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Mt. Katahdin - Maine { 28 images } Created 3 Oct 2011

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  • A ranger, left, from Maine's Baxter State Park, reviews the posted forecast, which called for a 30% chance of rain, with John Walcott as he registers for his group's two night stay in the park.  Walcott was looking to climb Mt Katahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, for his 60th birthday.  Walcott has been climbing the mountain almost yearly since 1976.
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  • A detail image of the guestbook at the Roaring Brook Campground in Maine's Baxter State Park.  The campground is the starting point of the route John Walcott and his party took to climb Mt Katahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, for his 60th birthday.
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  • John Walcott walks along the Chimney Pond Trail in Baxter State Park.  He travelled to Maine, as he has done since 1976, to summit Mt Katahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail as a 60th birthday celebration.
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  • Jared Leonard, left, and Pete Will, survey the full scale of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park from Chimney Pond which lays just above 2900ft.  From that point the mountain raises another 2300ft to a summit height of 5267ft.  Leonard and Will were climbing with John Walcott, not pictured, to celebrate his 60th birthday.
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  • Jared Leonard rests during the climb to the top of Maine's Mt Katahdin in Baxter State Park.  Jared was climbing as part of a 60th birthday celebration for John Walcott (not pictured).  Walcott has been climbing the mountain, the highest in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail since 1976.
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  • Jared Leonard, left, and John Walcott watch as clouds roll over the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park from a point that is known as the "Second Cathedral".  The forecast had called for a 30% chance of rain but the mountain is known for creating its own weather.  Walcott and his group were climbing the mountain to celebrate his 60th birthday.  He has been climbing the mountain, which is the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, since 1976.
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  • John Walcott, front, leads his son-in-law, Jared Leonard, behind, and childhood friend, Pete Will, in white, through the rocks and boulders that comprise the Cathedral Trail on Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Walcott is climbing the mountain, the highest point in Maine, as a 60th birthday celebration.  He has been coming to Baxter State Park almost yearly since 1976.
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  • Jared Leonard picks his way up the Cathedral Trail on Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Mt Katahdin is the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.  Loenard was climbing to celebrate John Walcott's (not pictured) 60th birthday.
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  • Jared Leonard picks his way up the Cathedral Trail on Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Mt Katahdin is the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.  Loenard was climbing to celebrate John Walcott's (not pictured) 60th birthday.
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  • View of Baxter State Park in Maine from above the "Second Cathedral" on Mt Katahdin.   Katahdin raises 5267ft and in addition to being the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail is the highest peak in Maine.
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  • John Walcott picks his way through the rocks and boulders that comprise the Cathedral Trail on Mt Katahdin.  Walcott has been coming to Mt Katahdin since 1976 and was climbing with friends and family as a 60th birthday celebration.  Katahdin is not only the highest peak in Maine but is also the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
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  • John Walcott, right, leads Jared Leonard up the Cathedral Trail to the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Walcott clmibed the mountain, as he has been doing almost yearly since 1976, in celebration of his 60th birthday.
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  • A detail image of the hiking boots standing over a "blue blaze" used to mark the trail to the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine.  "Blue blazes" are used throughout the Appalachian Trail to designate alternate routes.  The main pathway is marked with "white blazes".  The group is climbing the mountain to celebrate John Walcott's 60th birthday.  Walcott has been climbing Mt Katahdin, the highest point in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachain Trail, since 1976.
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  • The sign three tenths of a mile from the summit of Mt Katahdin designating the start of the Cathedral Trail, the favorite route of John Walcott who recently climbed the mountain in celebration of his 60th birthday.  Walcott has been coming to Katahdin, the highest peak in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, since 1976.
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  • John Walcott, foreground, has his picture taken by his son-in-law, Jared Leonard, three tenths of a mile from the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  A group of family and friends was climbing with Walcott to celebrate his 60th birthday.  Walcott has been climbing Mt Katahdin, the highest peak in Maine and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, since 1976.
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  • Pete Will walks toward the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Katahdin is the highest peak in Maine and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.  Will was climbing to celebrate John Walcott's (not pictured) 60th birthday.
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  • A view of the trail leading to the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  The peak is the highest in Maine and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.
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  • John Walcott rounds the corner and gets a look at the sign at the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter Peak.  Katahdin is the highest point in Maine and is the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, which extends 2175 miles south to Springer Mountain in Georgia.  Walcott first climbed Katahdin in 1976 and has been returning almost yearly.  In 2010 he celebrated his 60th birthday on the summit.
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  • John Walcott, left, puts away his camera after taking a photograph of the sign at the summit of Mt Katahdin, the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail and highest point in Maine, while Jared Leonard prepares to rest.  Walcott has been climbing Katahdin since 1976 and was celebrating his 60th birthday.
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  • John Walcott sits at the summit of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park and survey's the ridgeline of the Knife Edge Trail with binoculars.  Walcott brought a party of family and friends with him to Maine to climb the mountain as a 60th birthday celebration.  He has been climbing Mt Katahdin, which stands at 5267ft, since 1976.
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  • John Walcott, in yellow, walks with his childhood friend, Pete Will, on the tabletop plateau of Mt Katahdin in Maine's Baxter State Park.  Walcott was climbing the mountain, which is the highest peak in Maine as well as the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, in celebration of his 60th birthday.  He has been coming to Katahdin since 1976.
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