Randi Minetor
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
From the High Line on Manhattan's West Side to the historic Copake Iron Works in Taconic State Park, Hiking New York's Lower Hudson Valley features the best hiking routes between New York City and Albany, including several in the Catskills and western Connecticut.
2) Death on Mount Washington: Stories of Accidents and Foolhardiness on the Northeast's Highest Peak
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Series
Publisher
Globe Pequot
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
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Description
On Mount Washington, it's lack of preparation, not the mountain, that kills. The weather is highly changeable with wind gusts of 140 mph and -35 degree temps. Then there are the avalanches and icefalls. Combine this with inexperienced hikers in t-shirts and flip flops and things can get ugly fast.
Death on Mount Washington describes the circumstances behind the tragic tales of those who have lost their lives on the mountain. No one--not even the...