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Title: Exploring the 46 Adirondack High Peaks: With 282 Photos, Maps & Mountain Profiles, Excerpts from the Author's Journal, & Historical Insights by James R. Burnside ISBN: 0-9624923-2-9 Publisher: High Peaks Press Pub. Date: July, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Great guide for novice AND experienced hikers
Comment: Along with the Guide to Adirondack Trails : High Peaks Region book (which is the one you'll take with you), this book will help you plan your outing in the High Peaks. I am a very novice hiker (1-Cascade, 2-Phelps) and use this to help me decide "which one(s) do we tackle this summer"? My husband, a former Scoutmaster and conqueror of the evil Mt. Colden (success on the 4th try), really couldn't care less which one(s) we do.
Burnside groups his peaks together (geographically), so Cascade and Porter are together. Once you get used to it, it's no problem to use, and his index is well done.
At the beginning of each chapter, he provides:
*an elevation graph
*length of ascent (in feet)
*height of summit
*estimated round trip time (which includes 1 hour for lunch)
*graded difficulty of climb (from C ro A++)
*view rating (1st - 46th)
So far he's been right on. I'm trip navigator and designated wildlife watcher (read: slower than molasses in January). Then again, I get to see the foxes scurry out of my way (Cascade) and enjoy the butterflies landing on me (Porter). So if I can say his round-trip estimate is good... it is.
His graded difficulty of climb is a little more "soft". While Cascade is VERY short, as you're inserted right at the bottom of the mountain at the trailhead, it's steep and very rocky with all the exposed granite.
He grades Mt. Marcy as an "A", but you need to realize it's only for sheer length of the day you'll put in if you don't camp at the Dam (sunup - sundown, 14 hours).
I highly recommend this book if you enjoy hiking in the Adirondacks.
Rating: 5
Summary: This is a GREAT guide for hiking among the adirondack peaks
Comment: Mountain climbing was something that has always facinated me, but I never devoted my time to pursuing it. Then I noticed this book and I thought why not hike up mountains. I have found this book to be very informative on the adirondack mountains with its contour maps and trail markings. There are graphs depicting the elevation and the gradient on the mountains, distance, and estimated time for a hiking trip. The author includes a lot of historical perspective in his writing. I was taken so much by this that I took my wife to Lake Placid for a weekend in October 2000 and we hiked up Cascade, the first mountain described. It was a warm, clear day, the hike very enjoyable, and when we reached the top, we felt a great deal of awe and accomplishment. To quote the author, "Cascade may not be the biggest of the 46, but as the first to be surmounted, it can be the best." So for those of you who want to try something different, pick up this book and plan a hiking trip. As for me, I have 45 peaks to go.
Rating: 5
Summary: ***Buy it***
Comment: No I am not the author but I highly recommend this book! An excellent account a "normal dad" and his two sons effort to climb the 46 High Peaks of the Adirondacks. Some great history and geological info as well as detailed info on climbing the Peaks yourself. If you love nature you will love this book.
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Title: Guide to Adirondack Trails: High Peaks Region by Tony Goodwin, Adirondack Mountain Club ISBN: 0935272623 Publisher: Adirondack Mountain Club Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: 50 Hikes in the Adirondacks: Short Walks, Day Trips, and Backpacks Throughout the Park, Fourth Edition by Barbara McMartin ISBN: 0881505404 Publisher: Countryman Pr Pub. Date: May, 2003 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Longstreet Highroad Guide To The New York Adirondacks by Phil Brown, Philip Brown ISBN: 1563525054 Publisher: Longstreet Press Pub. Date: April, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title:The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers (Platinum Series Special Extended Edition) ASIN: B00009TB5G Publisher: New Line Home Video Pub. Date: 18 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $39.99 Comparison N/A, buy it from Amazon for $25.99 |
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