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- Signed Frank Ashley “Highpoints of the States” Silent Auction at Highpointers Foundation
- 2012 Oregon Convention Registration and Information (Updated in April 2012)
- 2012-2013 Highpointers Board of Directors
- Jakk Longacre “Last 50 Steps” Tour of Highpoints
- Bob Mitchler (1920-2012)
- Apex to Zenith Issue #97 Second Quarter 2012
- Mike Bayer’s Gannett Epic Climb Video
- Signed Copy of “Everest: Summit of Achievement” in Highpointers Foundation Silent Auction Deadline April 12
- Issue #96 of “Apex to Zenith” First Quarter 2012
- 2012 Access Dates for Illinois
- Convention Policies and Procedures Agreement
- Cops on Top 2012 Summits for Heroes Seeks to Climb All 50 States on June 30
- 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”
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Here’s Mauna Kea covered in snow.
An article on Christmas trees notes that David Douglas for whom the Douglas fir is named died while climbing on Mauna Kea when he fell into animal trap which was soon occupied by a bull. A monument to him is on mountain where he died Ka lua kauka (“Doctor’s Pit” in the Hawaiian language), off Mānā Road.
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The Dutch will withdraw their 20 percent ownership of the James Clark Maxwell Telescope in 2013. Meanwhile the British are expected to withdraw their 25 percent ownership of Gemini.
The Army at Wheeler Army Airfield in Hawaii are using Mauna Kea for training for flying helicopters to be used in Afghanistan.
Mike Tierney is the first person to ride a unicycle from sea level to the top of Mauna Kea and climbing all 28 Colorado passes crossing the Continental Divide.
There have been major improvements opening this week on Saddle Road (built 1942).
There has been a swarm of 39 earthquakes including a 4.5 on Mauna Kea in the last 24 hours.
Atmospheric flare from a minuteman III ICBM missile from Kanoa on Vimeo.
Here’s an amazing (and scarey) video captured on June 22 from the Subaru Telescope on Mauna Kea of the burst from a Minuteman missile.
A huge lightning storm on Mauna Kea knocked out the University of 41-year old Hawaii’s 2.2 meter telescope — the first on the mountain.
The the twin domes of the Keck telescopes and the Japanese Subaru telescope on Mauna Kea are now using lasers for the observations and that has been making for some interesting photos of the summit at night.