Katahdin

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Got to the gate at 5AM and started walking by 7AM in a vain attempt to escape the worst heat of the day.
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At van ready to start.	Starting on Helon Taylor Trail	Pamola Peak in distance.	We started at Roaring Brook Campground and took the Helon Taylor Trail 3.2 miles to Pamola Peak which is the southeast end of the Knife Edge.
View on way up	View on way up.		Trail Map-route outlined in green
Rest stop.	View from rest stop.	view of cirque and Baxter Peak.	Lunch Stop
Pamola Peak in distance	Pamola Peak in distance	Pamola Peak in distance	on the way up
On final approach to Pamola	Top of Pamola Peak	Top of Pamola Peak	view from top
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Pamola is at the south end of	the Knife Edge.	view of far end of Knife Edge.	From Pamola Peak it's 1.1 mile along the Knife Edge to Baxter Peak.
view down into cirque.	Knife Edge: Chimney Peak	Knife Edge
Knife Edge: Flowers	Knife Edge: more flowers	Knife Edge
Knife Edge	Knife Edge: coming down another peak.	Knife Edge: view back toward Pamola (southern end).
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Knife Edge: view toward Baxter Peak (northern end)	Knife Edge: view down	Knife Edge: Baxter Peak (highest point on Katahdin).
Baxter Peak; view down.	Baxter Peak	view back to Pamola
Start of trail down to Chimney Pond from the Saddle.	Rest before steep descent on slide.	From Baxter Peak we went down the saddle and then down into the basin to Chimney Pond (3.2 miles).
Filtering water from a welcome stream.	View of the knife edge and glacial cirque from Chimney Pond.	And finally 3.3 miles down from Chimney Pond back to the van at Roaring Brook. (Too tired to take pictures of the rest of the hike out.) Almost 11 miles total and over 3000 ft of elevation.

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photo's by Don Wade (AUT...) and Dave Karpan (IMG...), copyright (c) 2002, by thieir respective photographers