Bullthistle Hiking Club welcomes guest speaker
NORWICH – Monthly meetings are a regular practice for members of the Bullthistle Hiking Club, but not often does the group of avid hikers hear from a special guest speaker.
At 7 p.m., June 7 in the Community Room at the Norwich Family YMCA, the group will welcome Charles Yaple, professor at SUNY Cortland and author of the book “Foxey Brown: A Story of an Adirondack Outlaw, Hermit and Guide as He Might Have Told It.”
“We’re excited to have him speak because we don’t get too many guest speakers from outside the area,” said Bullthistle Presentation Coordinator Chris Sprague. “I don’t know too much about [Foxey Brown]. He seems like an interesting character to hear about.”
Yaple’s book – a fact-based story – gives an account of late 19th century railroad worker and college student David Brennan, who fled to the Adirondack Mountain wilderness after a Boston barroom brawl left him convinced he had killed a man. Upon changing his name to David Brown, he became known as “Foxey,” a crafty woodsman and popular hiking guide until a hunting trip tragedy led to the largest manhunt in Adirondack history.
The story takes place in a time when state conservation laws and private parks were on the rise, and traditional methods of hunting and gathering became less common; facets that would lead to more poaching, thievery, forest fires, and murder.
The Adirondack setting of the book creates a certain appeal among hikers in the Bullthistle Club, some who have been active hikers since the club first formed eight years ago, said Sprague.
Adding to the excitement of guest speaker Yaple, the Bullthistle Hiking Club is also gearing up for a one day, end to end hike of the Finger Lakes Trail to celebrate the trail’s 50th anniversary.
The hike, scheduled for Saturday, also coincides with National Trails Day. It’s comprised of multiple hiking groups simultaneously hiking 75 different, five to ten mile sections of the 567.5 mile-long Finger Lakes Trail in one day. The Bullthistle Hiking Club will navigate sections of the trail that pass through Chenango County.
According to Sprague, hikers in the club are up to the challenge.
“We’ve had a dedicated core of hikers that hike rain or shine every week,” he said, citing the commitment of certain members.
The Bullthistle Hiking Club is always looking for new members. For additional information about the club or any of its upcoming events, contact club President Edward Sidote at 334-3872 or visit the club’s website, lightgirl54.startlogic.com.
At 7 p.m., June 7 in the Community Room at the Norwich Family YMCA, the group will welcome Charles Yaple, professor at SUNY Cortland and author of the book “Foxey Brown: A Story of an Adirondack Outlaw, Hermit and Guide as He Might Have Told It.”
“We’re excited to have him speak because we don’t get too many guest speakers from outside the area,” said Bullthistle Presentation Coordinator Chris Sprague. “I don’t know too much about [Foxey Brown]. He seems like an interesting character to hear about.”
Yaple’s book – a fact-based story – gives an account of late 19th century railroad worker and college student David Brennan, who fled to the Adirondack Mountain wilderness after a Boston barroom brawl left him convinced he had killed a man. Upon changing his name to David Brown, he became known as “Foxey,” a crafty woodsman and popular hiking guide until a hunting trip tragedy led to the largest manhunt in Adirondack history.
The story takes place in a time when state conservation laws and private parks were on the rise, and traditional methods of hunting and gathering became less common; facets that would lead to more poaching, thievery, forest fires, and murder.
The Adirondack setting of the book creates a certain appeal among hikers in the Bullthistle Club, some who have been active hikers since the club first formed eight years ago, said Sprague.
Adding to the excitement of guest speaker Yaple, the Bullthistle Hiking Club is also gearing up for a one day, end to end hike of the Finger Lakes Trail to celebrate the trail’s 50th anniversary.
The hike, scheduled for Saturday, also coincides with National Trails Day. It’s comprised of multiple hiking groups simultaneously hiking 75 different, five to ten mile sections of the 567.5 mile-long Finger Lakes Trail in one day. The Bullthistle Hiking Club will navigate sections of the trail that pass through Chenango County.
According to Sprague, hikers in the club are up to the challenge.
“We’ve had a dedicated core of hikers that hike rain or shine every week,” he said, citing the commitment of certain members.
The Bullthistle Hiking Club is always looking for new members. For additional information about the club or any of its upcoming events, contact club President Edward Sidote at 334-3872 or visit the club’s website, lightgirl54.startlogic.com.
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