Shown during a winter hike by long-time friends at the start of polar vortex in the Moosic Mountain Preserve are, from left:  Jim McCormick, Chick Harle, Ed Coleman, Pat Cuff, Bill Ciccotti, and Brian McAndrew. In foreground is Jim McCormick’s dog Finnegan.

Enjoying the strenuous winter hike were friends including, from left: Pat Cuff, Chick Harle, Jim McCormick, Bill Ciccotti, Ed Coleman, and Brian McAndrew.