Here&#x27;s the ALDHA&#x27;s newsletter from this past winter which gives a more detailed account of the problems at Katahdin.
<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aldha.org&#x2F;newsletter&#x2F;2014D_winter.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;aldha.org&#x2F;newsletter&#x2F;2014D_winter.pdf</a><p>I thru-hiked in 2007, and many of the problems now were in their infancy but not out of hand yet. There has always been a couple bad apples, but this is simply a result of the numbers.<p>In June, I was visiting family near the trail at the same time the wave of thru-hikers comes by, and I couldn&#x27;t believe how many there were. I also gave two thru-hikers a hitch, so I had a chance to talk to them about some of this. They estimated about 4x as many hikers compared to the year I thru-hiked. And I think they said there was one campsite somewhere down south with 89 tents (or hikers I can&#x27;t remember) in a single night. One of them said they were hiking this year specifically because they heard the movie was coming out.