About Grace Hudowalski
Lived 1906 – 2004 (aged 97–98). Grace Hudowalski was an American historian and writer.
Grace Dolbeck Leach Hudowalski (February 25, 1906 – March 13, 2004) was an American hiker, the first woman (and ninth person overall) to hike all 46 high peaks of the Adirondack Mountains.
Early life and education She was born in Ticonderoga, New York in 1906, and was the youngest child of James Casper Leach and Alice Luella Dolbeck, and grew up in nearby Minerva.
She finished hiking all 46 Adirondack peaks when she summited Esther Mountain in 1935.
A short documentary on Hudowalski, called The Mountains Will Wait for You, was released in 2013. It was directed by Fredrick Schwoebel and narrated by his father-in-law, Johnny Cash.
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American hiker
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Grace Hudowalski was born in 1906.
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Grace Hudowalski died in 2004.
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Grace Hudowalski was a historian and writer.
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