PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 26, 2025
The hiker who, along with his daughter, was found dead on Katahdin this month died from complications of hypothermia, officials said Thursday. The death of Tim Keiderling, 58, has been ruled accidental. His daughter Esther, 28, died from blunt force trauma, the medical examiner said June 12. Baxter State Park officials said Esther Keiderling likely slipped and fell on icy terrain and “collided with large boulders” near the Cathedral Cut-off Trail. The weather on Katahdin when the Keiderlings were hiking it “presented climbers with a heightened risk of hypothermia,” with temperatures in the mid-30s and wind chills around 19 degrees.