Bravo to our 40th reunion chairpersons—Maren Christensen, Mike Hjerpe, and Joe Dempsey! Events kicked off with a hike up Mount Moosilauke organized and led by Peter Kilmarx.Classmates, family, and friends were joined by a surprise participant: President Sian Beilock. We’ve gathered recollections of the hike from four classmates. Walter Foster reports, “We were lucky to have the rain hold off, but it had poured the night before so the rocks were wet but not soaked. Many of us took it at our own pace and eventually found our hiking mates.” Walter hiked with Wendy Nelson Kauffman and herhusband, Matt. They exchanged stories of careers, kids, retirement, and travel. Of the experience of hiking with President Beilock, Walter wrote, “Sian was warm and open, accompanied on the hike by photography drones and Walter Palmer ’90, director of Dartmouth for Life. Her inaugural Moosilauke hike was with our class—pretty special!” Monique Abner never went on a freshman trip, so she was excited to make her Dartmouth experience more complete with a Moosilauke hike. Off to a rocky start, she got lost in a rainstorm on route to the lodge and lost her phone signal. Her spirits soon lifted. “During dinner I enjoyed talking with Peter Kilmarx, Jean Korelitz, and her son, Asher. We connected over favorite Broadway shows.” Thankfully, Jessica Rosenberg Brown loaned Monique her hiking poles the next morning for the difficult hike down; Monique shared one with Laszlo Madaras. Back in Hanover, Monique had a massage followed by dinner with David Cumberbatch ’84 at Jesse’s, another first for her. She was delighted to complete her checklist of Dartmouth experiences with a Moosilauke hike and dinner at Jesse’s. Jean Korelitz writes that she couldn’t have made it up to Moosilauke without Asher or the poles Viva Hardigg ’84 loaned her. Entertainment following dinner included the film Schlitz on Mount Washington, which was even better than Jean remembered. Shelley Drake Hawks has returned to the Moosilauke Ravine Lodge at least four times since freshman trips. While many of our classmates hiked to the summit, Shelley took it easy and hiked for only an hour due to a recent back injury. At the lodge, Shelley enjoyed visiting with Monique Abner, Sam Reckford, and many more. Shelley encourages everyone to spend time at the lodge, even if they don’t intend to hike to the summit, because the culture there is pure joy. Jessica Rosenberg Brown reports that she hiked to the summit, perhaps for the last time, although she reserves the right to change her mind in five years. She acknowledges that the hike is strenuous and suspects she’s not alone in wishing the end had come a mile or two sooner. “The hike was a wonderful opportunity to spend time with friends of long-standing (note I’m not using the word ‘old’ though it may be fitting) and enjoy the company of classmates we barely knew back in the day.” More reunion news in the next issue.

—Elliot Stultz, 2600 N. Flagler Drive, #503, West Palm Beach, FL 33407; elliotstultz@yahoo.com; Shanta Sullivan, 1541 North Sierra Bonita Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; shantaesullivan@gmail.com