Adirondack Sports May 2024
40 Adirondack Sports Reach 60,000 Sports, Health, Fitness, Recreation & Travel Enthusiasts Monthly! JUNE ISSUE DEADLINE 6/10 Affordable Rates And we can design a nice ad! Contact Darryl: (518) 877-8788 Darryl@AdkSports.com Media Kit: AdkSports.com PRESENTS EVENING PROGRAM WITH MELANIE SAWYER Survived for 43 days on History Channel’s survival series ALONE. $15/person Children under 12 are free! June 27 | 6:30pm-8:30pm 51 Main St, Lake Luzerne, NY SIGN UP NOW! Looking for the “ULTIMATE” Hiking and Running socks? ALPACA SOCKS ARE THE ANSWER! Alpaca is Softer than Cashmere and Smoother than Silk. Alpaca breathes better than any other Natural Fiber, and is “Naturally” Water & Odor Resistant. Your feet will be more comfortable, drier, and less fatigued. PLUS, Alpaca is Hypo-Allergenic & Highly Anti-Microbial and helps eliminate blisters. Lightweight Sock A Thin Lightweight sock for daily wear. 70% Baby Alpaca. 13 Colors. Stocking over 2200 SqFt of Alpaca Products Alpaca Hiker Socks Everyday Sock. Medium Weight. Moisture Wicking. 50% Alpaca. A BEST Seller! ALPACA is for Year-Round Comfort Stocking Hats, Mittens, Gloves, Headbands, Over “50” Styles of Alpaca Socks, Fur Slippers, Animals, Rugs & Pillows, Sweaters, Jackets, Vests, Sport Bags & more. NOW in 10 Colors! Naturally Moisture Wicking! Alpaca Running Socks w/ cushioned bottom. Great for Running & Everyday Wear. Hundreds of Alpaca Sweaters & over 50 Styles of Socks in Stock Now! See PACA GARDENS at the NORTHVILLE-PLACID TRAIL 100th Anniversary Community Celebration! Waterfront Park, Northville Sat, June 1, 10am-6pm Sun, June 2, 10am-3pm NPT100.com JOANNA MACINTYRE Many vendors, food, drink, activities, entertainment, trolly rides, NPT info Opening Ceremony: Fri, May 31, 6pm
HIKING & BACKPACKING SARANAC LAKE MAY 2024 41 Northville-Placid Trail TUPPER LAKE 3 LAKE PLACID 30 LONG LAKE Long Lake NEWCOMB NORTHVILLE PLACID TRAIL BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE 28 INDIAN LAKE 28N 28 West Canada Lake Indian Lake 30 SPECULATOR 8 N A Perfect Two-Week Fitness Vacation ◀ VLY NEAR PISECO. PISECO 8 30 NORTHVILLE 0 10 20 MILES Great Sacandaga Lake By Jeff Case MAP BY KAREN CHAPMAN I’d always considered myself fit. When I was young, I had a newspaper route that was eight blocks from my home and I carried my papers to it, lest someone pilfer from my meager profits. I played baseball in high school. I put a ton of miles on my Fuji S10s road bike. I was on the ice every winter, slapping pucks all over the place. I ran, walked, and worked out at home. My senior year I didn’t even have to take Phys-Ed; they offered me “independent study” credit. I simply had to log my activities whether I was bowling or pumping iron. Then along came romance, and soon after that marriage. Needless to say, newfound responsibility required newfound employment hours. Pretty soon my personal fitness had to take a back seat to more important matters such as rent and car payments. Oh, the residual calorie furnace burned clean for a while. But before long, the furnace couldn’t keep up with the fuel provided by food service employment, and a couple of loving Greek matrons that felt a personal responsibility to “fatten me up.” What was I to do? Well, like my father before me, and countless other male bread winners and bread eaters, I was resigned to the typical middle-age spread that rapidly ensued. Going up a pant size every year became the norm. At least it was, until I discovered what proved to be a rather enjoyable reset to my personal fitness, I hiked the Northville-Placid Trail end-to-end. If you’re not familiar with it, the NPT is an approximately 133-mile continuous footpath across the Adirondack Park. It’s the oldest and longest marked foot trail in New York. A noteworthy fact regarding it is that the purpose of constructing the trail led to the formation of the Adirondack Mountain Club. This year the trail is celebrating its’ 100th anniversary. Now, to the uninitiated, please understand it’s not your average suburban ▲ NEAR WEST CANADA LAKE. PHOTOS BY JEFF CASE walk in the park. No, it’s a sporadically maintained footpath that winds through the remotest parts of the state. Granted, it is a marked trail. But in the wilderness, anything can happen and does happen. Trees fall on the trail and must be dealt with. Beavers move in and renovate the landscape. Rivers and streams may not have bridges, and if they do have bridges they may not be there when you get there. And as you might expect, there are hills to climb, many of them. And then there’s the weather to contend with, but that’s another story. Now, I should mention that I had some backpacking experience before doing the trail. I had done several weekend trips of six-to-eight-mile lengths. They seemed pretty tough as I navigated my way along hill and dale in the southern Adirondacks. My pack seemed heavy, the trails seemed difficult, and I seemed to be out of shape! By the end of the day, I was tired and sore. However unlikely it may seem, the prospect of backpacking a long trail was very appealing to me. Of course, the grandaddy of all trails, the Appalachian Trail, loomed in the distance. As appealing as it might be, at 2,100 miles and five months duration, there was no way that my circumstances would allow even entertaining it. But somehow the Northville-Placid Trail seemed a reasonable possibility. After all, I was already used to two or three days out at a time. What if I could simply string together the equivalent of five or six trips? If I could work out the logistics, it just might be a possibility, so I bought the guidebook and began to plan. Before long I put in my notice at work with the intent of actually accomplishing it. Little did I know at the time that a two-week vacation would turn See HIKING & BACKPACKING 43
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40 <strong>Adirondack</strong> <strong>Sports</strong><br />
Reach<br />
60,000<br />
<strong>Sports</strong>, Health, Fitness,<br />
Recreation & Travel<br />
Enthusiasts Monthly!<br />
JUNE<br />
ISSUE<br />
DEADLINE<br />
6/10<br />
Affordable Rates<br />
And we can design<br />
a nice ad!<br />
Contact Darryl:<br />
(518) 877-8788<br />
Darryl@Adk<strong>Sports</strong>.com<br />
Media Kit: Adk<strong>Sports</strong>.com<br />
PRESENTS<br />
EVENING PROGRAM WITH<br />
MELANIE<br />
SAWYER<br />
Survived for 43 days<br />
on History Channel’s<br />
survival series<br />
ALONE.<br />
$15/person<br />
Children under 12 are free!<br />
June 27 | 6:30pm-8:30pm<br />
51 Main St, Lake Luzerne, NY<br />
SIGN UP NOW!<br />
Looking for the<br />
“ULTIMATE” Hiking<br />
and Running socks?<br />
ALPACA SOCKS ARE THE ANSWER!<br />
Alpaca is Softer than Cashmere and Smoother than Silk. Alpaca breathes better than any other Natural<br />
Fiber, and is “Naturally” Water & Odor Resistant. Your feet will be more comfortable, drier, and less<br />
fatigued. PLUS, Alpaca is Hypo-Allergenic & Highly Anti-Microbial and helps eliminate blisters.<br />
Lightweight Sock<br />
A Thin Lightweight sock<br />
for daily wear. 70%<br />
Baby Alpaca. 13 Colors.<br />
Stocking over 2200 SqFt<br />
of Alpaca Products<br />
Alpaca Hiker Socks<br />
Everyday Sock. Medium<br />
Weight. Moisture<br />
Wicking. 50% Alpaca.<br />
A BEST Seller!<br />
ALPACA is for Year-Round Comfort<br />
Stocking Hats, Mittens, Gloves, Headbands,<br />
Over “50” Styles of Alpaca Socks, Fur<br />
Slippers, Animals, Rugs & Pillows, Sweaters,<br />
Jackets, Vests, Sport Bags & more.<br />
NOW in 10 Colors!<br />
Naturally Moisture<br />
Wicking!<br />
Alpaca Running Socks w/ cushioned bottom.<br />
Great for Running & Everyday Wear.<br />
Hundreds of Alpaca<br />
Sweaters & over 50<br />
Styles of Socks in<br />
Stock Now!<br />
See PACA GARDENS at the<br />
NORTHVILLE-PLACID TRAIL<br />
100th Anniversary<br />
Community Celebration!<br />
Waterfront Park, Northville<br />
Sat, June 1, 10am-6pm<br />
Sun, June 2, 10am-3pm<br />
NPT100.com<br />
JOANNA MACINTYRE<br />
Many vendors, food, drink,<br />
activities, entertainment,<br />
trolly rides, NPT info<br />
Opening Ceremony:<br />
Fri, <strong>May</strong> 31, 6pm
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