Adirondack Peeks Winter 2024

W hen I was first approached to consider stepping into the role of President of the 46ers, I was certainly honored, but I was also intimidated by being a relatively new per son to the hiking community. In 2016, our youngest son left for college and my wife and I began to fill our empty nest by hiking in the Saratoga/Lake George area. Prior to that summer, neither of us had ever owned a pair of hiking boots or any gear. Later that year, a friend took us up Cascade. Coming off the summit, she said we could go over to Porter to get #2 of 46. We had no idea what she was talking about. Giant was #3. As we came off that summit, we saw some one headed off on a side trail. When he told me he was going to Rocky Peak Ridge, I asked, “What’s that?” So, yeah, we were newbies then, and I’m still a newbie in all that the 46ers do. But, I did know this: The organization has an amazing membership base and is filled with people that generously share their time and talents because of their passion for the Adiron dacks. I can relate to that, and I am committed to doing my part to help the organization continue the good work it is doing, such as: • Our Trail Crew has done their usual miracle-working this year with blowdown sweeps and significant trail improvements on the Calamity Brook and East River trails, along with sev eral other projects. Ninety volunteers contributed over 2,400 hours for these projects. • Our Trailhead Stewards were at Cascade every Friday, Satur day, and Sunday from Memorial Day through September and also at South Meadows many weekends. Our stewards inter faced with 12,000 hikers to help ensure they were properly prepared for their hike. • Adopt-a-Highway volunteers contributed over 500 hours, logged 64 miles along Route 73 and removed over 40 large bags of litter. • And we also have a hardworking Board of Directors, appoint ed officers, and other volunteers who spend many, many hours on 46er membership, merchandising, historian record keeping, correspondence, education, PEEKS magazine, trea sury, outdoor skills training, and many other committees that keep the organization going. PRESIDENT'S REPORT

AdirondackPEEKS Volume LXII No. 2, Winter 2024 OFFICERS David Pawlick, President Brian Sutherland, Vice President Laurie Rankin, Immediate Past President DIRECTORS Bob Harvey, Brent Pierce, Winn Rea, Brant Schneider, Sheila Young APPOINTED OFFICERS Treasurer Philip Corell Recording Secretary Bill Lundy Assistant Secretary Felicia Neahr Outdoor Skills Workshop Coordinators Bill Lundy, Dan Auwarter Office of the Historian Lee Nesbitt, Siobhán Carney-Nesbitt Archivist Jane Meader Nye Trailmasters Michele Mccall, Brian Hoody, Mary Lamb, Mark Simpson, Curt Snyder, Doug Varney Website Liaison and Content Manager Joe Ryan

Merchandising Janet Thomas Special Orders Coordinator Wendy Kurlowicz Membership Jim Houghtaling Editors Kim Morse

Sherry Roulston Editorial Offices

Manuscript and photographic submissions for PEEKS should be mailed to Sherry Roulston at 24 Layman Lane, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901 or emailed to peeks@adk46er.org. Correspondent Program Kristen Peek, adk46ertrailswm@gmail.com Orders and Payments Jim Houghtaling, Membership Coordinator, PO Box 4383,

Judy Pawlick, #12804, and Dave Pawlick, #12803, at their finish in 2020

Queensbury, NY, 12804 treasurer@adk46er.org Outdoor Skills Workshop osw@adk46er.org Trailhead Steward Program Joe Ryan, trailheadstewards@gmail.com Volunteer Trailwork adk46ertrailwork@gmail.com

For additional information on club activities and to register to become a 46er visit the club’s website, adk46er.org, or send an email to officeofthehistorian46@gmail.com. Adirondack PEEKS is published twice a year by the Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Inc., a nonprofit organization. PEEKS is free to members in good standing. To receive a copy, register to become an Aspiring/Contributing member of the 46ers by

creating a website account at adk46er.org. Adirondack PEEKS is printed by Walsworth