Published quarterly by the New York Chapter, Inc. of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc. P.O. Box 1119, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-1119 Camp Nawakwa on Lake Sebago, 845 351-4135 Http://www.adkny.org September-November 2007 Publishing Schedule: Not-to-be March/April/May June/July/Aug Water Safety Sept/Oct/Nov Missed! Dec/Jan/ Feb Water safety has been the subject of special training sessions at Inside this issue: ANNUAL BBQ Camp Nawakwa this summer. The annual fall BBQ is scheduled for Sat- urday, September 29th. Rob and Rosalie Goldberg will be hosting this not-to-be missed event again this year. September Calen- 2 Your reservation and check must be received by September 22nd. Board of Directors 2 You can e-mail Rob and Rosalie at Nominations 2 [email protected] to make reservations. Please specify if you want vegetarian . Upcoming hikes & 3 The charge for dinner and day fee is $20.00 hosted weekends for each adult and $10.00 for each child between 4-12 years of age. Please mail Water safety pictures 4 your check, payable to Robert Goldberg to the following address: Minutes of July 21 5 Mr. Robert Goldberg 37 Van Sickle Road October Calendar 6 Lafayette, NJ 07848 Committee Chairs 6 See page 4 for pictures of the ac- Money for overnight camp fees and addi- tivities with our President Barry Wood Day/Clean Up 6 tional meals will be collected on the 29th. Bunnell as the instructor. Upcoming hosted & 7 by Julia M. Krause weekends MEMORIES of Nawakwa I remember my first ride day breakfast (one stands “ringer” was made. Again November Calendar 8 into Nawakwa in the mid out in mind - pancakes it was Ira that would 50s after completing one and fresh blueberries) and start a square dance go- Minutes (continued) 8 of my qualification hikes - a warm lunch. ing. He was such an im- Upcoming hikes & 9 in the rain no less. As portant member. If there often as I come into Camp I particularly recall Ira were any questions or hosted weekends that road is very special. Ayres snipping the wicks - problem, Ira had an an- At that time it was not there was no electricity. swer to still our fears. In the next issue 9 Ira would do this chore paved, meaning some with heart and soul. It I must mention if Ed Spil- bumpy cruising. Tough on was a joy to watch him. lane was weekend host, December Calendar 10 the car but arriving at Camp was a special treat, After dinner Saturday you were guaranteed Beds for Boats 10 gourmet meals. I am for- which it still is. As one night a member would ever grateful to George In the kitchen 11 approached the Main lead a “Walk to the Dam.” Trent and Selma Schultz Lodge, if “Old Glory” was With flashlights in hand, for sponsoring me to be- More upcoming 11 there to welcome you, we walked down the someone either arrived Camp Road. Good way to come a New York Chapter hikes/hosted week- Friday night or early Sat- walk off the delicious din- member. urday morning. ner. Yes, the memories are warm and many. May the The weekends would in- Ira enjoyed playing horse charm of Nawakwa re- clude a great Saturday shoes. You would hear main forever in our night dinner, hearty Sun- the clinking when a hearts. Page 2 The Trail Marker September 2007 Schedule of Events Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat !" Beds for Boats Month - see page 10 !" September 1-3 - The Board is hosting 1 Labor Day Weekend. Janet Sibarium is Labor Day doing happy hour and dinner on the Weekend 1st, Jerry and Susanne Flower are doing breakfast and lunch and Tom 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Asian Schiels and Kim Killion have dinner on the 2nd. Laura Campbell will be doing Labor Day Labor Day Night breakfast and lunch on the 3rd. See Weekend Weekend Bear Lady page 3 for more details. 9 Asian 10 11 12 13 Rosh 14 15 PoetiC !" September 8-9.– Pan Asian Night with Night Hashanah Food Marina Zoubtsova and friends. Bear Weekend Weekend Lady will do a talk and slide presenta- tion Saturday afternoon. 16 PoetiC 17 18 19 20 21 22 Yom Food Kippur !" September 15-16.– Poetic Food with Weekend Suse Wenzel and Ingrid Strauch !" September 23 - Lake Sebago Clean Up 23 Lake 24 25 26 27 28 29 Annual and picnic on the water Sebago BBQ CLean Up Weekend !" The Annual Fall BBQ hosted by Rob and Rosalie Goldberg. Reservations 30 Annual details are on page 1. Janet Sibarium BBQ is host for Sunday breakfast and lunch Weekend Board of Directors Nominations Needed for Board Positions - Barry Bunnell, President 917-796-2425 [email protected] Election in October Two of the nine board positions are to be filled in this election. Jerry Flower, Vice President All other directors continue in their current position. The Nomi- 212-923-4573 [email protected] nating Committee is requesting nominations for these two posi- Janet Sibarium, Secretary tions. The positions are: 212-254-0738 [email protected] 1. Secretary, currently filled by Janet Sibarium Luara Campbell,Treasurer 2. Director, currently filled by Ed O’Donnell. 212-663-6609 [email protected] Nominations should be received by September 15, 2007, to the Mark Fedow, Main Club Director Nominating Committee Chair, Marilyn Varley at 737 River 908-782-4064 [email protected] Street, Mamaroneck, NY 10543 Kim Killion, Director 212-595-5343 [email protected] Nominating Ballot Edmund O’Donnell, Director 212-777-5206 [email protected] Secretary ____________________________ Andreas Stresemann, Director 203-625-5320 ext 11 [email protected] Director ____________________________ Marina Zoubtsova, Director 718-545-0274 [email protected] September-November 2007 Page 3 Hikes and !Hosted Week-Ends !September 1-3 LAROR DAY WEEKEND Join the Board of Direc- north Poughkeepsie train (Hudson line) arriving in Cold Spring at 10:10. Meet at tors for hiking, water sports and lots of good food. Janet Sibarium will foot of Main St. (near Station Cafe). Leader: Bobb Parlan W:212-675-0641 M-F host Saturday’s happy hour and dinner. Jerry Flower, with an assist 1-6PM only [email protected] from Susanne, will host breakfast and lunch on Sunday. Kim Killion, assisted by Tom Schiels, will host Sunday dinner. Labor Day beakfast !September 15-16 POETIC FOOD WEEKEND The sky is the and lunch will be hosted by Laura Campbell. Reservations, e-mail pre- daily bread of the eyes. Food and drink are the customary enjoyment ferred, are being taken by Janet, [email protected] or 212-254- of the stomach. Come and participate. Please register before 9 PM, 0738, or Jerry, [email protected] or 212-923-5473. Must indi- Thursday, September 13th. Co-hosts Suse Wenzel, 212-864-1538 or cate which meals you will be having and if vegetarian . Reservation Indrid Strauch, 718-624-4996. deadline Thursday, August 30th at 9 PM. !September 22-23 HOST NEEDED The 22nd is Yom Kippur. !September 8-9 PAN ASIAN NIGHT AND BEAR LADY RE- Weekends with a religious holiday or commemoration are a good time TURNS Join Marina Zoubtsova and her international friends for a Pan for inexperienced hosts to get their feet wet. If you are available to host Asian dinner. Come early for an afternoon encore from the “Bear Lady” this week-end please contact our tireless Janet Sibarium, jan- Liz Jackson. Liz’s talk and slides definitely make this a priority week- [email protected], and she will get the word out to the membership. end. Please register by 9 PM, Thursday, September 6. 646-641-9950. !Sunday, September 23 Lake Sebago Clean Up Meet at Sunday, September 2 - Schunemunk Mtn. Nawakwa at 10 AM. Bring your own lunch and drinks. We will work for a An 8-mile hike at a moderate pace with a substantial uphill, but the nearly 360 few hours and then have a floating picnic on the lake. To sign up con- degree views along the way make it worthwhile. Take the 9:11 Jersey Transit tact Barry Bunnell 917-796-2425 or [email protected]. Specify train from Penn Sta., changing at Secaucus for the 9:31 Port Jervis train to whether you want a rowboat, canoe or kayak and if anyone will be shar- Harriman station, arriving at 10:28 (fare: OW$10.75/Srs.$5). Or, take the 9:10 ing a boat with you. ShortLine bus from the PABT arriving at Harriman station at 10:24 (fare: Saturday, Sept. 22 - Minnewaska Circular OW$15.45/Srs.$7.70). Short shuttle from Harriman station to Mountain- ville. Out around 5. It is not necessary to register, but you must call or prefera- Scenic ridge hike in the gunks to Millbrook Mt. And gertrudes Nose. great bly email me beforehand to make sure that the hike is on, and if you need or views. Leader sets the pace, no beginners or stragglers. Hiking boots and 2 can offer a ride from NYC. No children, no pets, no smoking. Qualifying. Joint qts.water required. Steady rain may cancel, call if in doubt. $6 parking fee. Joint with AMC. Bob Susser 212 666-4371; [email protected]. with AMC and qualifying. Moderately fast paced hike with plenty of ups and Saturday, September 8 - CentraL Park Tree WaLk. downs covering about 9 miles. Transportation: Take 8:30am Adirondack Trail- Ned Barnard, the author of "New York City Trees - A Field guide For the Metro- ways bus from Port Authority.