maine.
We have the Knife Sedge advisory.
Please do not go, but it's not closed.
We met one pussy on the trail.
He said he wasn't going to do it because of the wind.
But we're going to do it, aren't we, Steve?
We are.
Are you ready?
He's literally been blown off.
He's been blown off the side.
Of the Knife Sedge and struck by lightning.
That's why we got to do it quick.
We had a mistake.
This is the Knife Sedge.
Take three on the Knife Sedge.
This is the real Knife Sedge.
That is the drop off the Knife Sedge.
On the day that they told us not to climb.
Before it means certain death.
And that's if you're lucky.
There goes Richie.
It is fucking windy.
It is scary as fuck.
You can't see anything.
And we are.
We are almost at the top, Steve.
You can't see down there, folks.
But that is fucking abyss.
Beware! Beware!
That's at least a thousand foot drop.
What do you think?
The canvas starts out at a mile.
There's that Knife Sedge.
That's what we just took.
A mile's only 5,000 feet up, man.
That's fucking sick, man.
You see this, bro?
What is that?
The canvas died.
Shit, dude.
Skin missing from the fingertip.
Somebody's got a bleed.
Feeling good.
Feeling ready for the West.
I guess that's the kick over there, right?
That does look taller from this view.
Steve, where are we?
We're gonna stay right there.
Where are we?
We're at the top of Mount Katahdin.
Tallest point in Maine.
We just traversed the Knife Sedge precariously.
Joe almost lost his life.
It was interesting.
Now we're having a little bit of a view appreciation
before we start heading back down.
Over and out.
Over and out.
We're back, dude.
We're away.
Right here.
There it is.
Signing out.
350.
How long did it take, Rich?
This was 8 hours and 15 minutes.
And how many miles?
11.
Oh, that was intense.
That was intense.
That was intense, too, that part.
And then boom.
Boom.
See how far we just went? That was pretty far, man.
But we did it.
And we're ready to eat.
To be continued.
Time to talk.
Keep trying.
We did it.
We summoned in Katahdin.
We survived the Knife Edge.
Now we're heading to Vermont to hike its highest point,
Mount Mansfield.
We're also about to hit 1,000 miles.
There it goes.
1,000 miles with Mansfield in the background.
How perfect is that?
Two stars.
I don't think the mountain's going to fail.
I just hope the rope doesn't slide down the tree.
You're going to wake up more than a bed back
if this thing goes down that hill.
We have to climb Mount Mansfield.
Biggest mountain in Vermont.
Taking the hard way up as usual.
Looks dragging.
Your last name used to mean what you did for a living, right, Steve?
What?
Your last name?
That used to.
So what did John Hancock do?
Yes!
Can't believe we're up.
Thinking about climbing.
Oh, there we go.
About a mile from the top.
Everybody's looking good.
A little sweaty, a little stinky.
But everything's good.
These are our friends we just met on the trail.
This is the youngest baby to bag.
It's four months old.
That hit me.
Amazing.
Mansfield, man.
Don, number seven.
Nothing, dude.
Didn't feel challenged whatsoever.
How do you walk down on your hands?
I was thinking about rolling down.
There's a nice vibe in here.
This way.
Cheers, fellas.
Here we are last night.
Yeah!
How many miles?
A lot.
How many steps?
Too many.
Alright, we got spam.
We got corned beef hash.
We got roast beef hash.
Scramble them in, right Steve?
It's a little bit of spam right there.
The buzz.
That swine is fine.
Alright, last night, right Rich?
Yeah, yeah.
Yeah.
Funnest guys in the whole wide world.
Well, that's the story.
I hope it wasn't as exciting for you as it was for us.
And we did it together.
Yeah.
