sepTeMber-NoveMber 2011 No. 1105 chepontuc — “Hard place to cross,” Iroquois reference to Glens Falls hepontuc ootnotes C T h e N e w s l e tt e r o f T h e G l e N s f a l l s - s aF r a T o G a C h a p T e r o f T h e a d i r o N d a C k M o u nt a i N C l u b Glens Falls-saratoGa Chapter adirondaCk Mountain Club Annual Dinner 2011 Friday, October 7, 2011 Registrations must be received by The Queensbury Hotel, Saturday, October 1 88 Ridge Street, Glens Falls, NY Cash Bar 6:00 p.m. • Dinner 7:00 p.m. Featuring the stunning photography of Mark Bowie presenting “Night Over the North Country” ature photographer and writer Mark Bowie, a specialist on night pho- tography, will present a Nspectacular multimedia presentation of the beauty, mystery, awe and wonder of the Adirondacks at night! Mark Bowie’s work has been published internationally in books and maga- zines, on calendars and posters, and in advertising media. His first two coffee table books, Adirondack Waters: Spirit of the Mountains and In Stoddard’s Footsteps: The Adirondacks Then & Now, have become landmark regional publications. He followed those with The Adirondacks: In Celebration of the Seasons. Each won the Adirondack Center for Writing’s Photography Book of the Year. Mark © Mark Bowie recently released a new e-book, The Light of Midnight: Photographing the Landscape at Night. He is a ing night photography workshops. welcome non-members and invite you to staff instructor for the Adirondack The Queensbury Hotel offers an become an ADK member at the Dinner. Photography Institute, leading digital elegant, comfortable place to gather in Please reserve early to guarantee your photography workshops and tours, includ- the friendly Adirondack tradition. We place at the table! Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter ADK Annual Dinner 2011 Hors d’oeuvres: Cocktail Hour/Cash Bar International Cheeses and Sliced Fresh Fruit Seafood Saint Louis Dip with Rye Crostini Miniature Spring Rolls with Plum Sauce u u u Queensbury Garden Salad Rolls & Butter Entrees: Choice of One • Roasted Prime Rib of Beef served with Natural Au Jus ($38) • • Pan Broiled Salmon with Dill Butter ($29) • • Marinated Grilled Chicken Breast served with Lemon Thyme Sauce ($25) • • Vegetarian: Grilled Vegetable Risotto ($24) • Steamed Red Bliss Parsley Potatoes • Honey Glazed Carrots u u u Raspberry Decadence Coffee, Tea, Decaf Reservation Instructions 1. All reservations must be PREPAID and RECEIVED BY SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 (no exceptions) 2. Sorry, phone reservations cannot be accepted — use mail in form below. 3. Please make checks payable to: GLENS FALLS-SARATOGA CHAPTER ADK 4. Mail reservation form (below) and check to: JOHN SCHNEIDER, 6 NONCHALANT DR., SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY 12866 5. We do not mail confirmations back to you. Your meal ticket will be waiting for you at the registration table. 6. For more information contact HEIDI KARKOSKI at [email protected] or go to www.adk-gfs.org DIRECTIONS to The Queensbury Hotel: 88 Ridge Street - I-87 Exit 18, east onto Broad Street, bear left onto Ridge Street at 5-way intersection. Hotel: 518-792-1121; Online at www.queensburyhotel. com. Discounted room rate for night of event, $109 based on availability. RESERVATION FORM Your Contact Phone Number _______________________ For more information, contact Heidi Karkoski at [email protected] or go to www.adk-gfs.org DINNER SELECTION (PLEASE CHECK ONE) NAME (please print clearly for your name tag) Chicken Beef Fish Veggie $25 $38 $29 $24 1. 2. 3. Checks payable to: Glens Falls Saratoga Chapter ADK. Please enclose payment and mail to: JOHN SCHNEIDER, 6 Nonchalant Dr., Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Club offers many hepontuc ootnotes C PublishedF Bimonthly Glens Falls-Saratoga Chapter adiroNdaCk MountaiN Club P.O. Box 2314 Glens Falls, NY 12801 • www.adk-gfs.org opportunities Executive Committee Officers: BY MAureen coutant Chair Maureen Coutant 22 Pinion Pine Lane., Queensbury, NY 12804 Phone: 745-7834 • E-mail: [email protected] ur daughter, Peaks visitor center is First Vice Chair Tricia Lockwood Gen, is almost our main contact point 91 Bardin Road, Hudson Falls, NY 12839 9 and likes the with the public and for Phone: 275-6054 • E-mail: [email protected] Oidea of being a 46er. many tourists to the area, Second Vice Chair Laura Fiske 16 Barber St., Ballston Spa, NY 12020 As some of you with it’s the first time they’ve Phone: 884-0345 • E-mail: [email protected] similarly aged children heard about the Club. It’s Secretary John Caffry can relate, she likes also our opportunity to 25 Wing St., Glens Falls, NY 12801 the idea more than the educate the public about Phone: 798-0624 • E-mail: [email protected] Treasurer John Schneider actual hiking! But if the recreational possibili- 6 Nonchalant Dr., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 she’s going to join us on ties, conservation efforts Phone: 584-8527 • E-mail: [email protected] a hike, it’s easier to con- chapter chair to protect this wonderful Directors vince her to hike Phelps area for my daughter’s Jonathan Lane than Buck Mountain. generation and the next. [email protected] Laura Fiske We’re running out of the Our Wilderness Chair, [email protected] “shorter” High Peaks Report Jim Schneider, reported Linda Ranado hikes though, so we’ll to us [see Chepontuc No. [email protected] see how long her enthu- 1104] about the destruc- Past Chapter Chair Heidi teRiele Karkowski Don’t miss the annual 25 Black Point Road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 siasm lasts. I have to tion of a lean-to in the Phone: 585-7206 • E-mail: [email protected] admit that mine waned Chapter Dinner Pharaoh Wilderness area Committee Chairs: once we had hiked Allen this spring. He has also on Oct. 7th. Annual Dinner Heidi teRiele Karkowski and a few other long reminded us of the thin 25 Black Point Road, Ticonderoga, NY 12883 mountains remained. Ranger coverage there Phone: 585-7206 • E-mail: [email protected] Jim and I still have a in our Chapter’s adopted Conservation Jacki Bave 14 Round Table Rd., Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 handful to do and starting over with wilderness area. Please help us protect Phone: 587-3754 • E-mail: [email protected] Gen might actually be the motivation that area and assist the Rangers by Education Linda Ranado needed for us to finish the challenge. being additional eyes and ears. Contact 18 Pine Ridge Road, Hadley, NY 12835 We hiked Phelps on a beautiful Jim at [email protected] or me E-mail: [email protected] Saturday in July, so that Gen could get at [email protected]. Hospitality Gretchen Steen her 4th High Peak. The ADK parking Remember to send in a few of 2217 County Route 46, Fort Edward, NY 12828 lot was full by the time we got there. your favorite digital photos to Steve Phone: 638-6139 • E-mail: [email protected] That’s the price you pay for being a Mackey ([email protected]) to Membership Pat Desbiens 16A Rovanten Park, Ballston Lake, NY 12019 late riser. Luckily, Jim dropped Gen be included in the December Chapter Phone: 899-9688 • E-mail: [email protected] and me at the parking lot and we Slide Social. Steve has volunteered to Newsletter/Editor Jill Gruben started off and guessed how long it put together the photos from Chapter Phone: 309-4198 • E-mail: [email protected] would take him to catch up (before members for a slide show and pot luck Outings Alison Darbee and Madeline Kowalik-Bova Marcy Dam was the winning bet). It dessert event. Send them in the high- E-mail: [email protected] was great to see so many people out est quality possible. I think you’ll see Programs Sarah King and enjoying this gorgeous area and a couple of our photos from Phelps, or E-mail: [email protected] I was amazed at how many ADK maybe Gen in Heart Lake in her hik- Publicity E-mail: [email protected] t-shirts I saw during the day. I might ing clothes, including socks! Trails Tom Ellis 2217 County Route 46, Fort Edward, NY 12828 have been imagining things, but I think Finally, we hope to see you at the Phone: 638-6139 • E-mail: [email protected] they were the friendliest of the hikers Chapter Dinner on Oct. 7th for Mark Website George Sammons we passed. That’s the way it should Bowie’s program at the Queensbury 105 Farr Lane, Queensbury, NY 12804 be though. After all, when we’re hik- Hotel. I anticipate his program inspir- Phone: 743-9692 • E-mail: [email protected] ing in the Heart Lake area we should ing the photographer in all of us to Wilderness Jim Schneider 30 Elizabeth Lane, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866 think of ourselves as hosts. The High send in photos for our slide social! Phone: 581-9367 • E-mail: [email protected] Young Members Group Jonathan Lane 547 Middle Line Road, Ballston Spa, NY 12020 And the winners are ... Phone: 744-4594 • E-mail: [email protected] Our July and August Opt- today? Get your Chepontuc online out winners are Bob and Lisa and you too will be entered to win Reepmeyer and Helena Nevarez! fun prizes! Log-on to www.adk-gfs. Congratulations! Have you opted-out org! explore the Conservation News north Country By Jacki Bave face drilling on state-owned land including parks, forest areas and wildlife manage- ADK Advocacy Efforts Successful — ment areas.