The Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club held its annual picnic on June 8, 2025. The theme this year was “Happy 100th Birthday To The Appalachian Trail”. The festivities were led by BMECC’s Program Committee Co-Chair Karen Sciole. They began with a picnic accompanied by music followed by a presentation on “100 Years of The A.T. by Jim Foster of the A.T. Museum and Keystone Trail Association. Several members dressed in period costumes of a century ago, as well as two women dressed as Grandma Gatewood.
The picnic was held at BMECC’s Rentschler Arboretum in Bernville, PA. Founded in 1916, BMECC is the oldest A.T. maintaining club based in Pennsylvania. Led by BMECC founder Dr. Harry Rentschler, BMECC built 102 miles of the A.T. between the Susquehanna and Lehigh Rivers. Although portions of this section have since been delegated to other maintaining clubs, BMECC still maintains 65 miles of the Trail, the most of any club in the Keystone State. Dr. Rentschler was inducted into the A.T. Hall of Fame in 2023.
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