Grace Hudowalski Charity Trust
Climbing with Grace
“Any mountain worth climbing . . . is worth writing about!” More than any other mountain, it was Mount Marcy that inspired Grace Hudowalski to talk and write about mountains, and her love for the rooftop of NY State was singular and infectious. Promoting mountains and climbing was her life and, as she once observed writing to Bob Marshall in 1938, “when I get on the mountains I don’t know when to stop!”
Read More about Mount MarcyIt has been called “Porter Mountain” and “Mount Porter.” Now it is known as just “Porter,” named in honor of a much-beloved summer pastor and friend, Noah Porter, who was part of a group that made the first recorded ascent of the mountain in 1895. He then hired Orson Schofield “Old Mountain” Phelp’s son Ed to blaze the first trail to the summit.
Read More about PorterSo here you are, atop Grace Peak, a mountain with a fine story to tell.
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