‰ NOW 13 WPM ‰ TEXT IS FROM AUGUST 2009 QST PAGES 63 AND 89 ‰ ALREADY BEEN BAGGED. ALTHOUGH YOU DONT HAVE TO BE THE FIRST ON TOP TO HAVE YOUR NAME ADDED, I DIDNT WANT TO GO TO ALL THE EFFORT REQUIRED AND THEN HAVE TO SHARE THE GLORY WITH SOMEONE ELSE. WHEN I BEGAN PLANNING A VACATION TO VISIT FAMILY IN THE PROVINCE OF NEW BRUNSWICK IN JUNE OF 2006, I CHECKED THE TOW LIST AND FOUND THAT MT CARLETON WAS STILL WAITING TO BE CLAIMED. IT IMMEDIATELY BECAME A KEY WAYPOINT ON MY ITINERARY. AS LUCK WOULD HAVE IT, MT CARLETON IS LOCATED WITHIN A PROVINCIAL PARK BEARING ITS ƒ QST DE W1AW ‰ NAME, SO ACCESS WOULD NOT BE A PROBLEM. I DECIDED TO FLY INTO BANGOR, MAINE, RENT A CAR AND DRIVE THE 250 OR SO MILES TO THE PARK. MT CARLETON IS A PART OF THE APPALACHIAN MOUNTAIN RANGE. AT 2680 FEET, IT IS BARELY HALF THE HEIGHT OF THE MUCH BETTER KNOWN MT KATAHDIN TO THE SOUTH, BUT IT ‰ FROM PAGE 89 ‰ MCJ/346 OH2EA/360 UA1CT/348 W4DXX/359 W9RN/359 F2WU/351 JA1WPX/349 K0RW/344 CT1ZW/357 G3XTT/347 JA1MLV/354 K0FF/352 K6RN/378 N0TB/357 OH2FT/344 UA3AB/ ‰ END OF 13 WPM TEXT ‰ QST DE W1AW ƒ