BANGOR DAILY NEWS • January 20, 2024
There is a rumor that former Director of Baxter State Park Buzz Caverly once took a snowmobile to the top of Katahdin, which he denies. Snow sleds are not allowed except on the perimeter road at Baxter and going up the mountain with one would be verboten. A quick Google search reveals a picture of a guy standing on the summit next to a vintage Ski-Doo and a Moto-Ski. The picture looks like it was taken in the early 1960s. It does look like Buzz in a Baxter State Park ranger suit. He spent 45 years working in the park. He became a passionate preservationist who did amazing things to protect this precious backcountry. Buzz believes the picture is of either Rodney Sargeant or Elmer Knowlton. The Park Supervisor instructed them to go up on the Tableland to remove nets and containers left from when the first crop of caribou was airlifted there in 1963. If you know who actually made the climb, drop me a line. ~ Bill Green