{"id":249,"date":"2025-06-23T11:16:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T15:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T23:59:20","slug":"feeling-on-top-of-the-world-at-the-mt-khatahdin-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Feeling on top of the world at the Mt. Khatahdin Summit!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"p1\">My new friend, Marion Hoffman, and I started at Katahdin Stream Campground and slowly made our way up the 4,000+ foot climb to the summit of Mt. Katahdin beginning at 5 a.m. using the Hunt Trail. This is a very strenuous hike with lots of rock climbing.i did well until muscle cramping set in. Fortunately eating saltine crackers and trail mix fixed the problem!&nbsp; The climb down should be interesting!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4738-768x1024.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4738-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4738-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4738-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4738.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4732.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4746.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4731.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/goforthintotheworld.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/img_4711.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My new friend, Marion Hoffman, and I started at Katahdin Stream Campground and slowly made our way up the 4,000+ foot climb to the summit of Mt. 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