Today we woke up at 5:30 in preparation for a long day. After eating cereal, Italian bread and brownies for breakfast, we loaded our gear and gathered outside the church in La Crosse. Our Mosher today consisted of a ninja game where we formed a circle and tried to chop eachother to the theme song from Mortal Combat. Upon leaving La Crosse we crossed the Mighty Mississippi via a long blue bridge and ascended a large Mesa which was the start of Minnesota. The climb was steep and passed in between rocky walls but summited on a ledge overlooking the whole city of La Crosse and the Mississippi river. We were under the assumption that this was the only climb of the day. This was VERY inaccurate and the day consisted of nearly endless climbs with false summits and relentless headwinds. After hours of hard work we climbed our last hill and were greeted by the towers of the Mayo Clinic in the valley town of Rochester. After checking into our church we traveled to the Hope Lodge and interviewed 3 people for the portraits project. The day was capped off by another round of free burritos from Chipotle and pizza from Pizza Hut. Life is good on I4K.