Just got back from an Adirondack trip yesterday.  Masha, a friend Elizabeth and I successfully climbed the combination of Algonquin and Iroquois peaks - the second and I think the 8th highest peaks in NY.  I have actually been up Algonquin three times before (all wonderful, BTW), but this was the first time on Iroquois.  This peak connects with Alg. along a ridge, which also passes through Boundary peak.  It is a "trailless" peak, although there was a well established herd path and even some yellow marks on the rocks.  But the news of the day here was that boggy MUD that one had to traverse to get there.  Actually, it was not mud, but rather a peat bog.  If you stepped in the wrong place, you were sunk up to your knees.  Luckily, I poked with a hiking stick, and never went in above my ankles.

Once we got there, it was worth it.  There was no one else, and the peak itself is "narrower", so you can see all around.  Very cool experience.

No injuries, although Elizabeth did have some non-trivial "toes are too wide for her boots" which caused here quite a bit of pain on the way down.  Overall the hike took 10 hours.  3.5 hours to scale up to the top of Algonquin (with several breaks), 1 hour at the top, 2 hours to/from Iroquios, and 3.5 hours down.  It was surprising that it seemed to take as long to go down as up - since it felt like it was much faster.  But the clock doesn't lie, I guess.  Strange.

Highly recommended.