"Mount Marcy: The High Peak of New
York"
written by Sandra Weber
published by Purple Mountain Press, 2001
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"A MAGNIFICENT STUDY" "A
MUST FOR HIKERS"
Mount Marcy, Tahawus, Cloudsplitter, High Peak of
Essex--- by any name, it is the tallest mountain in New
York State. It stands 5,344 feet above sea level, a wild
mass of old rocks and earth girdled by flourishing
forests and grand gorges. There is no mountain in the
world quite like it.
The history of Mount Marcy is not dead history. It is
a living history, and a broad history---about the
Adirondack Park, about wildness, and about ourselves.
Read its records. Sample its stories. Examine its
memoirs. See if it doesn't excite your curiosity, enrich
your mountain view, and make you want to split a cloud or
two.
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Book Reviews:
From the Schenectady
Gazette, October 7, 2001
Sandra Weber does something amazing and delightful in "Mount
Marcy." She has hiked into a well-chronicled subject and
returned with fresh perspective and surprising stories....Weber
moves beyond capable research to appealing readability through
organization, a nimble pace and a near magical gift for finding
the right anecdote or concept....All of this makes for a vivid,
often surprising and sometimes paradoxical picture of Mount Marcy
and the people whose lives it touched.
From the Adirondack
Research Library Newsletter, September, 2001
If you've been wondering about Mount Marcy, you need to read this
book. Practically all that is known about this mountain has been
assembled between these covers. The book begins with the mountain
itself---its foundation of rock, its covering of forests, its
alpine flora and its environment---but it quickly turns to its
focus: people. Do not be misled by its title, for Marcy is merely
the setting. The real story is the varied and fascinating cast of
characters....In each of the chapters we learn more about the
lure of Marcy, and how it fulfills the spirit, refreshes the
soul, hardens the body. We come to better understand who came
before, to savor their adventures, wince at their mistakes. We
applaud their labors to protect the mountain, to pass it to us in
good shape, to entice us to do the same for those who come after
us. This book is a masterful work. It belongs in the hands of
every Adirondack aficionado.
From Adirondac Magazine,
November/December 2001
Sandra Weber has created a marvelous book, the first ever written
solely about New York State's tallest peak. From this richly
illustrated and well-researched volume, climbers and devotees of
every sort will enjoy a rollicking historical ride...
Photos of Mount Marcy:
View from
Lake Tear of the Clouds
View of Mount
Marcy summit
Last Updated 10/27/03
© Sandra Weber, 2001-2003
