This is a flash movie summit panorama (200K download) of Taum Sauk, Missouri, from the nearby abandoned fire tower. It was taken in September 2000 during the annual Highpointers Convention.
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- Apex to Zenith Issue #97 Second Quarter 2012
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- Issue #96 of “Apex to Zenith” First Quarter 2012
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- 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
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- Kristen Kelliher is Youngest Female Completer (17)
- Issue #94 of “Apex to Zenith” Third Quarter 2011
- Doug Urban Talks About Dairy and Highpointing
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Perhaps the coolest weather station in the U.S.A. is the White Mountain Weather Station at 14,426 feet (also the highest weather station in the U.S.)
There were high hopes for the Virtual Rendering Modeling Language (VRML) in the late 1990′s because it would permit web visitors to immerse themselves in a 3D World. However VRML never quite lived up to the billing as it is very high bandwidth (most of the world’s here are 500K or more) and the dispute between Microsoft and Sun over the Java technology effectively made the underlying technology difficult obtain or use.
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This flash movie of Mount Greylock, Massachusetts. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
This flash movie of the where Bonnie & Clyde were ambushed near Arcadia, Louisiana. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
This flash movie of the Driskill Mountain, Louisiana. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
The flash movie of Mount Sunflower, Kansas, was done in September 2002, following the Highpointers Convention. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
This flash movie of Charles Mound, Illinois, during the 2002 Convention. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
This flash movie of the Borah Peak summit by Rich Tofil. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.
I thought the Waipio Valley in Hawaii was the most beautiful place on the planet with its black sand, spectacular cliffs and lush greenery. It is called “the valley of the kings.” Nobody lives there anymore after a 1946 tsunami wiped out an elementary school. Click on the item to navigate right and left. By using right click you can also zoom in.