The Katahdin Art Project

Earl Shaffer Foundation
and Crest Photography

The Katahdin Art Project is a collaboration between the Earl Shaffer Foundation and Crest Photography Inc. It combines Earl Shaffer's poetry and Bart Smith's photography to create a moving and lasting tribute to Mount Katahdin. It includes a picture of Mount Katahdin along with a poem composed by Earl.

The poem "Katahdin" came to Earl upon waking from a dream in the wee hours of the morning of his final ascent up Katahdin. He wrote it while still in his sleeping bag using light from his head lamp.

Bart photographed Mount Katahdin from the Appalachian Trail along Abol Bridge in the latter half of October 1998. The previous day a passing storm yielded thunder, lightning, rainbows and the year's first snow on Mount Katahdin. The dawn broke, sparkling clear with wisps of clouds, and it was captured by Bart in the above photo.

We believe you will appreciate the scope of this endeavor. The Katahdin Art Project is a lasting tribute to the mountain that represents the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail and to Earl Shaffer. If you are excited about the artistry of the Katahdin Art Project, as well as the concept of win, win, win fundraising please tell a friend, so the word can spread. It is a one of a kind gift which will be treasured through out the years. Best of all, your purchase will help carry on the spirit of Earl Shaffer's legacy, a man who gave so much to the Appalachian Trail.

Follow the link, Katahdinartproject.com, to find out more information on how to order a copy.

Hardbound, from Westcliffe Publishing, 128 pages, 10.35 inches by 12.41 inches.

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