Katadin (ow)

We got within 500 vertical feet (and maybe about a half mile horizontally) from Baxter Peak. We were somewhat delayed due to weather concerns at one point, so possibly we might have made it if we hadn't done that downclimb, waffle, talk with other climbers, climb back up. We went to our physical limit as well as our self-set time limit and then we had to make the hard choice. It kind of sucks to get that close. But at least we both got back, and I don't think we have any permanent injuries.