Magazine of the Adirondack FortySixers Volume XXXVII No 1 SpringSummer 2000 From the Editors ADIRONDACK PEEKS In the movie Slapshot Reg Paul Newman admon SemiAnnual Magazine of the ishes his team to give up their brawling ways and start Adirondack FortySixers Inc playing old time hockey Honest and pure Stylish wwwadk46r org yet gritty Toe Blake Eddie Shore Contents After these many years as editors of Peeks we are beginning to feel somewhat the same as Reg Maybe Minutes James A Barnshaw 4 Spring Meeting its that were getting older Maybe were becoming From the Winter Desk Wil Desbiens 5 our parents But 46ing it seems has changed Peeks Sketches Mike Becket 7 We with the Adirondacks Our father was Olympus Mountain of the Gods 9 grew up one of the members of the of by Dean Gletsos original FortySixers Evolution of a 46er 11 Troy although something called World War II got in Gross by Jay the way of his finishing Something about hiking was A Climb in the Adirondacks 13 simpler purer then The trails were tough the equip by Vernon Sanders ment but the task seemed easier We think it LukesWinter Climb 15 primitive was an attitudeonethat rooted on fellow climb by David Graves your Avalanche on Wright Peak 17 ers and passionately cared for the mountains by Tony Goodwin Today however the hiking mentality increasingly Partner is a Rabbit 21 My Hiking seems to take on a Guinness Book of Records pos by Janet Stein ture a can you top that approach that focuses on Presidents Page Barbara Harris 23 the moment and not the constantthemountains Hiking Twins 29 Letters 34 We trust that 46ers will be true to our traditions and continue to place attention and commitment to the Deadlines Summer 15 Winter November 1 May natural bounty that has brought us all such pleasure Cover High Peak Silhouette by Rob Reynolds The membership of the Adirondack FortySixers Inc consists of hikers who have climbed to the summits of the 46 major peaks of the Adirondacks The club is dedicated to environmental protection to education for proper usage of wilderness areas and to participation in work projects in cooperation with the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to meet these objectives EDITORIAL STAFF OFFICERS APPOINTED OFFICERS David W Lance Suzanne E Lance Barbara Harris Lou Recor Mary Grace Hudowalski James Barnshaw Editor Editor President Vice President Historian Secretary 537 Irish Settlement Rd 27 Woodbine by the Lake Recording Plansburgh NY 12901 Colchester VT 05446 Ditt Dittmar Printed by New Art Inc Treasurer Printing DIRECTORS 25 Sand Creek Road Albany NY 12205 Wende Grubbs Pete Hickey Jim Kobak Philip Corell Len Grnbbs John Lange Connie Morrison Tom Tim Tefft Larry Hokirk Editorial Offices Correspondence to theeditors Wheeler manuscripts and photographs should be ad Outdoor Leadership Bill Johnson dressed to Adirondack 31 Luther Road Peeks Past Presidents Coordinators Joe Saratoga Springs NY 12866 EMail Workshop Urbanczyk Grace L Werner O slance@uamailalbanyeduShare your hiking Hudowalski 194851 Trailmasters William E experience with us today Bachli 195153 Endicott 195356 Herbert C Allen Jr 195657 Rudolph W Strobel 195758Richard T Babcock 195859 46er Offices Correspondence about club mem Adirondack Peeks is twice a Robert B Mitchell Jr 195960 Henry N published year by bership climbing folders 46er merchandise the Adirondack a Gernond 196062FLPeter Stone 196365 FortySixers nonprofit orga Outdoor Leadership Workshop and other related nization Adirondack Peeks is free to members James G 196669William C Frenette Bailey 46er activities should be addressed to Execu to 196970 Glenn W Fish 197073 Winifred in good standing others and nonmembers for tive Secretary Adirondack 279 Edwin H FortySixers 200 a single copy 350 for one year 600 Lamb 197375 Ketchledge 197578 Walter G 197881 B Corell Rand Hill Road Morrisonville NY 129623212 for two years or 800 for three years New York Herrod Philip Staters add NYS sales tax To subscribe send 198184 Donald J Hoffman 198487 Jules order to Adirondack Comeau 198789June Behr 198992 your subscription Forty Joseph 46ers should address their Tim Aspiring correspon Sixers 279 Rand Hill Road Morrisonville NY 1992 Tefft 199293Philip B Urbanczyk dence to the Office of the Historian POBox 129623212 Corell 199394 Nancy Allen 19941997 9046 Schenectady NY 123090046 George Sloan 19972000 46er Spring Meeting Mnutes May 28 2000 President George Sloan called the TrailmastersReport noting the Norden trustee of Grace Hudowalskis meeting to order at 737 pm important work done on Street Nye Adirondack 46er Conservation Trust welcoming the 250 plus attendees and and the Elk LakeMarcy trail The Elk who noted that the Trust is a charitable introducing the rest of the Executive Lake trail to Dix is impassable due to organization completely separate from Committee members in attendance blowdown and work is stalled awaiting the 46ers Grant requests from 501C3 George also introduced past presidents DEC Department of Environmental groups will be considered with recent Nancy Allen Joe Urbanczyk Jim Conservation clearance Joe presented grants going to the 46ers Historians Bailey Phil Corell Ed Ketchledge and Volunteer Service Awards to three Office for the Leave No Trace Grace Hudowalski 9 Grace at age individuals two for 146 hours of work pamphlet and the mailing of the survey 93 stood and waved to the attendees and one for 346 hours of trail work Joe to the Adirondack Mountain Club who then stood and gave her a then reminded everyone to give ADK for the Summit Stewardship resounding applause something back to these wonderful program and to the 46ers Trailmasters George Sloan gave the Treasurers mountains encouraging us to do trail for equipment needs L John report noting that all is well and the work with the 46ers or some other mentioned that the Trust has a Peeks Editors report asking that if group committee of seven members currently anyone has any articles and President George Sloan announced all 46ers who decide on the recipients photographs for upcoming editions that the 2000 Fall Meeting would be of grants from the Trust The Trust they should be sent to Suzanne Lance held the weekend of October 14th one currently has approximately 115000 Phil Corell gave the Outdoor week after Columbus Day weekend in assets and will benefit more from Leadership Workshop Report The The Meeting will most likely be at the todays auction of Grace Hudowalskis early May Workshop was attended by Keene Valley School and feature a Adirondack memorabilia 37 of the 44 signups With the slide show with speaker L John made a presentation to temperature in the 70s and no rain George also noted that the recent George Sloan who will be stepping snow or wind of note the conditions survey results returned by 46ers are down as President after this meeting were not optimal for learning outdoor being entered into a database and that for all his dedicated service and hard skills Phil promised to do better next the results should be available this fall work for the 46ers George received a year Phil also mentioned three High The Executive Committee has formed standing ovation from the appreciative Peaks regulations 1 maximum group a Long Range Planning Committee attendees size for overnight camping in the LRPC that will look at the results The Election of Officers occurred eastern High Peaks is 8 2 maximum create a report and try to ascertain with the Recording Secretary casting day trip group size is 15 3 no open whether the 46ers should undertake one vote for the slate of officers as fires are allowed in the High Peaks new work or directions nominated which included Barbara Phil Corell introduced Tony George introduced L John Van continued on 22 Goodwin Executive Director of ATIS Adirondack Trail Improvement Society who reported on the trail conditions and made a presentation Tony thanked the Trailmasters and their work teams for the clearing of extensive blowdown on the Elk Lake Marcy and several other trails Tony then mentioned that while he was recently surveying the fire damage on Noonmark he found an old round aluminum marker that was inscribed with the date of placement June 7 1941 and the individual who placed it Dirt Dittmar Ditt happily accepted the marker stating that this was the only marker that he was never able to find and retrieve Joe Urbanczyk gave the L John Van Norden keeps the bids climbing at the Conservation Trust Auction 4 From the Winter Desk by Wil Desbiens 4071W Under normal circumstances you would think that the new millennium would have given a lot of winter hikers the incentive to finish the Winter 46 on the New Year In fact several had written in the year before hoping to do just that Well of course they were not counting on Hurricane Floyd and the wind storms that followed Many of the traditional herd paths which were already difficult to follow in winter were pretty much impossible to find Even some of the popular trails such as the one into the Dixes from Elk Lake were strewn with blowdown Climbing over under and around extensive From left Janet Stein Bob Novick and Alain Chevrette celebrate their conquest of blowdown can exhaust even the best on March 2000 hiker Skylight 11 So New Years came and went and finishing my Four Season 46 I made but still a long ways off Knowing no reports were in Usually by the end the 4 season within 1 yearwow this was just not my day I relented and of January I have five to eight persons Every hiker seems to have a headed back to the parking lot On who have reported completing the mountain that appears to be