日本語は英語の後にあります。
Katahdin, also called Baxter Peak, is a mountain located in Baxter State Park in Maine. This mountain is pretty and famous. It is famous, mostly because it is a northern terminus of 2200 mile of Appalachian Trail. So far, I don't have a plan to hike Appalachian Trail, so I thought that it might be a good idea to hike up to Katahdin.
Maine state park is kind of harsh to non-Maine residents: the fee if much higher for non-Maine residents. Anyway, we did it.
On the first day, we started at Chimney Pond trail. The destination was Chimney Pond. There are lean-to to stay overnight. It was interesting. I had never slept at such thing. The next day we planned to hike up to Katahdin, but check-out time is 10 a.m., and we didn't know if we would be back by 10. So Mr.N went to ranger station at the pond and asked if it was okay to leave our backpacks past 10 at a lean-to. Mr.N was told to bring backpacks to the peak. What the hell?! It is soooooo ridiculous. It is super common to leave backpacks at a junction and check out peaks. I saw it everywhere. The most famous one is for JMT hikers to leave huge backpacks at trail crest and check out Mt.Whitney. He argued and got successful for ranger to say yes.
Chimney Pond |
On the first day hike at Chimney pond where it was pretty, one family was chatting. The kid was chatty and said to their mother, "You got married only once!" It made me laugh. It is very....very American. It is not unusual for Americans to get married several times. In contrast, in Japan, it is very rare to get married multiple times. I always find culture differences in the wilderness. It is interesting and funny.
Going up in the early morning |
The next day we started at 5 a.m. On the way up, we already saw one party coming down around 7 a.m. They went up there to see a sunrise. Wow. Hardcore!
From the top |
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