Highpointers- 2012 Oregon Convention Registration
- Issue #95 of “Apex to Zenith” Fourth Quarter 2011
- Bill Strickland (1921-2011)
- Rhode Island Buying Jerimoth Hill summit
- Highpointers Foundation Auction for Signed Henrich Harrer Seven Years in Tibet Book Ends January 23, 2012
- Frank Ashley Award Ceremony for Sid Collins in South Carolina
- Vandals Heavily Damage Mount Sunflower
- Virginia Television Interview of Adam Wood About the Club
- Oklahoman Interview of Larry Floyd on “Oklahoma Hiking Trails”
- Kristen Kelliher is Youngest Female Completer (17)
- Issue #94 of “Apex to Zenith” Third Quarter 2011
- Doug Urban Talks About Dairy and Highpointing
- Stony Burk’s Car Mileage Hits 345,345 (largely repeatedly driving to highpoints)
- Matt Moniz Profiled on Outside Television
- Highpointer Aron Ralston Parodied on Simpsons Halloween Episode
- President Tim Webb Interviewed in Alabama Search for Hiker
- HP Merc Is Open With New Products
- Highpointers Foundation Silent Auction for Royal Robbins Books Ends 4:00 PM MDT October 24th, 2011
- Highpointers e-News of July 28, 2011
- Radar Museum Planned for Campbell Hill Summit
Monthly Archives: February 2005
Book Highlights Big American Trails
Outdoornewswire reports on: Thru Hiker’s Guide to America by E. Schlimmer which focuses on long trails in the U.S.
"Virus Without Boarders" Hitchhiking to Asian and European Highpoints
There’s a highpoint story in here somewhere about a Ukrainian group hitchhiking to climb highpoints throughout Asia and Europe. However I think something might be lost in translation:
Tagged Adventures, Highpoint News (world), Offbeat
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Climbing Mountains to Support Military
This defenselink item gives information on climbing highpoints to support the military. Specifically it follows Doug Moss, a web designer at the Pentagon, on his Mount Washington winter climb. Americasupports you link.
Tagged New Hampshire
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History of the Mount Mitchell Challenge
The Black Mountain News gives an excellent history of the Mount Mitchell Challenge race.
Tagged Highpoint (States) News, North Carolina, States
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Hiker Ticketed After Fall in Starved Rock State Park in Illinois
The PJStar reports a hiker at Starved Rock State Park was ticketed for unlawful hiking off trail and entering a restricted area after he had to be rescued following a 50 foot fall. Police say Brian Hack, 29, had been … Continue reading
Hiker Rides Avalanche on Utah's Mount Nebo for 1,000 Feet
The Sun Times reports Mark Thomas rode an avalanche feet first down Mount Nebo for 1,000 feet and survived with minor scratches.
Tubbs Snowshoes Abandons Vermont for China
The News Observer reports the Tubbs Snowshoe factory in Stowe, Vermont, is moving to China. Founded in Norway, Maine, in 1906, Tubbs once supplied snowshoes to the South Pole expedition of Richard Byrd and to the U.S. armed forces during … Continue reading
Tagged Vermont
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Guide Fatality Feared in Mount Huntington Avalanche in Denali NP
The Anchorage Daily News that the NPS has abandoned a search for Johnny Soderstrom, a guide for Alaska Mountaineering School in Talkeetna, who is feared to have died in an avalanche during a first winter attempt to climb 12,240-foot Mount … Continue reading
Tagged Accidents, Alaska, Avalanches
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Mount Washington Considers Power Line and Big Backup Generator Building
The Union Leader reports the Mount Washington Commission is considering installing a powerline next the to cog railway (below ground to treeline and above ground thereafter). More controversial is a plan to replace the gutted former WMTW-TV generating building with … Continue reading
Tagged Highpoint (States) News, New Hampshire
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Highest Point Between the Europe and Colorado?
One of the great urban legends of highpointing is that Harney Peak is the “highest point between Europe and Colorado.” The question is sometimes refined to “highest point between the Alps and the Rockies” and also refined to the “highest … Continue reading
Tagged Colorado, South Dakota, Texas
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