Help rename East Dix to Grace Peak

[snickers]

I am posting this for my friend Doug, please read below and follow the link!!

Dear All,

My name is Douglas R. Arnold and I represent the 46ers as Chair of the Grace Peak Project. We have been working for almost 10 years now to rename East Dix to honor a true blue Adirondack heroine, Grace Leach Hudowalski #9.

We think that once you see the documentary, “The Mountains Will Wait For You”, you will agree she is worthy.

TRAILER LINK >>>>>>> http://www.themountainswillwaitforyou.com/view-trailer/

Grace Leach Hudowalski #9.

Ø Born in Ticonderoga , raised in Minerva.

Ø Was the first woman and ninth person overall to climb the 46 high peaks of the Adirondacks.

Ø Was a founding member and the first president of the Adirondack Forty-Sixers.

Ø Served as the historian of the Forty-Sixers for sixty years.

Ø Edited Adirondac, Cloudsplitter, Peeks, and High Spots magazines.

Ø Was supervisor for the New York State Department of Commerce, 1948-1961.

Ø Was president of the N.Y.S. State Folklore Society.

Ø Encouraged and advised hikers climbing the 46 high peaks through the writing of 50,000 personal letters.

Ø Created an archive within the N.Y.S Library to house all 46er climbing records for posterity.

Ø Hosted a weekly radio program which helped promote recreation in the Adirondacks.

Ø Was honored in 1986, by both houses of the N.Y.S. assembly for her accomplishments.

Ø Used her life savings to create the Adirondack 46er Conservation Trust.

Ø Received the Adirondack Mountain Club’s “Trailblazer Award.”

Please do not miss this opportunity. Come to Lake Placid May, 25, 26 or 27 and meet Grace.

TRAILER LINK >>>>>>> http://www.themountainswillwaitforyou.com/view-trailer/



Good Climbing, Grace!

So many mountains, too little time

Douglas R. Arnold #4693W

 

[DSettahr]

While we're at it, can we get the original name restored to Panther? It was Henderson until USGS messed up and reversed the names of two nearby mountains...

 

[buddy]

Why East Dix

Just out of curiosity, why was East Dix chosen to have its name changed rather than some other peak. Buddy

 

[TCD]

South Dix and East Dix are the only two peaks with "subordinate" names (that is, the name is already used on another peak, and is made new by adding "South" or "East"). (The only other peaks similar to that are Upper and Lower Wolfjaw, but they are more "equal partners" in the naming convention.) So this makes SD and ED easy targets for renaming, because you don't have a constituency worried about "losing" the name "Dix." There may be other reasons, but I think that's the practical reason.

 

[buddy]

That makes perfect sense. Am I mistaken, or was there an effort to rename Dix in the recent past as well.