Cat last checked into
Parkersville, West Virginia, at 7:40pm EDT, with only 493 miles left to go!!!
She has 3,320 feet of climbing in the next 48.7 miles to Time Station #47 in
Smithburg, West Virginia, then another 3,630 feet of climbing and 46.3 miles to the next time station (#48) in Grafton, West Virginia, where she be arriving at around 4:00am Wednesday morning.
From there, it's off to
Gormania, West Virginia, which will bring on another 4,540 feet of climbing through the Appalachian Mountains. At this point, she will have 355 miles to go and one more night of cycling. The climbing isn't over yet.... before she reaches the finish line, she will have 19,880 feet of more climbing to do from Gormania to the finish in New Jersey.
If all goes well, Wednesday night will be Catharina's last all-nighter in RAAM 2005. She will be greated by fans during the daytime hours, sometime on Thursday, on the boardwalk of Atlantic City!