Tom Wheeler has been collecting Adirondack material for the past 20 years and has a nice collection. He is a past president of both the Adirondack Mountain Club and of the Adirondack 46ers. He is a graduate of Carleton College and Cornell Law School. He wrote three chapters in the 46ers most recent book and has had a couple of articles published in ADK’s Adirondac and in the biannual magazine of the Adirondack 46ers Adirondack Peeks.

He is presently (Fall 2026) the chapter chair of the local ADK chapter. He has hiked all of the northeastern peaks above 4000 feet and has done all of the ADK high peaks in winter. He and his wife have been avid birders and their travels have involved hikes in many foreign countries. "