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 Dick Ernenwein 4 Commonwealth Ave. Newburgh, NY, 12550 845-565-3866 E-Mail- Rernenwein@msn.com ADK member of the Mid-Hudson Chapter ADK 46R #151 Catskill 3500 Club # 851 Born in Syracuse, NY 1941 My father was born and grew up in Lake Placid. He worked for the Lake Placid Club as an Adirondack Guide and was directed by the LPC to blaze many ADK trails. He also participated in the 1932 Winter Olympics. For 15 years our family vacationed for two weeks every August happily ensconced at the former Mt. Joe Lean-to on the north shore of Heart Lake. We hiked almost every day. Over the years, we also spent several winter weeks at the ADK Loj skiing the area trails. While in high school, I spent two summers working at the Adirondack Loj managing the “Trading Post”. I can almost claim some Adirondack DNA. I continued the tradition with my own family until the Mt. Jo Lean-to was torn down. Thus, I have a long and sentimental attachment to the Adirondacks and especially to the Adirondack Loj and Heart Lake. Some 40 years later (30 of which were spent operating a Hudson Valley retail business) I happily retired. Upon my retirement and as a gift to myself, I participated for the first time in an ADK Club sponsored trip. I choose a hut-to-hut hiking trip to Norway. This very positive experience became the catalyst for my subsequently becoming an Adirondack Mountain Club trip leader.  I have led two trips to the Austrian Alps, four trips to the Swiss Alps, two to the Colorado Rockies, three to Ireland, two Hut to Hut treks through the Italian (Alps) Dolomites and one to Cinque Terre in Italy. I design my trips as much as is possible to encourage participants to hike at their own comfortable and natural pace. Whenever I reach the summit of a mountain, I never cease to be overwhelmed with the intoxication from this sense of accomplishment and of the spiritual beauty of the summit. In addition to my daily run and 3 mile walk with my wife Pat, I enjoy kayaking, sailing, snow- shoeing, downhill and back-country skiing. In quiet times, I pursue oil painting, reading, and working in our garden and house on the Hudson. But nothing is as satisfying as spending time with Pat, our two married children, Paul and Jennifer, and grandkids Isabel, Charlie, Emily and Sarah. |