Published Works

 

Books

• Panther Gorge. 228 pp., full color, area history & narratives with 170+ photographs. Foreword by Don Mellor, edited by Tony Goodwin.
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Speaking Engagements

• 25th Adirondack International Mountaineering Festival, 2020 Jan 19. Presented after Alden Pellett.

• St. Lawrence University First Year Program Class, 2019 Oct. 17.

• ADK Rock Climbing Rendezvous @ High Peaks Guide House, 2019 Sept. 28.

• ADK Rock Climbing Rendezvous @ Lake Placid Horse Show grounds, 2018 Sept. 29.

• Adirondack Mountain Club Laurentian Chapter in Potsdam, 2015 April 26.

• 46r Fall Meeting in Keene Valley, 2014 Oct 11.

• St. Lawrence University Geology Class, 2014.

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Articles with Photographs (links best viewed with Internet Explorer)​​

• "Panther Gorge: Call of Ice and Stone." Alpinist 78. 18-26. Print.

• "Cave Man." Adirondack Life 2022 Guide to the Great Outdoors. 76-78. Print.

• "No Easy Climb." ADK Explorer newsmagazine Nov./Dec. 2021. Print.**

• "Crazy Freedom​." ADK Explorer newsmagazine Nov./Dec. 2020. 60-61. Print.**

• "Anorthosite Delight." ADK Explorer newsmagazine May./June 2020. 42-43. Print.**

• "Ice Climbing Avalanche Mountain Gully." Pure Adirondacks. 2020. Online.

• "High-Altitude Picks: New ways to scale Panther Gorge." Adirondack Life January-February 2020. 62-64. Print.

• "Ice." Adirondac March-April 2019. 26-29. Print. **

• "A Day in the Sentinel Range: Linking Slide, Kilburn, Sentinel, and Stewart)." Peeks Fall 2018: 14-19. Print.

• "Bob Carroll in Panther Gorge." The Northeastern Caver. December 2017. Print.

• "Giant's Washbowl." Adirondack Outdoors Summer 2017.~

• "Marcy’s Great Chimney: A New Climb Up Mt. Marcy’s Trap Dike." Adirondack Almanack June 2017 Web.

• "Responsible Slide Climbing." Adirondack Outdoors Spring 2017.~

• "ADK Adventure Climbs." Wild Northeast Winter 2017, 14-15. Print & Online.

• "A "HaBaSa" Winter Traverse: Haystack, Basin & Saddleback." Adirondack Outdoors Winter 2017.~

• "Panther Gorge Rocks" - Courtesy of Adirondack Explorer newsmagazine (Written by Alan Wechsler).

• "Adirondack Landslides: History, Exposures, and Climbing." (12+ photos) Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies Fall 2016"

• "Giant Mountain's Diagonal Slide." Adirondack Almanack October 2016 Web.

• "Linking Gothics' Great Faces: Climbing the East, South and North Faces in a Day." & "A Day on the Whiteface Slides." Adirondack Peeks Fall 2016. 3-7. Print. Digital file courtesy of Peeks Magazine.^

• "Inspiration - Slide Climbing at Age 70." Adirondack Outdoors Fall 2016. 35-38. Digital file courtesy of Adirondack Outdoors Magazine.~

• "Krummholz, My Love." Adirondack Outdoors Summer 2016. 23-25. Print.~

• "New Highs: Backcountry Climbing in Panther Gorge." Adirondack Life 2016 Annual Guide to the Great Outdoors. 10-13. Print.

• "The Wild Side: Rock Climbing on Haystack and Flash Flood at Slant Rock." Adirondack Outdoors Spring 2016. 25-27. Print.~

• "The Changing Faces of Gothics." Adirondac March/April 2016. 26-29. Print. **

• "Online Forums" Adirondac January/February 2016. Print.

• "Lake Placid Slide on Ice." Adirondack Outdoors Winter 2016. 17-19. Print.~

• High Peak Aerial Photos, Climber on Marcy East Face, Lichen (9 photos). 2015 Lawyer, Jim; Haas, Jeremy. Limited edition of 20, vol 1 Adirondack Rock. 467, 474-475, 478, 487, 489, 499, 502, 527, back cover. Print.

• "North Fork Boquet River Loop." Adirondack Outdoors Fall 2015: 24-26. Print/Web.~

• "The Great DeRanged Traverse: A New Spin on a Classic Adirondack Day Hike." Adirondac Sept/Oct 2015: 28-32. Print. **

• "Winter Mountaineering: North Face of Gothics." Adirondack Almanack April 2015 Web.

• "Winter Mountaineering: Mt. Colden's Wine Bottle Slide." Adirondack Almanack March 2015 Web.

• "A Spring Bushwhack of Mt. Redfield: Trial of the Angry Mountain." Adirondack Outdoors Spring 2015: 44-45. Print.~

• "Serenity and Fury: Recollections of Winter on Gothics." Adirondack Outdoors Winter 2015: 40-42. Print.~

• "Slide Climbs: The Icy East Face of Giant." Adirondack Almanack December 2014 Web.

• High Peak Aerial Photos and Climber on Marcy East Face (8 photos). 2014 Lawyer, Jim; Haas, Jeremy. 2nd ed, vol 1 Adirondack Rock. 467, 474-475, 478, 487, 489, 499, 502, 527. Print.

• "New Panther Gorge Rock Climbing Route: Wreck of the Lichen Fitzgerald." Adirondack Almanack September 2014 Web.

• "The Path Less Travelled up Round Mountain." Adirondack Outdoors Fall 2014: 42-44. Print or Web.~

• “Mystical, Remote, Romanticized: The Secrets of Panther Gorge.”Adirondac September/October 2014: 24-29. Print. Web.**

• "Tips for an Ambitious Day of Hiking." Adirondack Outdoors Summer 2014: 50-52. Print or Web.~

• "Slide Climbing: Mt. Marcy Grand Central Slide." Adirondack Almanack June 2014 Web.

• "Slide Climbing: Dix Mountain Ring Slide (Central)." Adirondack Almanack June 2014 Web.

• "A New Route on Mt. Marcy: Ranger on the Rock." (w/ 2 photos)  Adirondack Life May/June 2014: 12-15. Print.

• "Destination: Bennies Root Canal Slide: A Highway in the Wilderness": (multiple photographs) Adirondack Outdoors Spring 2014: 12-14. Print or web.~

• "Winter Mountaineering: Bushwhacking Santanoni Mt. Via Twin Slide." Adirondack Almanack March 2014 Web.

• Hecklau, S., MacKenzie, K. and Chiarenzelli, J. "Geological Investigation Of Bennies Brook Landslide, Lower Wolfjaw Mountain, Adirondack High Peaks Region." Geological Society of America Bulletin 2014: 108. Print.

• "46 Winter High Peaks In 10 Days: One Man’s Success." Adirondack Almanack March 2014 Web.

• "Occupy the Adirondacks (High Peaks Winter Gathering)." Adirondack Life 2014 February 2014: 38. Print.

• "Why Winter Hike? Memories to Explain the Fascination." (multiple photographs) Adirondack Outdoors Winter 2014: 39-41. Print or web~

• "Winter Mountaineering: Armstrong Mountain’s East Face." Adirondack Almanack December 2013 Web

• "Autumn on Giant and Rocky Peak Ridge: A High Peaks Traverse." (multiple photographs) Adirondack Outdoors Fall 2013: 41-42. Print or web~

• "Slide Climbing: Santanoni Mountain’s East (Twin) Slide." Adirondack Almanack October 2013 Web.

• "Slide Climbing: Dix Mountain’s New Lobster Claw Slide." Adirondack Almanack August 2013 Web.

• "Slide Climbing: Dix Mountain’s Buttress Slide." Adirondack Almanack July 2013 Web.

• "Slide Climbing: Gothics Rainbow Slide." Adirondack Almanack June 2013 Web.

• "Slide Climbing: Hitting The Bottle On Giant Mountain." Adirondack Almanack June 2013 Web.

• “Destination Pitchoff Mountain: The Southern Shoulder.” (multiple photographs) Adirondack Outdoors Summer 2013: 20-22. Print or web.~

• "Scaling Slides: Bushwhacking the Great Range the Hard Way." (w/8 photos) Adirondack Life 2011 Annual Guide to the Great Outdoors May 2011: 60-65. Print/Web.

• "The Face of Winter: Pyramid Mt."Adirondac January/February 2014.**

• “Mt. Colden’s Trap Dike: Past and Present—For All Things Change.” Adirondac March/April 2013: 16-19. Print.**

• “With Wilderness at Heart: Mt. Marcy’s East Face.” Adirondac March/April 2013: 40. Print.**

• “Basin’s Northeast Shoulder Slide: A Scar from Irene." Adirondac March/April 2012: 20-22. Print.**

• “Winter Summits, Blue Skies: A February Traverse of Gray, Skylight and Marcy." ** (includes 7 photographs)” Adirondac January/February 2012: 20-25. Print.**

• "Of Peaks, Trails and Irene." Peeks Fall 2011: Vol XLVII no. 2. 6-9. Print.^

• “The Northwest Passage.” Peeks Spring 2010: Vol XLVII no. 1. 16-17,31. Print.^ 

• "A Great Range Day-hike Of 10,000 Vertical Feet." Adirondack Almanack November 2009. Web.

 

** Presented with permission from Adirondac, the magazine of the Adirondack Mountain Club, Inc., copyright (2012-present).
~ Presented with permission from Adirondack Outdoors, copyright (2014-present).
^ Presented with permission from Peeks, copyright (2010-present).

 

Photographic Contributions:​

• "Alan Wechsler and Katie Vannicola on Gothics North Face." 2022. Adirondack Explorer. Staring Into a Cold Face. Print.

• "Alan Wechsler on FA of Free Soul, Jaryn DeShane on Eagle Slide, Climbers on Gothics S. Face, Rich McKenna on Gothics N. Face." 2020. Wechsler, Alan. "Up, Up and Away." Adirondack Explorer Annual Guide, June-July 2020. Cover, 28-30. Print.

• "Trap Dike, Avalanche Mountain Gully Ice." 2019. Adirondack Explorer, January-February 2020. 60, 63. Print.

• Rescue Photos & Video. 2019. Mercer, Ryan. "Life or Death Situation." Burlington Free Press, December 2019. Online. 

• "Climbing on Dimes, Scott van Laer on Marcy's East Face." 2018, 2013. Peeks: Albany: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Spring 2019.  Vol. LVI No 1. 8, 11. Print.

• "Upper Washbowl Cliff, Phil Brown on Empress." 2018 (w/2 photos) Adirondack Life 2019 Guide to the Great Outdoors May 2019. 58-59, 61. Print.

• "Doug Ferguson on By Tooth and Claw Chimney, Doug on By Tooth and Claw, Sharp Steel Cold Ice." LocalADK, Winter 2018, Vol. 6, Iss. 3. 28-31. Print, Online. 

• "Freudian Slip on Big Slide Mtn." Peeks: Albany: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Fall 2018. Vol. LV, no.2. Cover. Print.

• "Ranger Mecus on Saddleback Mtn. Rescue. 2018." Lynch, Mike. "How 34 forest rangers and 12 volunteers saved a hiker's life." Adirondack Explorer 2018. 2. Online, Print. 

• "Crofoot on Agharta Wall, Gorge Panorama." 2017. Weshsler, Alan. "Panther Gorge: The Remote Adirondack Moderate Mecca You've Never Heard Of." Climbing November 2017. 18, 20-21. Print.

• "Doug Ferguson Ice Climbing (inside cover), Curtain of Ice, Ermine". Adirondack Peeks. Albany: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Spring 2017. Vol. LIV, no.1. Inside cover,11,back cover. Print.

• Various photos. 2016. Wechsler, Alan. "Panther Gorge Rocks." Adirondack Explorer September/October 2016. 58, 59, 61. Print.

• Panther Gorge Ice Routes & Photos. 2016 Mellor, Don. Blue Lines 2. Print.

• "Climbers to the Rescue." (2 rescue photos) 2016. Mellor, Don. Adirondack Explorer July/August 2016. 31,32, 61. Print.

• Gothics South Face Climbing photos (3). 2014. Adirondack Explorer November/December 2014. 30-31. Print.

• "Phil Brown on Bob's Knob Regular Route". 2014. Outdoor Research Verticulture May 2014. Web.

• "Phil Brown on Chapel Pond Slab." 2 photos. 2014. Brown, Phil. Adirondack Almanack April 2014. Web.

• "Crossing Johns Brook". 2011. Thill, Mary. Adirondack Life Magazine Online. September 2013. Web.

• "Aerial of the Wolfjaw Slides." 2013. Brown, Phil. Adirondack Explorer November/December 2013. 55. Print.

• "Ermine, Dix Mountain, Sunrise over the Sentinel Range, Reflections in Franklin Falls Pond, Mount Colden in the Clouds." 2007-2012. Burdick, Neal, and Maurice Kenny, eds. Adirondack Reflections: On life and living in the mountains and the valleys, Charleston: The History Press, 2013.

• "Sunrise on Franklin Falls Pond, Morning Grasses, Bales. 2007-2009. Burdick, Neal, and Maurice Kenny, eds. North Country reflections: On life and living in the foothills and the valleys, Charleston: The History Press, 2013.

• "Bat at Roaring Brook Falls". 2008. Stoltie, Annie. Explorer's Guide to the Adirondacks: A Great Destination: Including Saratoga Springs, 7th ed., Woodstock: The Countryman Press, 2012. 186. Print.

• "Lower Cascade Lake from Cascade Slide". July 2012. Virtanen, Michael. "Flooding Created New Routes up Old NY Mountains." The Associated Press. Web. Sept. 2012.

• "Rich McKenna Overlooks the Great Range". 2012. Peeks. Cadyville: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Fall 2012, Vol XLIX no.2. Back Cover. Print.

• "Whiteface Mountain Ski Slides". 2006. Olympic Scenic Byway Sign. 2012 (Fall). Saranac Lake: Adirondack North Country Association. 

• "Giant of the Valley". 22 Dec. 2007. Adirondack Life. Jay: Feb. 2012. 50-51. Print.

• "Cairn on Mt. Marcy." 20 Feb. 2011. Adirondac. Lake George: Adirondack Mountain Club, Jan./Feb. 2012. Vol. LXXVI #1. Table of Contents. Print.

• "ADKHighPeaks Winter Hikers on 46 Peaks" Poster. 18 Feb. 2012. Adirondac. Lake George: Adirondack Mountain Club, May/June 2012. 40. Print.

• "Algonquin from Upper Cascade Lake." n.d. Peeks. Cadyville: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Fall 2011, Vol XLVIII no.2. Cover. Print.

• "Ascending the Trap Dike, Peak Weekend." Oct. 2011. The Hill News. Canton: St. Lawrence University, Oct. 7, 2011. Vol. 123 Iss. 6. Front Page. Print.

• "Basin Mountain’s New Irene Slide Base." 18 Sept. 2011. Adirondac. Lake George: Adirondack Mountain Club, Nov./Dec. 2011. Vol. LXXV #6. Table of Contents. Print.

• "Phil Brown Climbing Cascade Slide Waterfall #1, #2". Sept. 2011. Brown, Phil. "Climbing the Cascade Mountain Slide." Adirondack Explorer Outtakes. n.p., Sept. 2011. Web. 3 Nov. 2011.

• Blake & Colvin from Nippletop Mtn., Giant of the Valley, Whiteface Summit Castle, Indian Head, Algonquin from Indian Falls. 2005, 2007, 2005, 22 May 2004, 2004. Heaven Up-h’isted-ness! The History of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers and the High Peaks of the Adirondacks, Cadyville: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, 2011. 210-213. Print.

• "Mirror Lake Reflections." n.d. A Supplement to the Jewish Exponent. Philadelphia: Jewish Exponent, 23 December 2010. 10. Print.

• " Frosted Spruce, Mirror Lake Reflections (Horizontal), A View from the Slopes of Whiteface, A View from the Top." 2005, 2008, 2005. Emirgil, Muge. "New York'Un Beyaz Yuzu." Voyager, Istanbul, Turkey. Jan. 2010: 75-78. Print.

• "Dix Mountain View." 5 Aug. 2006. Peeks. Cadyville: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Spring 2009, Vol XLVI no.1. Cover. Print.

• Whiteface Mountain, n.d. Edelman, Helen S. “Destination Lake Placid.” Saratoga Experience, Saratoga Springs: Saratoga Today Newspaper, Winter 2008-2009. 32. Print.

• Pitchoff Mountain Reunion 2007. May 2007. St. Lawrence University Magazine. Canton: St. Lawrence University, 2007. 27. Print.

• Pitchoff Mountain Reunion 2006, May 2006. St. Lawrence University Magazine, Canton: St. Lawrence University, Summer/Fall 2006. 29. Print.

• Hikers on Pitchoff Mountain. May 2006. St. Lawrence University Reunion ’06 Brochure. Canton: St. Lawrence University. May 2006. 3. Print.

• "Lower Ausable Lake." 22 May 2004. Peeks. Cadyville: Adirondack Forty-Sixers, Spring 2006. Vol. XLIII, no.1. Inside cover. Print.

• "Dragonfly on Finger, Morning at St. Lawrence University." 2000, 2004. The Stump. Canton: St. Lawrence University, Spring 2004. 9, 24. Issue 8. Print.