LOCALadk Magazine

Winter 2017 LOCALadk Magazine 9 LOCALadk Erik ERIK SCHLIMMER is founding member of Friends of the Trans Adirondack Route and an award-winning author who has written four books about the Adirondack Mountains. He has hiked more than 10,000 miles, camped over 1,000 nights, and climbed nearly 2,000 mountains. More on Erik can be found at transadk.com. WYNDE KATE REESE and TAMMY LOEWY received the 2016 New York State Small Business Person(s) of the Year award as well as the NYS Business of Excellence award in 2010. They met in 2001 while working at a vegetarian restaurant in Keene Valley, and instantly became friends. Sharing a passion for healthy food and a love of the outdoors, they merged their expertise in 2004 by creating Green Goddess Foods. Pioneers of the Adirondack Farm to Table movement, they were vendors at the first Lake Placid Farmer's Market, where they sold prepared foods using local seasonal ingredients. In 2007 they expanded their business by opening Green Goddess Natural Foods in Lake Placid. In 2013, they expanded again and reopened in their current location at 2051 Saranac Ave. The store includes a café, deli, nutrition counseling, and catering services, and offers Veggiecation classes in local schools. Reese holds a BS in Holistic Nutrition and Loewy manages the café and catering departments. The mission of Green Goddess is to provide healthy and delicious local and organic foods to North Country residents and vacationing customers. Tammy & Wynde SHAUN KITTLE is a content developer for the Regional Office of Sustainable Tourism (ROOST), the organization responsible for promoting a large portion of the Adirondacks. He grew up in Vestal, New York, and fell in love with the High Peaks when he first visited them about 20 years ago. Many years later Shaun and his wife, Anna, were married on Whiteface Mountain and are now the proud owners of a fixer-upper in Saranac Lake, which they share with their energetic dog, Belle. When Shaun isn't writing and editing for ROOST he's usually either reading, exploring the mountains, cooking, pounding nails, planning his next adventure, or writing music or playing drums for his band, Crowfeather Shaun EMILIE DRINKWATER is an AMGA/IFMGA Mountain Guide based in Salt Lake City, UT. She grew up alpine and nordic ski racing in New Hampshire and learned to climb in the Adirondack Mountains. Though most at home on the rugged crags and icy mountains of the Northeast, Emilie thrives on exploring the world's biggest and most remote mountain ranges from the Himalaya to Alaska. She has first ascents in India's Karakoram and Afghanistan's Hindu Kush mountains, and a penchant for adventure in hostile, uncharted environments. Emilie JESSICA WIMETT grew up in Vermont, and travelled and adventured extensively before moving to the Adirondacks in 2015. She has her BA from St. Lawrence University, and has worked as an editor, herbalist, cook, and farmer. She may be most recognized, however, as 'Amaya's mom,' throughout the region. Her writing has appeared in several local and national publications, and she is excited to support environmental stewardship through the local foods movement in the Adirondacks. Jessica ERIK HALLIN first came to the Adirondacks from Sweden to attend prep school in Lake Placid. He quickly fell in love with the mountains and lakes of the region, and decided to continue his education at SUNY Canton. Erik is now a senior and hockey player on the Men's Hockey Team, and enjoys finding new places to skate in the Adirondacks. Erik

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