We’ve got the Adirondack 46’ers, the Catskills have the 3500 Club. Now, the latest addition is the
Chenango County 21.
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Imitation is the Sincerest Form of Flattery
October 3rd, 2006 · No Comments · Adirondack Life
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Barefoot Hiking – Not recommended
September 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Adirondack Life
I can’t resist making fun of these silly folks.
Fresh fall leaves, Mr. Guttmann said, are “crunchy and cool,” and mud is “black dough that squishes up between your toes.” Dennis Slattengren, a 60-year-old nudist who owns a vending machine route and who was at least wearing shorts for this trek, savored the texture of silt that has run onto concrete and partially dried — “like warm velvet,”
I’m sure he would savor the pain created by doing the Great Range barefoot. How about a barefoot 46, in all 4 seasons, from all 4 points of the compass? Ha!
If someone has to be rescued cuz they weren’t wearing shoes, should they be considered negligent?
DEC Detail to Enforce Bear Resistant Canister Regulation
August 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · News
Special Detail Scheduled to Patrol Eastern High Peaks Wilderness This Weekend
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Denise M. Sheehan announced today that a special enforcement detail will be patrolling the Eastern High Peaks Wilderness on the weekend of August 18-20, 2006, to ensure compliance with regulations requiring overnight users to store all food, toiletries and garbage in a bear resistant canister.
“The goal of the bear resistant canister regulation is to significantly reduce negative human-bear interactions in the Eastern High Peaks,” said Commissioner Sheehan. “Lack of compliance with this regulation can lead to bears obtaining food from humans and becoming nuisance bears – a situation that has proven unsafe for bears and people.”
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