Adirondack Peeks Summer 2023

These two illustra tions of Upper Cha teaugay Lake and the surrounding Adiron dack mountains are by Tad Welch and grace the bookends of The Old Guide Story .

closed. We took pictures of the notable sum mit sign and rushed back down the mountain. Later, Bruce and I celebrated at a brewery in Lake Placid then returned to Washing ton, DC, exhausted and elated. Thankfully, within three weeks my body recovered. It took me 54 years and help from many kind folks to become 46er #14140, and I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything! In addition, the wonderful DC De

partment of Motor Vehicles furnished me with the license plate ADK46ER, which has most of my neighbors baffled—but not the real hik ers. Be sure to honk if you see me on the road! Editors’ note: Tanager Lodge was in operation from 1925 to 2022. Its founder, Fay Welch, was a li censed Adirondack guide, on the board of direc tors of the National Audubon Society and an ac tive member of several Adirondack conservation

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