Aside from the "Knife Edge" I have to say that the "Hunt Trail" was my favorite. I really enjoyed the large rolling plateau and alpine vegatation, made for a very nice walk after ascending for the first part of the day. The steep parts of the Hunt trail were gorgeous and though not as exposed as Paloma or the Knife Edge still exciting. When I get a chance I will upload some shots. I toted my large DSLR camera up with me along with a 10-20mm lense. I just need to reduce the images, they are way to large to upload on here. Bob, dont you think the mountain rings of something you might see in the Cascades? Obviously not as arid as California or Colorado. Mike, I think I sat down on the same area where you wife is sitting . My wife freaked out one me when she checked out my pictures!
On Jul 29, 6:22 am, "Mike Leonard" <[email protected]> wrote: > Two more shots of Katahdin: > > Knife Edge overview. > The End. The sign for the Big K looks a bit battered just like we were > at the end of the hike! We met a couple who had just finished the 2,000 > mile AT and they were poppin' the cork! > > Mike > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > > Behalf Of JamesRobertSmith > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:11 PM > To: ENTSTrees > Subject: [ENTS] Re: Eastern and western summits > > Katahdin is my all-time favorite eastern peak. And I've hiked a bunch > of them. The only major eastern mountain ranges I've never set foot in > are the Catskills and Adirondacks. And the Daks are very high on my > list to someday hike. If I can just get around to doing it before I > get too old. > > I hiked Katahdin a few years ago. I've hiked pretty much all of the > major southern peaks (with a few exceptions) and several of the big > peaks in New Hampshire (including Mount Washington). But Katahdin is > king, in my estimation. Yes, there are higher peaks, but it holds its > own in pure relief against many other major eastern mountains, plus it > is so isolated. We did a killer hike: > > Entrance to Chimney Pond. Cathedral Trail to Baxter Peak. Knife's Edge > to Helon Taylor. Helon Taylor back to the Chimney Pond Trial and out > to our car. > > My thigh muscles screamed for two days. > > On Jul 28, 4:08 pm, Marcboston <[email protected]> wrote: > > Bob, I really enjoy your mountain submissions! I just got back ( 2 > > weeks ago) from Baxter State Park. Katahdin is one truly great east > > coast mountain, not sure if you have been up there but it worth the > > trip. Though smaller than Washington it is a world apart. I found it > > to be a tougher climb and much more "frontier" like. A very steep > > mountain with a superb alpine zone. The knife edge is unlike > > anything I have seen here in New England. > > > On Jul 28, 12:09 pm, [email protected] wrote: > > > > ENTS, > > > > Oops! My statement, " The second and fourth images show eastern > mountain scenes." obviously was meant to be western mountain scenes. > Alas, as dementia sets in, I make more and more of these goofs. > > > > Bob > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: [email protected] > > > To: [email protected], [email protected], "Sarah > Belchetz-Swenson" <[email protected]> > > > > Cc: "Paul Dittmer" <[email protected]>, "Carol Gilmour" > <[email protected]>, "Sharl Heller" <[email protected]>, "Claudia > Hurley" <[email protected]>, "Amy Kaiser" > <[email protected]>, "Rob Loomis" <[email protected]>, "Rod > MacIver" <[email protected]>, "Mike Ryan" <[email protected]>, > "Eleanor Tillinghast" <[email protected]>, "Joseph Zorzin" > <[email protected]>, "Doug Seale" <[email protected]>, "Nancy > Weiss" <[email protected]>, "Phoebe Weil" <[email protected]>, > "David Stahle" <[email protected]>, "celeste rounkles" > <[email protected]>, "Denis Jakuc" <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2009 9:58:11 AM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern > > > Subject: [ENTS] Eastern and western summits > > > > ENTS, > > > > I'm convinced that I was born under a curse. I'm sentenced to > compulsively make numerical contrasts and comparisons. And with no false > modesty, I am damned good at it. Where others stumble, I see the > quantitative nuances. For me, rounding off numbers, unless absolutely > necessary, is a vulgar practice. > > > I am not alone in my talent. Lee Frelich and Will Blozan are equally > gifted. Lee would never, say, round the number 1,047 by substituting the > vague descriptor "thousands" as newspaper reports frequently do. I guess > reporters think that in introducing imprecision they are capturing the > essence of an idea. Hogwash! > > > Well, I'm expanding my comparative talents with the camera. I don't > yet know what I'm doing, but it feels right. When I attempt to describe > the boldness of the western landscape in words, it can sound as if I'm > diminishing its eastern equivalent. Not so. At least, not necessarily. > However, east and west are qualitatively and quantitatively different, > and where in the past I've concentrated strictly on numerical measures, > I have now added the camera's all seeing eye. > > > The first and third of the three attached images show eastern > mountain panoramas. The second and fourth images show eastern mountain > scenes. The vertical relief in these images is approximately the same. > Does it look the same to the eye? BTW, a spin off talent of this > cultivated perception is quickly judging the heights of trees. > > > As a general observation, western mountain panoramic scenes are > usually painted from a broader color pallet. Land shapes are more > angular. Outlines are sharper. The blue haze of the Appalachians softens > features and can diminish the appearance of significant size. The > eastern Catskills are mountains - not just big hills. > > > The vegetative covering of western mountains is heavily skewed > toward conifers,; that of the eastern peaks toward hardwoods. Neither is > better than the other, just different. Viva la difference. > > > > Bob- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > > > IMG_1143.JPG > 927KViewDownload > > IMG_1151.JPG > 800KViewDownload- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Eastern Native Tree Society http://www.nativetreesociety.org Send email to [email protected] Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/entstrees?hl=en To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
