Adirondack Peeks Summer 2024

46er Number Name

Finishing Peak

Date Finished

City/State

15493 Gregory William McElrea Brockville, ON

Hough

11/25/2023 08/31/2023 12/21/2023 12/21/2023 07/20/2023 07/13/2023 06/21/2023 09/23/2023 10/10/2020 09/16/2023 09/16/2023 09/02/2023 09/02/2023 08/05/2023 09/17/2023 09/29/2023 09/29/2023 08/08/2022 08/08/2022 12/31/2023 08/28/2023 09/27/2023 09/30/2023

15494 Isaac Smith

Florence, MA

Algonquin

15495 Jim Stevenson 15496 Emma Brinker

East Aurora, NY East Aurora, NY

Allen Allen

15497 Rick Kent

Le Roy, NY

Whiteface

15498 Thom Duffy 15499 Marty Shopes 15500 Pete Sucheski 15501 Brian Krieger 15502 Stephen McEntee 15503 Darlene McEntee 15504 Ainsley Filkins 15505 Robert Filkins 15508 Maggie Dougherty 15509 Victoria Gilliland 15510 Maryanne Cleary 15511 Michael Cleary 15512 Kyle Knox 15513 Ellen Myers 15540 Jennifer L Cross 15548 Mark Joseph Debowski

Brooklyn, NY

Basin

Lake George, NY Pittsford, NY Fairport, NY Cazenovia, NY Cazenovia, NY Niskayuna, NY Niskayuna, NY

Haystack Haystack Whiteface

Dial Dial

Andor Steven Czompo #15507 hiked the Appalachian Trail before turning his focus to the high peaks.

Marcy Marcy

15506 Christopher M Cooley Rochester, NY 15507 Andor Steven Czompo Rochester, NY

Haystack

Whiteface

Fayetteville, NY Cazenovia, NY New York, NY New York, NY Pittsfield, MA

Marcy Marcy

Haystack Haystack

Colden

Newark, DE

Sawteeth

Plattsburgh, NY New Boston, NH

Colden

Dix

15549 Luke Scott

Barryville, NY

Lower Wolf Jaw 07/02/2022

BOULDER REPORT Congratulations to the Class of 2023! David Pawlick, #12803 P lenty of rain, muddy trails, and wildfire smoke contributed to the lowest number of new

46er quest, sometimes together, and other times they had different hik ing partners. When they both got to 34 peaks, they compared notes and found the same 12 peaks on their to do lists and agreed that they would be together for those hikes. Eleven years after their Cascade hike, they reached Iroquois for summit number 46. When COVID shut down al most all other activities, Cheryl Wise #14978 seized the opportunity to take up hiking with her daughters, Carly #14976 and Rena. They quickly caught the bug, and as soon as they finished one hike, they excitedly started planning the next adventure. Rena had to move away for her ca

46ers since 2016. Despite some of those challenging conditions, the of ficial list of people that have climbed all 46 high peaks grew by 726 in 2023. Within the 2023 Finishing Class & Sketches and in the follow ing, you'll find some of the names, faces, and stories for the Class of 2023. Jeff Durocher #15295 and Kyle McCabe #15491 met when they were 13 years old, and 12 years lat er, they climbed Cascade for their first high peak. Over the next seven or eight years, both continued their

Jeff Durocher #15295 and Kyle McCabe #15491

Jeff Durocher #15295 and Kyle McCabe #15491 reer before finishing, but Cheryl and Carly marched on, finishing their 46er journey on Skylight in July 2023. Like all the rest of us, there were a few wrong turns on the trails. On their

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