August Newsletter 2021
Petersburg Pass from Shepherds Well trail. Pic by M Waldman
Back Packing the TCT, Video by ADK Woods Walker
One of our members and three friends backpacked the entire Taconic Crest Trail earlier this summer. He created four videos of the adventures and posted them on YouTube. Here is the link: ADK Woods Walker - YouTube Pick a rainy day (there are plenty this summer) and enjoy a virtual trek on the TCT. You get to watch while they do all the sweating! It’s a visually interesting and colorful overview of the whole trail, hiked from north to south. He covers everything from the preplanning, challenges, stoveless meals, adventure, beautiful scenery, views, as well as the fun along the way. The narrator is an amiable companion for your YouTube journey. It’s not often you get to do the whole Crest Trail in one sitting! Planning for adequate water was a major challenge for them since there are only two reliable water sources. See how they addressed that challenge. Enjoy all four short videos: Steep Ascents, Misery Mountain, Fields of Ferns and the last - A Dream Come True.
If you have ever hiked any of the TCT you will appreciate seeing areas you recognize, the exertion on the steep ascents and how they planned for the adventure! If you have never hiked it, you can see why you should!
Fall Gathering, Saturday 10/2, Grafton Lakes State Park
Come join us for our second Fall Gathering on Saturday 10/2 at Grafton Lakes State Park. This will be a nice time to see old friends and meet new ones!
There will be a short meeting at 9:30 which will include a brief update about the Club, recognition of THC volunteers, and the drawing of names for four winners of $25 Amazon gift cards.
After the meeting we will hike around Long Pond or Shaver Pond. We will enjoy a BYO lunch by the beach after the hike. You are free to paddle or do another hike with friends after lunch.
See the Outings page for more information and how to register.
Rain date: Sunday 10/3
Shaver Pond, GLSP
Annual Dinner: Bucca De Beppo, Thursday, October 28, 5 – 7 PM
Enjoy a family style Italian meal in a colorful Wolf Road restaurant with old friends and new members! Hear what the Club has been doing. The cost per person is $20, which includes tax and tip. The THC Board has elected to subsidize the dinner so members will pay only half of the full cost of the meal.
Preregistration and payment will be required. Save the date, more details to follow!!!
OUTINGS: Refer to the THC website outings page for details about the outings and how to register. We are scheduling on a short-term basis rather than seasonally, so check the website periodically.
Tuesday, August 3: Warren County Bikeway - Cycle B
Wednesday, August 18: Berlin Mt. Loop, Williamstown MA B
Friday, August 20: Williams River (aka Housie) Rail Trail, Housatonic Ma C
Monday, August 23 Harlem Valley Rail Trail (25 miles RT) B
Tuesday Aug. 24: Moreau State Park C+
Wednesday, September 8 Ashokan Rail Trail (near Kingston NY) B
Saturday Sept. 25: Grafton Lakes State Park, trail work event
Fall Gathering, Saturday 10/2, Grafton Lakes State Park
Stoney Ledge, Greylock Reservation
Poestenkill Community Forest, a Rensselaer Plateau Alliance property
Stream crossing on Sarah Tenney Trail
March Cataract Falls, Greylock Reservation
Wetland at Poestenkill Community Forest
Remnants of old CCC camp at Sperry Campground, Greylock Reservation