Built in memory of Kurt Diedrerich, a grandson of Boston artist William Hunt, and a gift of his aunt, Mrs. Hunt Slater, the Climb was the first of several memorial paths created by George Dorr in conjunction with Bar Harbor via members. The 700-step climb contains the largest rocks ever used on any Acadian trail.

Kurt Diederich's Climb Marker is a granite slab with approximately 2 1/4"-high carved Roman lettering that forms the sixth step up at the start of the East Slope Trail, at the northeast corner of the Tarn at the junction of the Jesup and Kane Paths. 

You can also find a bronze plaque in his memory along the trail. It reads 

In memory
of
Kurt Diederich
Who loved these mountains
1913

Kurt died in 1913 in Washington, DC prior to an operation. He had come, with his daugheter Elsa, to stay with his Aunt after his wife died of Typhoid in 1911.