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a little more about Katahdin
I realize I'm being completely scatterbrained, but I when I reposted my quickly written little entry from yesterday to my family group I added some more stuff, so figured I might as well repost that stuff here as well...
Previously years when we'd been up Katahdin there'd been so much cloud cover that we couldn't even see how far we were from the top. This time we not only got to the top, we went a little way out on the Knife's Edge just to look at it, before we decided we were out of time and had to start back.
One of the reasons we started back quicker than we might have and pushed ourselves a little hard at first was to catch up with a father and his 9 yr old daughter who had come up Abol trail and were going down Hunt trail. Matt realized that they might have trouble going down over the Iron Ladder not having seen it previously - it's much easier if you went over it on the way up so you know what to expect. They appreciated our help, and the girl did not want to let us out of her sight after that - I think she was afraid she wouldn't make it out without guides. :)
Previously years when we'd been up Katahdin there'd been so much cloud cover that we couldn't even see how far we were from the top. This time we not only got to the top, we went a little way out on the Knife's Edge just to look at it, before we decided we were out of time and had to start back.
One of the reasons we started back quicker than we might have and pushed ourselves a little hard at first was to catch up with a father and his 9 yr old daughter who had come up Abol trail and were going down Hunt trail. Matt realized that they might have trouble going down over the Iron Ladder not having seen it previously - it's much easier if you went over it on the way up so you know what to expect. They appreciated our help, and the girl did not want to let us out of her sight after that - I think she was afraid she wouldn't make it out without guides. :)