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COMMUNITY JANUARY 2024 19 Hiking the 46 High Peaks as a Family BEAUTIFUL WATERFALL ON THE WAY UP WRIGHT. EDDIE, SOPHIE, AND SCHATZI ON OUR WAY UP GIANT MOUNTAIN. CAMPING AT MARCY DAM. MARCY SUMMIT. By Emily Chromczak THE KIDS LOVED THE MUD ON TO WAY UP STREET AND NYE. It was my husband’s crazy idea and I can’t believe we actually did it. It all started in 2015 when we hiked up Cascade Mountain (#1) with our four-year-old daughter, Sophie, our two-year-old son, Eddie, and our three-year-old nephew, Jacob. Sophie and Jacob were clearly very proud of themselves for making it all the way without having to be carried (Eddie was in a backpack carried by Chris). It was such a wonderful feeling to see these tiny kids accomplish something difficult all by themselves. On the way down Chris excitedly talked about how great it would be if we could do all of the peaks as a family. In September 2016, three-year-old Eddie hiked Giant Mountain (#2) on his own two feet. To be honest, I didn’t think he could do it. He was still so little and Giant Mountain is not easy. When we made it to the top he exclaimed “Wow! Holy cow!” and on the car ride home he kept saying “We did it!” and “You are so proud at [sic] me!” In 2017, my dad, Ed Gravelle, joined us for Wright Peak (#3) and we did Porter (#4) on our own. In 2018, we were more serious about getting them done – made easier by the kids getting older – and completed Big Slide (#5), Street (#6), Nye (#7), Esther (#8) and Phelps (#9). Big Slide was one of my personal favorites because it wasn’t too difficult and there were gorgeous views along the way. My dad joined us when we hiked Esther and we were treated to a great view of Whiteface, which we excitedly pointed out to the kids. We decided early on that we wanted Whiteface to be our final peak so that non-hiking family members could meet us at the top for a celebration. We camped for two nights in a lean-to at Marcy Dam in 2019, when we hiked Iroquois (#10) and Algonquin (#11). We were on the fence about whether or not we should bring our aging dog, Schatzi, with us. She had joined us for most of the hikes we had done so far and she was a big, furry, important member of our family; but she was 10 years old and had been slowing down. She quit on the top of Algonquin and Chris ended up having to carry her down on his shoulders – she was 80 pounds so this was no easy task! We did enjoy a few more years with her before she passed away but this was her final Adirondack adventure with us. The other peaks we did in 2019 were Upper Wolfjaw (#12), Lower Wolfjaw (#13) and Armstrong (#14) on the same day. This was a long day for young kids – they were eight and six years old – but they did it! Our final peak of 2019 was Cascade (again) so that Eddie could be official, since he was carried the first time! We only completed two peaks in 2020: Rocky Ridge (#15) and Marcy (#16), but we did a lot of other hiking that See COMMUNITY 21 ▶
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