Tramp & Trail

Four members recognized as new “Adirondack 46ers” at the ceremony held at the Crown Plaza in Lake Placid on May 27th, 2012.  From Left to right, they are Grace McNasser,  Meg Higgerson, Carolyn Abdo and Tom Schenck.    Grace who is 72 also received the distinction of being 2011’s most senior hiker  to have climbed all 46 high peaks of the Adirondacks

Adirondack Mountain trails are full of surprises!!  I was hiking in the remote Seward Range with two friends Grace and Roger on August 26, 2011.   On the trail since 6 am, it was 4 pm and we had not run into another human being when suddenly over the ridge we saw 3 hikers approaching.   We stop to chat with Carolyn, Tom and Dian and to  exchange hiking experiences as well as our starting point.   Carolyn said she was from a small town we most likely had never heard of…DEANSBORO!      What a shock since I am from Deansboro also and it turns out that though we had not previously met, Carolyn Eastman Abdo’s relatives live next door to me!!!

Carolyn and I have hiked together since our surprise encounter on Seward Mountain.   Even stranger, we learned that at one point in our lives we both were residents of an even smaller town…Gray, NY.

Below is a picture of Carolyn and I at the May 27^th recognition ceremony in Lake Placid for those who have completed hiking the 46 highest peaks in NYS.

By Meg Higgerson