Adirondack Explorer

A will to build adventures

TRAILBLAZER: SAM EDDY

Go ahead, tell Sam Eddy something can’t be done—hardening 800 feet of trail in one day; taking apart a bridge, moving and rebuilding it in one day; hiking from Wanakena to Wolf Pond after dark—and the challenge is on. Just about every story Eddy tells begins with someone saying the task he’s proposing is impossible. He thrives on proving it isn’t.

“There’s always adventure in most everything I do,” says Eddy, who is the head trail master for the Adirondack 46ers.

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