Highpointers- Issue #99 of “Apex to Zenith” Fourth Quarter 2012
- 2013 Access Dates for Illinois
- Nominations for 2013-14 Highpointers Board of Directors Due February 22
- Cops on Top 2013 Summits for Heroes Seeks to Climb All 50 States on June 29
- Application for 2013 Highpointers Convention at Katahdin, July 18-20
- David Kelley ARCGIS Interactive Map of Highpoints
- 2013 Highpointers Calendar at HP Merc
- Issue #98 of “Apex to Zenith” Second Quarter 2012
- Sen Lindsay Graham Attends Sassafras Mountain Improvement Project on South Carolina Peak
- A.H. Marshall’s List of Highpoint Completions 1919-1936
- A.H. Marshall’s “A Mountain From Some Mole Hills or the Wanderings of a Telegrapher on Vacation”
- About Our Header Photo
- 50 Completer Aron Ralston in Raunchy Tosh.O Skit on Comedy Central
- Apex Challenge 2 Seeks to Place Highpointers on Every Summit on June 29, 2014
- New Highpoint Benches Featured in Article on Florida
- Minutes (Email Session) July 17, 2011-June 8, 2012
- Tennessee to Host 2014 Highpointers Convention
- Non Club Members in Colorado, Maryland, Nebraska and Oregon Receive Paul Zumwalt Award
- 2012 Convention Organizers, Gene and Lillian Elliot and Glen VanVliet Awarded Frank Ashley Award
- Mark and Wendy Comstock and Miles Luke Awarded 2012 Vin Hoeman Award
Tag Archives: Fatal
Fatal 100 Fall at Sleeping Giant State Park, Connecticut
Newsday reports Adam Barnes, 24, fell 100 feet at Sleeping Giant State Park near Hamden, CT.
Tagged Accidents, Connecticut, Fatal
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Fatal 90 Foot Fall at Paradise Forks, Arizona
Arizona Central reports Shelley Windsor, 31, of Mesa died last Saturday after falling more than 90 feet from a canyon wall at Paradise Forks, a popular climbing area 30 miles west of Flagstaff.
Fatal Fall on Mount Tilicho in Nepal
Wire services report Josef Alois Kasbaure, a 38-year-old radiologist from Wange, Germany, fell about 200 meters (650 feet) into a crevasse on Oct. 27 at an elevation of 6,600 meters (21,650 feet), while climbing 7,134-meter (23,400-foot) Mount Tilicho in Nepal.
Fatal Fall on Goat Mountain, Oregon
KOIN reports Curtis Charles Meister fell 100-150 feet to his death on Goat Mountain, outside Estacada, Oregon. The friends said they were all hiking when Meister said he wanted to climb down the cliff. He lost his grip and fell … Continue reading
Backcountry Ski Photographer Warren Skoog Fatality on Mount Mercedario in Argentina
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports Carl Warren Skoog, 46, said to be one of the world’s best backcountry ski photographers died while descending the steep southern face of 22,210-foot Mount Mercedario in the Argentine Andes.
Tagged Accidents, Fatal, Pacific Crest Trail
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Father and Son in Mystery 200 Foot Fall on Bridge Near Mammoth Springs in Yellowstone
Police are investigating the mystery 200 foot plunge from a bridge of a father and son at Yellowstone.
30 Foot Fatal Fall at Canyon Falls, Michigan
WLNS reports Debra Murray fell 30 feet while hiking in Canyon Falls Park in Baraga County in Michigan.
Soloist on Slab Route on Half Dome is Yosemite's Sixth Fatality This Season
The AP reports a soloist on Yosemite’s Half Dome was the park’s sixth fatality this season.
Tagged Accidents, California, Fatal
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Man Wearing Only Cotton Hypothermia Fatality in Alaska Range
Various sources report Steven Lynch, 54, died from hypothermia while climbing in the Alaska range.
Tagged Accidents, Alaska, Fatal, Hypothermia
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6 Avalanche Fatalities on Chaukhamba
Sify reports six soldiers from India were swept away in an avalanche on 7,163 metre high Chaukhamba.