LOCALadk Magazine

Spring | LOCALadk LOCALadk Magazine Spring 2014 7 ERIC ADSIT is a 22 year-old kayaker, photographer, and writer. Growing up in the Black River Valley, the Adirondacks served as his extended backyard and remain one of his favorite places to play, paddle, and reflect. He currently lives in Portland, OR, and runs The Dirtbag's Guide to Whitewater, an online magazine. Photo of Eric by Scott Martin Eric JACK SKIFF lives in Tupper Lake with his parents Jay and Kristin and his little brother Charlie. He is a 12 year old 7th grader at the Tupper Lake Middle/High School. Jack is an avid outdoorsman who enjoys downhill skiing, fishing, hunting, paddling and camping. He is a member of the Tupper Lake Middle/High School Junior Honor Society and competes in indoor track, football and baseball. Jack CAROL MOSEMAN lives in Holland Patent and is a retired English teacher. Carol graduated from St. Lawrence University with a degree in English and taught high school English for 28 years. An avid kayaker, Carol is co-author of Women on Water, a guidebook/journal of kayaking Adirondack lakes and streams. The book won the 2012 Best Nonfiction award from the Adirondack Writer's Council and is available through Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Adirondack book stores. Carol ANDY JOHNSTONE hails from Saranac Lake and found the four years spent outside the blue line at Syracuse University to be plenty. After graduating with a degree in magazine journalism and environmental geography, he returned to the area and spent two winters working at the Olympic Jumping Complex before moving on to wilderness therapy for at-risk teens. He's an avid snowboarder, hiker, and loves to see the world around him through a camera lens. He now lives with his wife in Keene Valley where he's trying his hand at woodworking. Andy Mim Frantz has been living and recreating in the Lake Placid area for almost two decades. As a writer, she had the opportunity to write personal accounts of learning to snowboard, telemark-ski, rock climb, ice climb, compete in triathlon, paddleboard, sky dive, and fly-fish, most of which she still enjoys regularly today. Among her favorite outdoor time is a quiet, sunlit backcountry ski tour, a meditative open water swim, and mountain-top yoga. She is a former member of the US Figure Skating Team; before moving to the Adirondacks she worked in production for ABC Sports and skated professionally in the Ice Capades. Today she earns a living in a combination of her passions that include coaching/ choreographing for competitive skaters, teaching yoga, and event planning/ design with Juniper Events. At home, everyday is an adventure with her husband, three boys, and dog Bo. www. juniperevents.org www.lakeplacidyoga. com Mim Are you interested in becoming a contributor? You may not think of yourself as a professional writer or photographer, but you may very well have a great story to tell. LOCALadk is about community and the people that live, work, and play in the Adirondacks. We print stories and photography relevent to this special place, from anywhere within the Blue Line. And of course, if you are local, and take an Epic Journey somewhere outside the park, we'd love to hear from you as well. Amazing, high-res digital cameras, both DSLR and compact, are within reach of most everyone, and often times, the written word is most accepted when it comes from the heart. Write truthfully and with passion, and you'll turn out a winner. Give it a try. Are you our next contributor? You ?

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