Adirondack Peeks Summer 2024

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President's Report | Laurie Rankin #5525WV

2 Editors' Ramble | Sherry Roulston #12512 with Kim Morse #11497 3 TALKING POINTS

A Conversation with Laurie Rankin | Sherry Roulston #12512 with Laurie Rankin #5525WV

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Past Presidents

FROM THE VAULT Perspective on Wilderness | Jim Goodwin #24 The Foolishness of Youth | Phil Corell #224WV

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19 We Climb Together, Separately | Jack Coleman #6237W and Donna Meyer #14543 23 MOUNTAIN VIGNETTES Chant Royal for Noah John Rondeau | Charles Weld #3930 Less Food, More Ibuprofen: One Woman’s Quest to Keep Hiking | Dorothee Benz #7178 Winter 46ers: An Unexpected Story of Climbing and Friendship and Reflections on the Nature of Adventure | Tom Knipe #13947W with epilogue by Tim Logue #13933W Untitled | Aftyn Bartholomay #15306 Summiting against the Odds: My Victory over Raynaud’s Conquering the Adirondack High Peaks in the Winter | Allison Austin #11458W My Mom and Mountains | Dr. MB (Marybeth) Mitcham #9282 37 IN MEMORIAM 38 2023 FINISHING CLASS & SKETCHES 53 BOULDER REPORT | David Pawlick #12803 56 CLUB NEWS 59 NEW BOOKS BY 46ERS 62 IN THE PACK 64 LETTERS TO THE EDITORS

Photo credit: Sébastien Provost #14679

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