Adirondack Peeks Summer 2024

Daughter Brianna Becoming 46er #9834

Marybeth and Andy with Big Smiles

Tomorrow, I will visit my mom, and I will show her the photo from our hike Mt. Washington. I will again tell her the story of when she made me hike up Mt. Washing ton, and how miserable I was, and how miserable I made everyone around me. And I will remind her that, several

times that day, she told me that I would thank her one day for making me go on that hike because I would love hiking someday. She won’t remember, but I can remind her of it and tell her that she was right. IN MEMORIAM

We remember those Forty-Sixers who are now climbing the Celestial Hills. Jeannette Frost Jones #445 David Mack #2561

Richard G. Albro #3016 Dr. Abel Edward Blackmar III #126 Joseph W. Coughlin #1713 Emerson Ellett #4965W Stephen P. Elliott #3656 John (Jack) P. Freeman #1327W Timothy Yeatman Hayward #209

Donald C. Mclean #2822 George W. Miller #5389 Dorothy Myer #914 Rita G. Pettigrew #118 Nola Royce #1399W Clifford Walker #95

Robert G. Henckel #596 Michael L. Hough #9427

ADK, Albany Chapter, lost a hiking legend earlier this year. Nola Royce, chapter member and trip leader for 50 years, passed away at age 78. At just under 5 feet and light as a feather, Nola's indomitable spirit was as big as the mountains she summited. In 1983, she was the third woman to hike all 46 High Peaks in the winter. Nola was also an experienced rock and ice climber and biking aficionado. She trekked all over the world including the Pamir Range, Denali, Rainier, Killy, Aspiring, Aconcagua, and countless more. As a cancer survivor, she summitted Antartica's highest, Mount Vinson, not once but twice. She was a Colorado 14er finisher, AMC 4000, and Catskill 3500, and, for a while, Nola was even a competitive bodybuilder. On winter peak bagging trips, when the gear was divvied up, Nola always reached for the heaviest load. She was an inspiration to all and will be greatly missed. For those that were unable to make her Memorial ser vice in April, watch https://vimeo.com/947111286. To watch the video montag, visit https://vimeo.com/940557791

Timothy Yeatman Hayward

John (Jack) P. Freeman, the author of View from on High

Nola Royce

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