The Catskill Mountains, those shadowy blue-green humps that undulate mysteriously across New York State’s pie-shaped lower extremity, have always had a transformational effect on human psychology and behavior. Stories abound of people wandering into the mountains and emerging years later, changed beyond recognition, their outlooks softened and feminized, their facial features calmed and beatific, like [...]
July 2011
Magnificent obsession
Intrepid hikers’ quest to scale Catskills’ 35 tallest peaks … dressed to kill in ball gowns
Steve Hopkins • July 16th, 2011
