Join the Trail Crew Victoria Challingsworth, #8789V Perhaps you just completed your 46er journey and want to stay connected to the mountains. Maybe your kids recently flew the coop, or you just retired and have newfound free time. Possibly you are looking for a way to give back to your community and the mountains you have grown to love. Whatever the case may be, the 46er Trail Masters welcome you to join the 46r trail crew this year on an outing! You are sure to walk away feeling a sense of accomplishment and pride, and perhaps a newfound skill or two. Now, we can’t promise there won’t be bug bites, mud, and maybe a few sore muscles to go with . . . but we’re hikers, that’s nothing new! Most of all we know that you will leave with a feeling of community and family, forged by hard work with newfound friends, who share your love of the Adirondacks. Everyone is welcome, no experience is needed to participate, we’re here to teach and learn together. So, we encourage you, challenge you, to take the leap and choose one outing (maybe two!) and to join the 46er trail crew amid the mountains this year. With 12 outing weekends there is bound to be something that will fit your schedule. Come for one day or stay the weekend and camp out with the crew, whatever works for you. If you do, the next time you trod a trail you’ll smile with pride knowing you made a positive change in the peaks. If you’re interested in getting involved, more information can be found at https://adk46er.org/trail-crew/. Good Climbing! Your 2024 ADK 46er Trail Masters, Brian Hoody #4410WV, Doug Varney #6468WV, Mary Lamb #6736WV, Mark Simpson #6038V, Michele McCall #6117V, Victoria Challingsworth #8789V, and Curt Snyder #608WV Wondering what kind of work you could participate in? The 46er trail crew does it all, from building bridges and installing water bars, to improving drainage and blowdown sweeps, the possibilities are limitless! Learn how to use a crosscut saw or how to install drainage to minimize erosion. If you’re willing to learn we’re willing to teach. Check out these pictures of the crew in action! Group on the finish of the Marcy Brook Lean-to project 2023. Photo credit Mark Simpson Completed WOW wilderness bridge restoration 2022. Photo credit Mark Simpson Mary Lamb and crew pulling heavy rock 2022. Photo credit Doug Varney [above left] Women of WOW clearing massive debris from under old bridge 2022. Photo credit Jen Ferris [above right] SUMSUMMEMR E2R02402| 34 | 57
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