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Alpinist Magazine Issue 84 | Winter 2023 Print or Digital?:Print Issue more importantlyCover: Patrick Lalonde peers through the narrow exit moves of Tuts Thumb (WI4+) in the Katahdin massifs North Basin, Baxter State Park, Maine. [Photo] Brent Doscher Features Mountain Profile: Katahdin Nestled into the woods of northern Maine, beyond the reaches of roads, Katahdin rises out of the 2,200 mile long chain of Appalachian Mountains. Its weathered cliffs of pink and grey granite have inspired painters, poets and climbers for centuries.