November 1, 2026
In Memoriam
Barb Wiemann

Honorary member Nicholas P. Rosato, age 90, died March 11, 2026. An AHC member for almost 50 years, Nick was an avid hiker, hike leader, trail maintenance volunteer, and corridor monitor. For his contributions to the club, Nick was named an Honorary Member, AHC’s highest honor, in 2008.

Nick joined AHC in 1977 and led his first hike that year. Over the years he led hikes on the Appalachian Trail and other regional trails, hiking weekends, and long distance walks. Nick enjoyed challenges. In 1978 he recorded a time of 10 hours, 17 minutes in the one day JFK 50 Mile Memorial Hike-Run; in 1979 he finished the event 25 minutes faster. Nick also finished a run in the New York City Marathon. He completed many state hiking trails, such as the Old Loggers Path, and in 2005 he became an Appalachian Trail 2000 Miler at age 70.

Nick contributed his time to trail maintenance on the Appalachian Trail and Lock 2 in Lehigh orge. In 1978 when the club accepted responsibility for maintaining the Outerbridge Shelter at Lehigh Gap, Nick stepped up and became the shelter chair. To rehabilitate the structure, he organized work trips to install a floor, replace the roof, rebuild the fire ring, and clean up the site. In 2006 Nick joined the corridor monitoring crew and monitored a section south of PA 309 for ten years. The Appalachian Trail Conservancy and the National Park Service awarded Nick a Silver Service Award in 2013 in recognition of 25 years of volunteering for the trail.

Hikers can be thankful that people like Nick have been willing to protect and preserve hiking trails, and members of the Allentown Hiking Club should be inspired by Nick’s legacy of trail work. To honor Nick’s memory, contributions may be sent to the Appalachian Trail Conservancy at appalachiantrail.org.

January 2, 2026
Lock 2 Report
Barb Wiemann

Lock 2 Maintenance

We cleared the capstones on the land side of the lock. The interior and river side of the lock are looking good. The access trail to the lock only needed a little lopping. We cleared the trail to the Coalport Weigh Lock (about 1/2 mile), which needed more lopping and had some leaners and branches to clear. We did not have time to do any maintenance at this lock. The capstones need to be cleared, but otherwise the lock looked in decent shape. Hopefully, we can tackle this this spring. Thank you to our volunteers: Wayne Bruch, Barbara and Doug Fogal, Rosanne Harakul, Susan Norling, and Barb Wiemann.

January 16, 2020
New Arrival Dates for Newsletters
by Susan Meyer

A decision was made at the December meeting to change the delivery and planning months for the newsletter.

For this year only the Summer newsletter will consist of four months: April, May, June and July. Hike leaders please take this into consideration while planning your upcoming events.

- Summer Newsletter will be delivered in April 2020

- Fall Newsletter will be delivered in August 2020

- Winter Newsletter will be delivered in November 2020

- Spring Newsletter will be delivered in February 2021

Thank you for your time and flexibility.

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