Katahdin in Pictures

Mark and Jay in front of the Appalachian Trail Lodge hostel in Millinocket.
Comfortable and relaxing place and great hospitality!

Helen and Mark at the falls, about 1 mile into the hike up Katahdin.

Mark pulls up one of the MANY boulder sequences that were steep and
difficult to climb. You can see below him how far we had to climb on this one.

Stopping for a snack break. You can see that Helen drew first blood on one of
the boulder challenges.

Mark places his hiking sticks ahead as he scrambles up
yet another boulder group. Some of them required both
shoe and skin friction as well as both hands!

At treeline, about halfway up Katahdin, the views are rewardingly spectacular.

It's a good thing we had a reward with the views, because the next step
after hitting treeline is a doozy! It's informally called "the rebar" because
of the conveniently placed rebar handle to help you up this obstacle.

Katahdin will be a return trip for us someday. Next time we want to start earlier
and make it all the way. The beauty and challenge of this trek is fantastic!