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Who's counting? Forest ranger adds to more than 1,000 peaks climbed

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Corenne Black has hiked more than 1,000 peaks around the world and still has a lengthy to-do list.By Tim RowlandIn early April, Corenne Black paused to admire a drop-dead gorgeous view on a mountain in the Pharoah Lake Wilderness that few have ever heard of and fewer will ever see. It never gets old, even though she recently summited her 1,000th peak, a portfolio climbed in the Adirondacks and around the world. This little knob was No. 1,005.Was it special? They all are.Black, a ranger for the New York Department of Conservation, has no intention of stopping now, and with her husband, outdoors writer and bushwhacking savant Spencer Morrissey, she has a lengthy to-do list, from lesser known mountains in Vermont to storied peaks overseas to hitting the high point in all 50 states.Forest Ranger Corenne Black with husband Spencer Morrissey hiking Blue Hill in the Pharoah Lake Wilderness.

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