RMC Newsletter - Summer 2008

Table of Contents

President's Letter
By Jamie Maddock

"In the past decade the RMC has done a great job of adapting to the information age. Our membership is now spread out all over the country and in general spends much less time in Randolph than earlier generations did..."

Reports from Committees
By Al Sochard, Doug Mayer, and Al Hudson

News from RMC Camps, RMC Summer 2008 Trails Report, RMC Archive News.


The Significance of Lemon Sherbet at Traditional RMC Social Events
By Judy Hudson

"RMC members have always been interested in good food, and there had long been events that that offered gourmet food as an incentive to participation. Who can forget Erika Goetze's plum cake mit schlag, Al Hudson's "Royal Dutch Cocoa Cream Cake" consumed on the shores of the Pond of Safety..."

Doug Mayer, RMC Volunteer Extraordinaire
By Lydia Goetze

"When I started on the RMC board, Jeff Tirey was President. I remember him saying at an RMC annual meeting, "There's no reason for us to be biggest trail club, but there's also no reason why we can't be the best." I took that to heart."


Who Invented Hiking Anyways?
By Sarah Gallop

"For us, getting kids up the mountains-whether it's Pine Mountain or Mount Washington-requires creativity, patience, sugar, props, and the promise of a swim."

A Mount Crescent Trailhead?
By Doug Mayer

"If secured, the land could provide a safe, permanent trailhead at the very end of Randolph Hill Road. Access to the Mount Crescent Trail, Carlton Notch Trail and Cook Path would start at a small new parking area just north of the end of the road."


'It's not cold outside': Winter 2007-08 at Gray Knob
By Sally Manikian

"So how did I stay warm? Without thinking, every morning I would put on layers of insulation that puffed me out to the size and shape of the Michelin Man. I protested wearing gloves inside, so my hands became cracked and wrinkled..."