ADK is short for ADirondacK mountain range. The others are the Green Mountain range and White Mountain range. All start in New England. The saying describes how step on the trail without causing it to erode into a gully.

Nothing says they weren’t intentional.

Do you mean Chip Terhune, CEO of SAIF?

It would seem so to those who don’t have a moral code. It makes perfect sense to those who do. Iykyk