the club. A lot of people don’t know that history. The 46er club is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I met a lot of people, different people, and you share trail stories…. That has to be recorded, so it will be remembered. After almost three decades of devoted service, Tony Solomon and Jane Nye turned the historian’s job over to Siobhan #5930WV and Lee Nesbitt #5931WV in 2013. “The historian’s office has seen many changes over the years,” says Lee. “The major change since Tony and Jane ran it is the online registration system, which allows finishers to enter their own information and get their 46er climbing number within seconds.” Another is the office’s location. After its tenure at Van Norden’s, it came full circle, returning in 2014 to its roots in a home, in the nursery of baby daughter Maebh Nesbitt #11686W (eventually). Jane died recently and Tony is contending with debilitating health issues. But the tradition of 46er volunteers dedicated to the club’s record-keeping and history lives on, evolving as time and technology dictate. Meanwhile, enjoy reading what their fellow 46ers have to say about Tony and Jane and about 46er historians generally: BARB HARRIS #2824WV: Tony Solomon and Jane Nye were a loving and caring couple who had a treasured relationship with Grace.” My first hike with Tony was when I was president and the Executive Board made the hard decision to remove the beloved canisters on the trailless High Peaks, as DEC had requested. I asked him to join me in “doing” Gray. After we were finished, we took the bushwhack to Marcy. It was beyond terrible! It was shorter than descending Gray, then going to Four Corners and over Marcy for the second time that day, but that was its only redeeming factor. Tony has done it a few more times, but I have no idea WHY! Attempting Hoffman Mountain in 2001 for my ADK Top 100 list, near the summit we encountered a wall of impenetrable blowdown. Tony stayed behind with me to be a medic and clean my bloody wounds. Every organization needs Historian’s Correspondence Assistants in the PostGrace Transitional Years Bruce Anderson #4980 Christine Bourjade #4967W Ken Clayton #4234 Marilyn Corson #2686, caretaker of trailless peak canisters until they were removed. Daniel #4666 and Melissa Eagan #4667V, former PEEKS editors. Tom Faulkner #3299W Mike Gebhard #3633 Millie Gittinger #3331V Jean-René Hickey #3824V, Francophonic correspondent for Quebecois members and aspirants Brian Hoody #4410WV Mindaugas (Mindy) Jatulis #2383V Mike McLean #3869W, a winter correspondent Marty Precheur #3316 Carol Reese #4196 John Rutledge #3553WV Patti Schwankert #4445W Ben Tennyson #2180W, a winter correspondent Barbara Traver #2241 * The list does not include the hundreds of volunteers who helped briefly, some coming from far away. SUMMER 2026 | 13
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