I went up Hurricane on Friday, trudging higher and higher into winter. At the top it was downright lunar. <\/p>\n
The fire tower, rimed with ice, looked like something NASA had planted on a distant world.<\/p>\n
Just before I reached the summit, two figures emerged from the snow and fog: a young couple from New York City. <\/p>\n
He was wearing blue jeans and a puffy windbreaker. She was wearing tennis shoes, a woefully inadequate coat, and a deeply knit brow.<\/p>\n
“I don’t have any traction at all,” she complained. <\/p>\n
When I asked how her feet were doing, he answered on her behalf: “They’re fine.” <\/p>\n
That, I thought, is a statement he will regret.<\/p>\n
As I descended, I thought about the weird stuff I’ve seen in the Adirondack back country: <\/p>\n
The troupe of middle-aged day-trippers, almost to Marcy Dam, wearing flip-flops and carrying a massive beer cooler.<\/p>\n
The guy in his solo canoe on the Oswegatchie, so loaded with gear (including boom-box) that the river was kissing his gunwales. <\/p>\n
And then there’s the stupid stuff I’ve pulled, like the time I tried to ski Wright with only one climbing skin. Graceful? Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n
(It would have been ugly enough with both skins.)<\/p>\n
But the cardinal rule when you plan to do something dopey in the Adirondack woods is don’t bring your spouse. And don’t — trust me on this — do it in the middle of a romantic weekend.<\/p>\n
–Brian Mann<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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