Adirondack Firetower Challenge

The Mostly bald trek up the last bit of Algonquin. Notice the most-likely ancient trees. 

Me coming down. 

Indian Pass from the front side of the mountain- on our way down. 

Peanut Butter and Blisters. 

and more 

More views. 

Heart Lake near the Loj glows bright blue while Lake Placid sprawls well beyond it. 

Adam, I think, making his way up. Iroquois is in the background with me and the guy on the cell phone near the Cairn way in the back. 

We pull away from Colden as we near the top of Algonquin. (There is still quite a ways to go!) 

Avalanche Pass with Jim and Adam. (Notice the fella swimming behind us) 

ADK High Peaks- Algonquin Mtn. August 6-7, 2005 I have never been here and not been humbled by the sights and the challenges. Hiking the Hig...

Really cool moss. 

The group shot.  

I love this mountain. 

Windy Kim 

In the cave area. What a beautiful day. 

Headed into the woods. Adam, as a monkey. 

It was raining as I sat on the stoop at 8:30, waiting for everybody to show up. More specifically, it had been raining all night. And as I s...

Josh and Greg at the top 

Everyone else and the leanto 

The group shot with the timer on my camera- thanks dad. 

The Wall of Ice (it is much more impressive in person... well it was.) 

Josh and Adam near the falls. 

This was it, the first hike of spring. It felt more like summer, with temperatures near or over 70. Josh, Greg, Adam, Kim, Mary (samsonite) ...

My panorama 

Me Ash, Jim and Jake. 

It is well past peak season up here, but no less beautiful. Jim Tourville invited me along with his friend Ashley to summit this foreboding...

See, everyone is dissapointed. Derek (right) Sarah, Kendall, Jessie (back) Josh, Jimmy. 

I'm sad to say this is the latest post - the first in my journal since August 2002. I can't buy that it's been a year, but it ma...

This was a new mountain for me, but not for Kendall. While living in Tupper Lake, just a few miles away, she had been up it several times. W...

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