UVM History professor Andy Buchanan and his wife, Mary-Nell Bockman, celebrate on the summit of Gothics (4,734′) in the Adirondack Mountains of New York, after completing their quest to climb all forty six of the 4,000′ peaks in the region.
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Professor Buchanan explains that they began climbing in the Adirondacks sixteen years ago–before living in upstate New York–but only got serious about becoming “46-ers” about five years ago. “By that time we had done all the relatively easy ones, so the last few years we’ve been going deeper into the wilderness, often hiking up to twenty miles over incredibly rugged terrain. We’ve had a lot of long, hard, days, but we’ve had a lot of good company along the way. And you can’t beat being out in high places on beautiful fall days like this!”
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Andy and Mary-Nell were joined on this hike by a large group of friends, and the UVM History Department was represented by fellow professor Charles Briggs and Masters student Angie Grove (on the left of the picture above).
