The Boston Globe

The dangers of climbing Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest point

Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park is known to be rocky, strenuous and extremely difficult for hikers who aspire to its 5,269-foot summit. The deaths of New York father and daughter Tim and ...
The Boston Globe

After hiker suffered injury on Mount Katahdin, she sheltered for the night. Then the weather turned treacherous.

Stranded on the rugged upper reaches of Mount Katahdin in Maine, Beata Kosc prayed for mercy in the night. Along the exposed ridges and rocky slopes of the Knife Edge trail, she huddled last Thursday ...
WLWT

Body of second missing hiker on Maine's Mount Katahdin found between trails

Search teams have now found the bodies of both hikers who were missing on Mount Katahdin in Maine.Baxter State Park Rangers announced just before 3 p.m. Wednesday that they found the body of Esther ...
WGAL

Body of second missing hiker on Maine's Mount Katahdin found between trails

And Roger, thank you. Tonight the bodies of both hikers who went missing on Mount Katahdin over the weekend. They have both now been found. Officials say the body of Esther Keerling was found at one ...