Remembering Karen Stolz (1955-2021)
Remembering Karen Stolz (1955-2021) Karen Stolz guiding on the North Face of Pitchoff, Adirondacks, 2015. [Photo] R.L. Stolz, Vertical Perspectives Photography A bright light in the Adirondacks went out on April 1 with the passing of Karen Stolz from pancreatic cancer. She was 65. Karen co-owned Alpine Adventures with her husband R.L., and she was one of the earliest and longest-serving female guides in the region. "Karen's professional mountain guiding career started in 1982 when we ran a small rock climbing school for three years in Pennsylvania, prior to Alpine Adventures," R.L. Stolz tol...