We were climbing down the knives edge when something hit me like a blinding realization. I looked at Charlotte and instantly knew that I wanted to marry her. I looked in my pocket and there was a ring so I gave to her and we lived happily ever after. Ok, in actuality I have been thinking about this moment since I first embarked on this adventure. From the day that I left Georgia I knew that I would ask her to marry me on top of my final climb. Asking her would be the easy part. The hard part was thinking about the moment everyday for the next 5 months and not being able to tell anyone. I was hiking with my brother everyday and didn’t even tell him until about a month ago.
Anyways, my mother brought me the ring to Maine and I stashed it away. As we climbed down the mountain we stopped to take a break when I gave Char a candy ring pop. She had mentioned that it would be nice to get engaged in Maine so I knew it was in the back of her mind. I said, “you wanted a ring, right?” So, she opened it, put it on, gave it a lick and said, “I say yes”. Then I asked her if she wanted a real ring as I proceeded to pull it from my pocket. Needless to say she did agreed to put herself in harms way and get married to me. Yeah, I know. What was she thinking? I then surprised her by having her parents waiting at the base of the mountain so that they could spend the weekend with us.
Sorry ladies. This guy is taken for good, but he is unbelievably happy and as always he’s Loving Life.
Northbound By Foot 
Congratulations! You guys make an aweosme team!