CATSKILL TALES AND TRAILS

About the Book

I've had a love affair for nearly forty years. When my wife found out about it, she encouraged me to continue it, and then she joined me. I love the Catskills. I love the mountains, the valleys, the cloves and hollows, the streams and reservoirs, the villages, towns, and hamlets: Peakamoose. Slide, Wittenberg, and Cornell. Friday and Balsam Cap. Panther. Bearpen and Vly. Maplecrest Valley, Stony Clove, McKenley Hollow. The Esopus and the Neversink. The Roundout and the Pepacton. Sundown and Shady. I've climbed the high peaks since the 60's, cycled through the valleys and the villages since the 80's, wrote about it in the 90's, and put all the writings together in the 2000's: Catskill Tales and Trails-35 chapters; one devoted to each of the 35 Catskill 3500' peaks.

About the Author

Ralph Ferrusi is a life-long Hudson Valley resident. He has hiked and climbed extensively in the Hudson Highlands, the Catskills, and the Adirondacks, and has walked the 2172-mile Maine to Georgia Appalachian Trail?twice. He has traveled the world, visiting 43 countries in 23 time zones on 6 continents.