The Final Steps: Becoming an Adirondack 46'er

During the summer of 2023, I finished hiking the Adirondack 46 High Peaks, an endeavor that took me almost 15 years to complete. I was only 10 years old when I climbed my first High Peak, and throughout my teenage years and early adulthood, I went from hating hiking, to becoming obsessed. The Adirondack 46 High Peaks were at the front of my mind for years, as I spent several summers making the trek home to finish this journey. This short film, which I began working on as soon as I finished, documents the final hike of my 46'er journey, as well as the trials and tribulations I experienced while working on this journey. I was lucky enough to have a small screening of this film in NYC with Plural in the spring of 2024.