Photo Theme: Your First Adirondack Hike!

Dunbar · 04-18-2012, 03:38 PM

We haven't had one of these in a while. So here we go: post a picture of yourself from your first ADK hike. Or if you're one of those ancient people, the oldest picture you have of yourself hiking. Let's see how much you've changed!

This is from my first hike up Giant mountain in 2006. I was wearing water shoes, a cotton t-shirt, and a school bag. Not to mention I was showing more skin than usual. And that must of been a tough apple....

Neil · 04-18-2012, 04:23 PM

When I started hiking this was the camera I used.

mtnhiker · 04-18-2012, 04:34 PM

My first ADK hike was Pilot Knob when I was about 10 years old, don’t have a photo of that one.

This was my first High Peaks hike to Cascade in May 2006. I didn’t even go to Porter - wasn’t a peakbagger yet, no list, no spreadsheet. It was a bluebird day and I fell in love, I wanted to go visit all those mountains. Cotton shirt, no backpack (but the dog has one), white socks with abundant ADK mud was prolly not be the wisest choice. That was an awesome day.

Gerard01 · 04-18-2012, 05:00 PM

Cascade. June 16th, 2010....275lbs. Cotton underwear, but thank goodness no rash...lol.

Gerard01 · 04-18-2012, 05:15 PM

NorthBay · 04-18-2012, 09:35 PM

I have no idea where I got that goofy hat from, but I'm sure glad I lost it. In my own defense - it was raining.

Wakely Mountain last May 2011.

Oh and Neil...you may want to consider treating your water before you drink it (Nice avatar)

daLunartik · 04-18-2012, 09:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Neil

When I started hiking this was the camera I used.

And here I thought you started hiking with these:

PA Ridgerunner · 04-19-2012, 08:22 AM

Been hiking in the Adirondacks for a long time, but did not have a digital camera until 2007 (and rarely took people hiking pics with my old SLR). This is from Cascade in August 2007...#2 of 46.

mirabela · 04-20-2012, 11:23 AM

Sadly, I didn't take many pictures in 1986, the first year I started hiking in earnest, but here's one from October, 1987.

For comparison purposes, this one is July, 2010.

sureño · 04-20-2012, 12:03 PM

but I did get a snapshot of someone I passed on the trail that day.

She wasn’t giving an inch, I had to go around.

billandjudy · 04-20-2012, 12:39 PM

September 2005

PA Ridgerunner · 04-20-2012, 02:12 PM

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Originally Posted by billandjudy

September 2005

We're not in the Catskills any more, Toto.

Snav3 · 04-20-2012, 05:29 PM

Somewhere there is a Kodachrome slide from my first ADK hike, Bald Mt. circa 1960. I don’t remember it, but I remember being told about it. I’m sure my father carried me most of the way up.

Here’s a picture of me and daughter #2 on Sawyer Mountain, circa 2000. Not her first mountain, but the first one she walked a good part of the way up.

……..and another shot of us last week.

ADKJack · 04-20-2012, 06:41 PM

These are from a Boy Scout Canoe trip in 1968 first one is on Racquette Lake
I am the one in the red jacket.

Buttermilk Falls (yellow shirt bottom left)

Kyler · 04-22-2012, 09:52 AM

My father, me, and one of my friends at Marcy Dam, May 6, 1995. This was my first hike in the High Peaks, but not my first in the Adirondacks.

WinterWarlock · 04-22-2012, 10:04 AM

My first trip to the Adirondacks was the year after I broke my hip - 2005. We hiked Mt Arab and Mt Jo that weekend - had a little more hair and few less pounds then. This shot was on Arab...

003_3A.jpg

Raymond · 04-27-2012, 02:09 AM

My first hike was up Mount Washington on October 8, 1977. I wore contact lenses then, instead of eyeglasses.

This is in Tuckerman Ravine.

Here I am climbing Mount Washington for my fourth time, 30 years later (October 6, 2007), with my son, Cameron.

My first hike in the Adirondacks was in 1983, when I climbed Giant Mountain (my second Northeast 4000-footer). Those photos are among my slides somewhere in my bedroom closet. Here I am on Cascade with Cam on August 12, 1998, when he and I and my ladyfriend, Susan, climbed our first High Peak together. This was the hike on which I contracted the peakbagging bug.

This was the next day, August 13, 1998, when we climbed Giant so that we would each have two High Peaks under our belts and boots.

Eleven years to the day after this last photo was taken, Cam finished his 46.

Trail Boss · 04-27-2012, 09:55 AM

Anyone know how to stuff an Ektachrome into an SD slot?

Dunbar · 04-27-2012, 10:32 AM

Some cool pictures! I like the ones from the ol.....er......."experienced" people.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trail Boss

Anyone know how to stuff an Ektachrome into an SD slot?

Push harder?

DSettahr · 04-27-2012, 10:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Trail Boss

Anyone know how to stuff an Ektachrome into an SD slot?

Any large universities near you? Libraries on college campuses will often have archival equipment, including scanners, that are available to the public to use for free.

At Paul Smiths we have one in the library- it's designed for general public use and sits out by the photocopier. You just place the item you want scanned on the surface, set the options (b/w or color, resolution, etc), and it scans it for you. The image can either be immediately emailed to you, or you can save to a flash drive on the spot.

I believe it also can scan books (with an automatic page turner) although I've not used this feature.

04-18-2012, 03:38 PM	#1
Dunbar Always Serious. Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Lebanon, NH Posts: 929	Photo Theme: Your First Adirondack Hike! We haven't had one of these in a while. So here we go: post a picture of yourself from your first ADK hike. Or if you're one of those ancient people, the oldest picture you have of yourself hiking. Let's see how much you've changed! This is from my first hike up Giant mountain in 2006. I was wearing water shoes, a cotton t-shirt, and a school bag. Not to mention I was showing more skin than usual. And that must of been a tough apple.... __________________ Hike Always. http://dunbarsm.wordpress.com

04-18-2012, 05:00 PM	#4
Gerard01 aspiring 46'r 10/46 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,424	Cascade. June 16th, 2010....275lbs. Cotton underwear, but thank goodness no rash...lol. __________________ Nothing like being in the woods. http://www.gerardsadirondackpics.shutterfly.com

04-18-2012, 05:15 PM	#5
Gerard01 aspiring 46'r 10/46 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 1,424	__________________ Nothing like being in the woods. http://www.gerardsadirondackpics.shutterfly.com

04-18-2012, 09:35 PM	#6
NorthBay Consultant Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: NW Pennsylvania Posts: 182	I have no idea where I got that goofy hat from, but I'm sure glad I lost it. In my own defense - it was raining. Wakely Mountain last May 2011. Oh and Neil...you may want to consider treating your water before you drink it (Nice avatar) __________________ 11/46

04-19-2012, 08:22 AM	#8
PA Ridgerunner Lovin' Life! Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Central NY Posts: 2,443	Been hiking in the Adirondacks for a long time, but did not have a digital camera until 2007 (and rarely took people hiking pics with my old SLR). This is from Cascade in August 2007...#2 of 46. __________________ Nature we have always with us, an inexhaustible storehouse of that which moves the heart, appeals to the mind, and fires the imagination - health to the body, a stimulus to the intellect, and a joy to the soul. - John Burroughs

04-18-2012, 04:23 PM	#2
Neil Enjoying Wellness Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Montreal Posts: 8,452	When I started hiking this was the camera I used.

04-18-2012, 04:34 PM	#3
mtnhiker Jr. Commander Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 471	My first ADK hike was Pilot Knob when I was about 10 years old, don’t have a photo of that one. This was my first High Peaks hike to Cascade in May 2006. I didn’t even go to Porter - wasn’t a peakbagger yet, no list, no spreadsheet. It was a bluebird day and I fell in love, I wanted to go visit all those mountains. Cotton shirt, no backpack (but the dog has one), white socks with abundant ADK mud was prolly not be the wisest choice. That was an awesome day.

04-20-2012, 11:23 AM	#9
mirabela Happy Ski Ball Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: East Hardwick, VT Posts: 657	Sadly, I didn't take many pictures in 1986, the first year I started hiking in earnest, but here's one from October, 1987. For comparison purposes, this one is July, 2010. __________________ Winter hiking -- "It's so easy an eight year old can do it!" - Photobug65

04-20-2012, 12:03 PM	#10
sureño inefficiency expert Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Berkshire County, Mass. Posts: 146	I don’t have a picture of myself from my first hike in the Adirondacks but I did get a snapshot of someone I passed on the trail that day. She wasn’t giving an inch, I had to go around.

04-20-2012, 12:39 PM	#11
billandjudy Jimmy Dolan Notch Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 4,020	September 2005

04-20-2012, 05:29 PM	#13
Snav3 Jr. Commander Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Webster, NY Posts: 409	Somewhere there is a Kodachrome slide from my first ADK hike, Bald Mt. circa 1960. I don’t remember it, but I remember being told about it. I’m sure my father carried me most of the way up. Here’s a picture of me and daughter #2 on Sawyer Mountain, circa 2000. Not her first mountain, but the first one she walked a good part of the way up. ……..and another shot of us last week.

04-20-2012, 06:41 PM	#14
ADKJack Sure, Why not! Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Mt Adams Posts: 2,082	These are from a Boy Scout Canoe trip in 1968 first one is on Racquette Lake I am the one in the red jacket. Buttermilk Falls (yellow shirt bottom left) __________________ "Climbing is about freedom. There's no prize money; there are no gold medals. The mountains are all about going there to do what you want to do. That's why I'll never tell anyone else how to climb. All I can say is, This is how I prefer to do it." Ed Viesturs

04-22-2012, 09:52 AM	#15
Kyler Member of Parliament Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Syracuse Posts: 696	My father, me, and one of my friends at Marcy Dam, May 6, 1995. This was my first hike in the High Peaks, but not my first in the Adirondacks. __________________ ADKHP Wiki

04-22-2012, 10:04 AM	#16
WinterWarlock Commander Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 1,833	My first trip to the Adirondacks was the year after I broke my hip - 2005. We hiked Mt Arab and Mt Jo that weekend - had a little more hair and few less pounds then. This shot was on Arab... 003_3A.jpg __________________ ADK High Peaks Wiki Enjoy Every Sandwich!

04-27-2012, 02:09 AM	#17
Raymond Consultant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: On my 17th, between my 1st and 46th Posts: 200	My first hike was up Mount Washington on October 8, 1977. I wore contact lenses then, instead of eyeglasses. This is in Tuckerman Ravine. Here I am climbing Mount Washington for my fourth time, 30 years later (October 6, 2007), with my son, Cameron. My first hike in the Adirondacks was in 1983, when I climbed Giant Mountain (my second Northeast 4000-footer). Those photos are among my slides somewhere in my bedroom closet. Here I am on Cascade with Cam on August 12, 1998, when he and I and my ladyfriend, Susan, climbed our first High Peak together. This was the hike on which I contracted the peakbagging bug. This was the next day, August 13, 1998, when we climbed Giant so that we would each have two High Peaks under our belts and boots. Eleven years to the day after this last photo was taken, Cam finished his 46.

04-27-2012, 09:55 AM	#18
Trail Boss Ascender Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Montreal, QC Posts: 1,959	Anyone know how to stuff an Ektachrome into an SD slot?

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