Summer is here! Time for some updates from hikers who have recently hit the IAT.
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2022 Maine IAT Sponsored Hikes
The first of Maine IAT’s Sponsored Hikes is coming up soon! Sign up to participate!
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Robin Patten continues her quest to walk at least a section of every IAT Chapter at the age of 60. This time on the Kjalvegur Trail in Iceland!
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Writer, teacher and naturalist Robin Patten had a simple idea: To walk at least a section of every IAT Chapter at the age of 60.
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We continue our look back at 2021 hikers with Cathy Hill and her grandson Ryan who completed a 45-mile, roundtrip hike on the Maine IAT in the Katahdin Woods and Waters National Monument.
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It’s Labor Day, the unofficial end of summer, and time to look back at some of the hikers who traversed all or parts of the IAT in Maine this past year.
Continue readingUS / Canada Border Update
A recent article in the Bangor Daily News reports that, at current vaccination rates, the New Brunswick/Maine border could be opened by July 1st.
Continue readingPioneers – Alexander von Humboldt
Thomas Jefferson described Alexander von Humboldt as “the most scientific man of the age.” He’s our IAT Geologic Pioneer of the month.
Continue readingBorders and Blowdowns
As the spring and summer hiking season gets underway here in Maine, we’ve been receiving a lot of requests for information on the status of the Maine / New Brunswick border and the trail conditions on the Maine IAT. Here’s the latest.
Continue readingA Visit With Nimblewill
Nick and Paula Pancoast, Dick Anderson’s stepson and daughter-in-law, are currently driving across the US. Their first stop was near Flagg Mountain, Alabama, so they took the opportunity to have a visit with Nimblewill Nomad.
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