BRINGING HOME A 1ST Cooperstown Son, Dad Establish Adirondack Record By JIM KEVLIN • Special to www.AllOTSEGO.com The first three days on the 142-mile Northville-Placid Trail, “we had a nice crust,” said Henry Horvath, 15. “We made good time snowshoeing, and sometimes didn’t even need snowshoes.” Day Four, “it warmed up. The crust was almost gone. We had two days of post-holing – stepping on snow and going down deep into snow. Even with snow shoes, we’d sink 6-7 inches.”…
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Bethany Garretson
At 6 a.m. Tomorrow, Bethany Begins Record-Breaking Quest By JIM KEVLIN • for www.AllOTSEGO.com PAUL SMITHS – At 6 a.m. Saturday, Cherry Valley native Bethany Garretson departs on a trek with the goal of climbing all 46 of the tallest Adirondack peaks in eight days, which would be a record for a woman. “We’re going to be in the depth of the back country,” she said a few minutes ago, as she and husband Andrew Johnstone were about to begin laying…
Bethany Garretson To Climb All 46 High Peaks In 8 Days CHERRY VALLEY – Bethany Garretson, a 2004 graduate of Cherry Valley-Springfield Central School and now an instructor at Paul Smith’s College in the Adirondacks, is planning to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks in a span of eight days later this month. Bethany is attempting to become the first woman ever to complete an “unsupported thru-hike” of the High Peaks, which means she will be carrying everything she…