Is the "KATAHDIN" sign ready to be replaced?

[king tut]

Cool thread. I hiked Katahdin in the late 80's when i was a little kid and then went back and hiked it a bunch of times in the last decade. I never realized they pulled the old switcharoo on me. I always thought it was the same sign. This is almost as painful as when i heard the easter bunny and santa werent real. Whats left to believe in??

 

[roadtripper]

Whats left to believe in??

Cheeseballs?

 

[spencer]

I checked it out to see if it is dated:

 

[Seeker]

Stealing from Dave, here is the sign in 1997.

Wow we were young.

 

[dr_wu002]

If someone really has a problem with the sign being old, I suggest hiking up and burning the f-n thing. Then there will be a new sign not too long after...

-Dr. Wu

 

[MichaelJ]

I would imagine, given how much the AMC and RMC can get when they do their trail sign auctions, that to auction off the Katahdin sign as a souvenir whenever it's replaced could bring Baxter Park a fairly good chunk of change.

 

[hikes-with-him]

How about replace the sign with one made FROM cheeseballs?

Oh wait...then it would need to be replaced almost daily...um...hourly?

 

[Amicus]

What did Baxter do with the one that was replaced in 1999?

I confirmed with the information guy at ATC headquarters in Harpers Ferry this morning that this is the one I saw there a couple of years ago and that it is still on display. I may be back in Harpers Ferry this summer and will take a picture then, unless someone else does first.

 

[SteveHiker]

Of course they should replace the sign. They should mark the summit the same way as the half-way point to Chimney Pond. Nothing says "Forever Wild" quite like that.

 

[andrewb]

If anything, the 1948 sign was a little too much. The current one I find overly excessive. What's wrong with something that's concise, less-than-huge, and well-designed?