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News Headlines October - December 2001
Date Item Summary
12/26/2001 AP Article Based on Forum Post About Highest States The Idaho Statesman (and AP) are running a story apparently based on a post in the highpointers forum about the highest states based on average county highpoint elevation (Utah is highest).
12/26/2001 Lines Forming for 2002 Baxter Reservations Lines are already forming to be the first person to get 2002 reservations at Baxter State Park. Sure you may have to brave sub-zero temperatures and snow, but you'll be first!
12/26/2001 New Year's Destinations There are plenty of summits to see the New Year, Auld Lang Syne and make resolutions.
12/26/2001 Seeyououtside.com Specializes in Northwest Check out the Highpointers webring latest addition -- seeyououtside.com which specializes in Northwest adventures.
12/19/2001 12 of 700 Alaska Glaciers Advancing The USGS reports that Alaska glaciers are receding at an alarming rate although 12 of the named glaciers are advancing.
12/19/2001 23 Of 27 Wars Fought in Mountains The U.N. has named 2002 "Year of the Mountain." Among the tidbits -- a note that 23 of the existing wars are being fought in mountain regions.
12/19/2001 Aconcagua Trip Report Even though Aconcagua is nearly 23,000 feet, it is considered by some to just be a "walk up." Don't be misled!
12/19/2001 AT Inspires Man to Send Hoax Anthrax Letters An abortion activist had a "vision" on the AT in Pennsylvania. He was hiking there on Sept. 11 and decided that sending hoax anthrax letters would be better than shooting doctors. He was caught when he checked his email at a Kinko's which also happened to have his wanted poster on the wall.
12/19/2001 Bear Suit Works -- Sort of A man attempting to create a suit to withstand a grizzly bear attack has had some luck in a real word test. It scared the bear away.
12/19/2001 Big Snows at the Nation's National Christmas Tree in the Sierras The Sierras have already accumulated half a normal season's worth of snow. It made for interesting going at a ceremony at the official national Christmas tree -- the General Grant Sequoia
12/19/2001 Christmas Destinations Let's hope Santa has the right GPS coordinates. There are hundreds of Christmas, North Pole and reindeer destinations.
12/19/2001 Counties With More than 100 Highpoints If you think there's only one highpoint, you better avoid Schuyler County, Illinois, and Hony County, South Carolina which have more than 100 highpoints on their flat terrain.
12/19/2001 Falls Trails at Hanging Rock Reopen The falls trails at Hanging Rock in North Carolina have re-opened.
12/19/2001 First Class Stamps Featuring Highpoints to Be Released in April The U.S. Postal Service in April is scheduled to release a block of stamps entitled "Welcome to America" with scenes from each state. Among the scenes are the highpoints of Alaska, Washington and Oregon.
12/19/2001 If Heat Rises Why is Death Valley the Hottest Place in the U.S.? There's some interesting reasons why the Western Hemisphere's lowest point is also the U.S. hottest
12/19/2001 Llama Backpacking Market Collapse A sign of the bust of the Yuppie/New Age camping experience, llama wranglers are noting the market for this exotic backpacking practice has dried up.
12/19/2001 Oregon Men Sentenced for Hiking Equipment Thefts Two Oregon men have been sentenced in connection with a series of thefts at campgrounds there.
12/19/2001 Rafting the World's Deepest Canyon Take a rafting trip down the Cotahuasi -- 11,000 feet down in Peru
12/19/2001 Whitney in 02 Without 02 Check out this wonderful challenge -- be the first to climb Whitney in '02 and win 20.02. In case of a tie, the picture with the biggest American flag wins.
12/19/2001 Woman Hurt Snowboarding on Mauna Kea Hawaii's White Mountain has had over two feet of snow. A woman was hurt snowboarding it.
12/10/2001 107 50-State Completers The Highpointers Club has added more reports to its 50-state completer list bringing the total number of completers to 107.
12/10/2001 Arkansas Opposition to Ozark Highland Trail Marion County has launched a concerted effort to halt the Ozark Highland Trail from coming through their area.
12/10/2001 Bin Laden Thought to Be Hiding in the White Mountains It may be one of the most popular mountain names around. But the terrorist in hiding in Tora Bora is in the White Mountains of Afghanistan.
12/10/2001 Climbing Gear for Iranian Women If you're a woman headed for climbing in Iran make you have the proper gear and veils.
12/10/2001 Court Order Shuts Down Interior Department Websites Many of the Department of Interior websites including some for the national parks, BLM, and forestry service have been shut down by court order while they improve security for handling the Indian trust fund after the sites were hacked.
12/10/2001 December 7th Myth About Japanese Hiding Behind Oahu Highpoint It may be cool shots for movies of low flying Japanese planes during the Pearl Harbor attack. But the truth is that the planes didn't hide behind Oahu's highest point and swarm through Kolekole Pass.
12/10/2001 Father Shoots Son in Accident Near Jerimoth Hill It's hunting season and once again there are way too many reports of accidents involving hunters who shoot before looking. In a highly publicized case a father killed his son at the base of Rhode Island's highest point. In another case in Pennsylvania a man eating a pizza in a service station was shot.
12/10/2001 Free Tickets to SF Event for Answering Outdoor Quiz Among the questions, the highest point on the Pacific Crest Trail and the name of the Sequoia found last year that surpassed the General Sherman for the largest plant on earth.
12/10/2001 How Do You Pronounce "Arkansas"? The river may start near Colorado's highest point but try to figure out how to pronounce it.
12/10/2001 Mountain Lions Stalking Hikers and Dogs Killed Near Flagstaff Arizona has killed two mountain lions after they were said to be stalking hikers and dogs.
12/10/2001 Oregon Renames Squaw Mountain Oregon has renamed Squaw Mountain to Latiwi Mountain
12/10/2001 Peace Climb of G2 in Pakistan David Keaton, a 50-state completer, will be participating in the Peace Climb of G2.
12/10/2001 Polartec Fleece Manufacturer Files Chapter 11 Malden Mills which makes the popular Polartec Fleece (including an Army contract) has filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy
12/10/2001 Record Number of Balloons Over Continental Divide A record number of hot air balloons (15) flew over the Continental Divide near Breckenridge, Colorado.
12/10/2001 Ships Named for State Highpoints You'd be amazed at the number of ships named for state highpoints.
12/04/2001 Charles Mound Closed for Season The highpoint of Illinois is closed to the public through March 31 because it's hunting season and because too many people were getting stuck in the
snow.
12/03/2001 Adventure Company Sends CD's Rather Than Personal Calls in Fatal Trip The families of Britons killed in a Swiss canyoning trip are upset the company just sent them CD's from the music played at the memorial service
rather than contacting them directly.
12/03/2001 Arnold Schwarzenegger Takes Flying Maid's Place in Idaho The Sun Valley Resort has announced plans to rename its Flying Maid slope "Arnold's Run" in honor of the actor who has a house nearby.
12/03/2001 Backpack and Sleeping Bag Apparently Stolen in Mount Washington Murder Police report that backpacking equipment may have been stolen in the stabbing death of a Canadian woman on Mount Washington.
12/03/2001 Colorado Won't Name Peak for Fallen Firefighters A Breckenridge controversy raged before Sept. 11 -- should a summit near there be named "Red White and Blue Peak" to honor fallen firefighters. The
Colorado Mountain Club and the Forest Service objected. Controversy does not play well with the U.S. naming board and so the name didn't change. The
battle is not over CMC wants it named Atlantic Peak (Pacific Peak is nearby). But there's no groundswell for that name either.
12/03/2001 Design Contest for Climbing Half the U.S. State Summits The Highpointers Club is having a contest to design a pin celebrating climbing 25 state summits.
12/03/2001 Falling Tree Kills Drive Near Nisqually Entrance to Rainier The Northwest has been making up for the drought with huge storms. In one instance a driver was killed on the highway to Mount Rainier.
12/03/2001 Feds Monitoring Websites for Unlicensed Commercial Activity in National Parks The feds have arrested the principals of a photography group that conducted workshops in Rocky Mountain National Park without a license. They say they are monitoring the web for other commercial activity.
12/03/2001 First Avalanche Fatality of Season in Lower 48 A backcountry skier was killed at Yankee Doodle Lake near Boulder as a 900 foot wide avalanche became the first fatal avalanche of the season.
12/03/2001 Santa Nearly Expelled from Adirondacks Santa's Workshop in the North Pole near Lake Placid has been closed all summer while lawyers wrangle over its sale. However, the grinch has not quite stolen Christmas as it has opened at least for the holidays.
12/03/2001 Study: One Third of Backpackers Have Had Major Problems A Brit study shows that one third of its backpackers report encountering major problems on their trips (falling is the worst problem but some folks
think missing a plane is pretty bad too).
12/03/2001 Trial Starts in Hostel Fire That Killed 15 Backpackers The trial has started in an arson fire at an Australian hostel that killed 15.
12/03/2001 What Makes A Peak? For those who are list obsessed, here's a rule of thumb for what qualifies as a peak as opposed to just another knob on a ridge: the distance from peak
to saddle to peak must be at least 10%.
12/03/2001 Wilderness Response to the World Trade Center It wasn't a tragedy just handled by urban departments. Many forest firefighters and caving experts were also called in.
12/03/2001 Zoning Approved for New Mount Mansfield Campground The zoning has been approved for a swap in Vermont for a new campground for Mount Mansfield in exchange for the state giving up Smugglers Notch for a giant condo complex.
11/27/2001 Alabama's Second Highest Peak Interested in climbing Alabama's second highest peak. Take your pick -- Hernandez Peak, Odum Point or Dugger Mountain.
11/27/2001 Backpacking on the Cheap Break out those garabage bags. Here's a list on how to hike on the cheap.
11/27/2001 Biggest Crowd Ever on Mauna Kea for Leonids More than 1,000 cars climbed Mauna Kea to watch (and hear) the Leonid Meteor Shower.
11/27/2001 Biography of Man Who Founded Boundary Waters Ernest Oberholtzer may not be a household name. But he was instrumental in the establishment of the Boundary Waters Canoe Wilderness Area in Minnesota. A biography details his battle with the lumber barons to save the wilderness.
11/27/2001 Expanded Selection of Highpointing Gear at the HP Merc There are several new highpointing items to choose from the HP Merc.
11/27/2001 Flag Over the Summits Our latest photo of an American flag over a state summit comes from Boundary Peak, Nevada.
11/27/2001 Flags Over All Colorado 14'ers Flags flew over all Colorado 14'ers on Sept. 22.
11/27/2001 Flap Over Texas Mountaineers Appropriating Colorado Summit Registers It's Colorado vs. Texas in a flap over who owns the 14er summit registers.
11/27/2001 Four-Year-Old Survives 35-Hours on Washington Mountain It happened in a flash. A four-year-old got separated from his parents on Pinnacle Mountain. Happily he survived.
11/27/2001 Group to Climb Adirondack 100 Highest A special interest group is forming to climbing the 100 highest peaks in the Adirondacks.
11/27/2001 High Ghost Town Sold It was a town in the Rockies higher than Leadville with 1,500 people. Now it's a ghost town. The village of Independence has been sold to the Aspen Valley Trust.
11/27/2001 Murder on Mount Washington Authorities don't recall there ever being a murder on New Hampshire's peak. But police are investigating the stabbing death of a Canadian woman near the Mount Washington Trailhead.
11/27/2001 Newfoundland Gap Road Closure Newfoundland Gap Road Closure
11/27/2001 Talkeetna Wilderness Women Competition Do you want to be a Wilderness Woman in Talkeetna. You better be able to haul water, drive a snowmobile and bring a sandwich and beer to your boyfriend. At least that's the rules in a competition coming up.
11/27/2001 thruhikers.com Here's a new site to help folks on the Appalachian, Pacific Crest and Continental Divide Trails.
11/27/2001 Walking the Camino in Spain Interested in making a 500 mile journey to the tomb of the apostle James. Go forward with courage.
11/19/2001 Approval Given to Gut John Muir's Birthplace in Scotland Despite protests in the U.S. authorities have given approval to gut the interior of John Muir's birthplace in Scotland.
11/19/2001 Asheville Visitors Ignoring "Don't Move Here" Bumper Stickers With articles about this North Carolina paradise in the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Time Magazine, Asheville can't seem to scare visitors away.
11/19/2001 Backbone Mountain Featured in Baltimore Sun The Baltimore Sun has an article on the extremes of Maryland (north, south, etc.).
11/19/2001 Bear Shoots Hunter in California A wounded bear wrestled with a hunter and ended up shooting him.
11/19/2001 Connecticut Hiking Fatality Connecticut has been having a series of problems. A portion of the AT is closed because of fire and a hiker died of hypothermia.
11/19/2001 Controversy Over Death of Youngest Brit to Summit Everest The father of 23-year -old Michael Matthews is wanting to sue a now defunct guide service over the death of his son in 1999.
11/19/2001 Flags Over America The 50 Flags Over America project continues with more pictures from state summits. We have a series from the Upper Midwest and California. If you have one let us know.
11/19/2001 Friends of Baxter State Park Raises Controversy A group with a vision counter to the famous park is stirring controversy in Maine.
11/19/2001 Hiker Named Miss World Agbani Darego of Nigeria won the 2001 Miss World contest. Among her hobbies: hiking.
11/19/2001 Hiker Quits Hike Along Mexican Border on Second Day David Chizum quit his attempt to hike the Mexico border from California to Texas on the second day.
11/19/2001 Mount Adams in UFO Flight Path More reports are coming in about strange lights over Mount Adams. There's video online!
11/19/2001 Musher Who Supported McKinley's First Woman Climber Dies Earl Norris who provided dog support for Barbara Washburn's successful 1947 climb has died.
11/19/2001 Police Investigating Three Homicides Near AT on VA/WV Border Police are investigating three homicides near the AT on the VA/WV border. They believe the cases are unrelated.
11/19/2001 Roadside Geology on the Way to High Point The New York Times has an article on the geology exposed on roadside cuts along I-84 to High Point, NJ.
11/19/2001 Skiing the Powerline on Greylock It may be one of the most formidable routes in the East. Read the accounts of skiing the highest point of Massachusetts.
11/19/2001 Three Escape Mount Washington's First Avalanche of the Season It's avalanche season. There has already been a fatality in Alaska. Three people narrowly escaped serious injury in an avalanche on Tuckerman Ravine.
11/19/2001 Worst Fire in Smokies in 30 Years This is the worst fire season in the Southeast in 30 years with big fires burning. Trails and parkways in the Smokies have been closed.
11/13/2001 2000 Meteors/Hour Predicted for Sunday Morning One of the most spectacular meteor showers of the century will take place early Sunday (Nov. 18) as the Leonid Meteor Shower will unleash 2,000 meteors an hour.
11/12/2001 Beaver Starts Forest Fire in North Carolina A beaver in North Carolina started a 70-acre forest fire when he gnawed through a tree which fell onto a powerline.
11/12/2001 Clingmans Web Cam Check out the status of Clingmans, Guyot and LeConte on a new web cam.
11/12/2001 Flashback: Worst Mountaineering Accident in U.S. History Eleven people died in June 21, 1981, on the Ingraham Glacier on Mount Rainier in the worst mountaineering accident in U.S. history. Here's a website devoted to it.
11/12/2001 Heart Transplant Climber Summits Whitney/Fuji/Kilimanjaro Kelly Perkins is not letting a heart transplant stop her from climbing.
11/12/2001 Less Is More As Country's Deepest Lake Prepares for Centennial At Crater Lake, it means tearing down a boxy gift store, cafeteria and restaurant that has expanded piecemeal with summer crowds. A smaller rustic building, built in 1928, will be left to sell food and gifts, but only those that compliment the park. No rubber tomahawks.
11/12/2001 mytopo.com Offers 36x24 Topo Maps Centered Where You Want Tired of carrying several topos. Mytopo.com will combine up to 12 topos into one waterproof map and ship it within a week.
11/12/2001 NH Hikers Ignoring Trail Warnings The Whites have always been among the most deadly mountains in the U.S. because people ignore the weather. It's one thing to miss a sign or web announcement. But rangers report hikers are ignoring face to face warnings at the trailhead.
11/12/2001 Review Begins in Smugglers Notch/Ski Resort Swap in Vermont The review process has begun in a proposed swap of Smuggler Notch State Park Campground with the Stowe Ski Resort which wants to build condos there. The campground is 25 acres and the Ski Resort is proposing to swap 1,200 acres for it.
11/12/2001 Six Rules of Survival National Geographic Adventure magazine has a report on what you should do to survive if lost in the wilderness. In addition to the usual common sense stuff (e.g., letting people know your itineray), there's suggestions about leaving itinerary in your car along with items for SAR dogs to catch your scent.
11/12/2001 South Above 6000 With Photos Check out Matt Kirk's attempts to photograph most of the South Above 6000 peaks.
11/12/2001 Strange Summit Rituals Do you play a musical instrument on the summit? Always pose with the flag? Shout some obscure phrase? Share your summit rituals.
11/12/2001 Teenagers Arrested in Bungled Carjacking at Maryland AT Trailhead Two Baltimore teenagers charged in a bungled Sept. 23 carjacking along the Appalachian Trail by threatening a Hagerstown man with a BB gun.
11/12/2001 Twenty-Year Management Plan for Rainier A 20-year management plan for Rainier has been released. There is a 30-day period for comments.
11/12/2001 Two Arrested for Fake Jump Off El Capitan Two men were arrested after they threw a haul bag off El Capitan making authorities think they were indulging in a dangerous BASE jump.
11/12/2001 Utah is The Highest State (Based on County Summits) So you thought Colorado was the highest state in the country. If you base it on the highest point of each county, Utah rules.
11/12/2001 Walking The Length of the U.S.-Mexican Border David Chizum is attempting to walk the entire length of the 1,950 mile U.S.-Mexican border.
11/12/2001 Whitney Fatality A man attempting to climb all of the needles on Whitney fell to his death.
11/05/2001 Astronauts Learn Camaraderie on Wind River Range The view from space might just pale compared to that of the Wind River Range as astronauts trained in Wyoming this past summer.
11/05/2001 Brit Seeks Backpacker He Accidentally Married in Vegas Is there any wonder why a Brit's girlfriend won't see him after he married an Aussie backpacker for a joke in Vegas. Now he can't find her.
11/05/2001 Faith and Ferns Help Couple Survive A Week on Arizona's Mount Graham A retired couple scouting for a reunion site got lost on Arizona's Mount Graham for a week.
11/05/2001 Flap Over Vertical Limit Prompts Proposed Ban on Photographing Mount Cook A flap over using Mount Cook in New Zealand as a "stand in" for the movie "Vertical Limit" has prompted a proposal to ban commercial photography of the mountain.
11/05/2001 Hantavirus Found at Clingmans Parking Lot Researchers have found extensive presence of the hantavirus in the Smokies including in mice droppings at the Clingmans Dome parking lot. Although this is a deadly illness that killed several people in the Four Corners a few years ago, there have not been any human outbreaks in years.
11/05/2001 Montana Grizzly and Cubs Destroyed After Fatal Mauling A grizzly made a rare human attack and killed a man who was cleaning an elk carcass.
11/05/2001 News Reporters Feel "Haunted" Vortex to Illinois River to River Trail News reporters reported feeling the famed vortex by Max Creek on the Illinois River to River Trail.
11/05/2001 NJ Man Uses Bagel to Get Bear To Pose With Child A New Jersey man has been convicted of harassing wild animals after he threw a bagel at a black bear to get it to pose with his 5-year-old son.
11/05/2001 Oregon Lava Cave Ban Climbing organizations are opposing a NFS plan to close the China Hat area lava caves to climbers in order to protect bats.
11/05/2001 Solo Hiker Survives 9 Days in BWCWA Snowstorm A solo hiker stayed put in a pine shelter until rescuers found him near the Pow Wow Trail in the BWCWA in Minnesota following a 10-inch snow.
11/05/2001 Stone Nude Calendar Includes Men and Women The famed Stone Nudes calendar is equal opportunity this year.
11/05/2001 Sudden Oak Death Decimates California's Golden Hills An infection is killing thousands of California's oaks and has forced the closing of China Camp State Park near San Rafael.
11/05/2001 Swarm Quakes Rattle Mount St. Helens A series of swarm quakes are rattling Mount St. Helens.
11/05/2001 Two Arrested for Arson in Wave in Kentucky Forest Fires Authorities are on the lookout for arsonists as more than 10,000 acres in Kentucky -- particularly in the Daniel Boone National Forest -- have burned creating fumes from Ohio to West Virginia.
11/05/2001 Utah Mother Charged With Covering Up Son's Forest Fire Involvement A Utah woman has been charged with making false statements about her son's involvement in the July 2000 Box Elder Canyon fire.
11/05/2001 Virginia Student Charged With Burning Flag & Starting Forest Fire A university student was charged with burning the U.S. flag in a fire that charred more than two acres of woodland in northern Virginia.
10/31/2001 Blue Ridge & Kennesaw Mountain Closed in Anthrax False Alarms Portions of the Blue Ridge Parkway and Kennesaw Mountain were closed in anthrax false alarms.
10/31/2001 Boaters Square Off Against "Elitist" Backpackers on Isle Royale Boaters are vowing to continue to court challenges to access to this Michigan paradise.
10/31/2001 Boy Scouts Complete Climb of Nevada County Highpoints A group of Boy Scouts has completed a climb of all of Nevada's county highpoints.
10/31/2001 Cliffs, Forests, Gaps, Parks, Ridges, Summits, Trails and Valleys We've posted a list of the major features of all counties in the U.S.
10/31/2001 Court Bars Yellowstone Ranger From Talking About Grizzlies A court has issued a gag order on ranger Bob Jackson who has criticized the shooting of grizzlies around Yellowstone.
10/31/2001 El Capitan's Nose Climbed Under 4 Hours Timmy O'Neill and Dean Potter have set a record for climbing the Yosemite landmark in under four hours.
10/31/2001 Fight Over Email on Everest Forbes Magazine has an amusing tale of technological confusion on Everest.
10/31/2001 Highpointer Club Founder Hospitalized Jack Longacre the founder of the Highpointer Club and its guru has been hospitalized. Cards and letters are much appreciated.
10/31/2001 Highpointer Club Newsletter The 54th issue of the Apex to Zenith is out with a color cover and 52 pages. Among the articles are details of the four people who are the latest to complete all 50 states, the 50 flags over America project, and Jim Mick's new highpointing book.
10/31/2001 Hiker Completes AT, PCT and CDT in One Year Brian Robinson completed his quest to climb the nation's three major trails.
10/31/2001 Hiker Killed Near Mount Rogers The area around Mount Rogers is very upset over the murder of a hiker on the Iron Mountain Trail approach to the Appalachian Trail near Damascus.
10/31/2001 Kinabalu - Malaysia's Highest Peak MountainZone.Com has returned to life and they have a wonderful article on Malaysia's highest point.
10/31/2001 Letter Writing Campaign to Support Backbone Mountain Persons wishing to support the state purchase of Maryland's highest point are asked to write letters to the new Maryland Department of Natural Resources.
10/31/2001 Map Your Neighborhood and Win a Prize The USGS is sponsoring a "map your neighborhood" contest. Deadline is Nov. 9.
10/31/2001 Maryland Public TV Shelves Backbone Project Maryland Public TV has shelved its project to broadcast a profile of the Highpointers Club efforts on preserving Backbone Mountain.
10/31/2001 Mount Whitney 2002 Permit Process The process to get permits to climb Mount Whitney in 2002 has been announced and for the first time there are no changes!
10/31/2001 National Geographic Critical of Mount Magazine Project The current issue of National Geographic has an article criticizing the multimillion dollar project to build a lodge on the Arkansas state summit because it is degrading the habitat of the Diana butterfly.
10/31/2001 Toughest Hikes in the South Check out this list of the toughest hikes in the South.
10/24/2001 Famous Utah Photographer Arrested for Damaging Delicate Arches Michael Fatali has gorgeous photos of Utah. Unfortunately he's been arrested for setting campfires which damaged Delicate Arches.
10/24/2001 Last Breath Examines Fatal Accidents Peter Stark has a fictional book that is a must read. It describes in detail what happens to you in backcountry accidents.
10/23/2001 Accident on Tumbledown Mountain, Maine The Chimney Trail on this popular mountain has been closed but people are still taking risking life and limb with dire consequences.
10/23/2001 Alabama Renovation of Cheaha Summit Alabama is in the midst of a multimillion renovation of its state summit including the Bald Rock Lodge.
10/23/2001 Are Hiking Club Memberships Old Folks? Hiking Clubs all over the world seem to have a high percentage of retired people. The British Ramblers Association is very concerned.
10/23/2001 Boundary Waters Ends Controlled Burns in Minnesota Rainy weather has ended Boundary Waters plans for several controlled burns to alleviate dangers from the massive July 4, 1999, blowdown.
10/23/2001 Brown Mountain Lights in North Carolina You saw them on the X-Files. They're really there. Read our trip reports.
10/23/2001 Clinton Library Suit Delays Renovation of Arkansas Summit A proposed $20 overhaul of Mount Magazine has been put on hold pending the outcome of a suit over the Clinton Library in Little Rock.
10/23/2001 Dengue Fever Warning in Hawaii Hawaii has issued warnings about the mosquito-borne dengue fever.
10/23/2001 Elk Bugling Big Tourist Draw in Smokies Tourists are staying away from the Great Smoky Mountains National Park this year, except in one of the most remote sections. Since February, visitation in the Cataloochee Valley has nearly doubled.
10/23/2001 Flag Flying Initiative: Guadalupe The Initiative to collect photos of flags on the highest point of each state continues. This time Alan Ritter has photos from atop Guadalupe Mountain, Texas.
10/23/2001 Highest City in U.S. Leadville, Colorado, is generally credited with being the highest incorporated city in the U.S. But there are some challengers. Alma challenges it in Colorado. And Yakutat in Alaska which has 18,000 foot Mount St. Elias in its border makes a big time claim.
10/23/2001 Highest Points in National Forests Visit the highest points in 155 national forests.
10/23/2001 Hiking Eases Stress (if you're in shape) File this in your "duh" file.
10/23/2001 Man Thought Lost on Clingmans Dome Hailed Taxi for Knoxville Here's a bizarre story of a man who got lost after leaving his car at the Chimney Tops trailhead. A massive search had begun and he turned up after hailing a cab for Knoxville.
10/23/2001 Marines Train on Sonora Peak for Afghanistan Marines are climbing the Sierras in preparations for action in Afghanistan.
10/23/2001 National Park on Russia-U.S. "Border"? The Russians have stepped up interest in forming an international park on Bering Strait on the border between Alaska and Chukotka.
10/23/2001 NY County Highpoint Team Goes to World Series Here's a piece of trivia. The Yankees originally played near New York County's (Manhattan) highest point at Hilltop Park. They were in fact named the Highlanders because of this lofty perch.
10/23/2001 Rainier Closes Sunrise for Season Rainier has closed Sunrise for the season. Meanwhile some Colorado ski resorts are open.
10/23/2001 Scout Leader Acquitted in Snowdon Fatal Accident A Scout leader has been acquitted in the accident of an accident in which a 10-year-old boy died on Wales' highest point.
10/23/2001 Terror, Smallpox and Anthrax Destinations We may not know who is attacking us. But there are places on the map where you visit these terrors.
10/23/2001 Vandalism on Backbone Mountain Vandalism on state summits continues as somebody ripped up the registration book and tore down other items on Maryland's highest point.
10/23/2001 Visiting the 134 Abutments Between States Visiting the 134 Abutments Between States
10/23/2001 Want to Change a Geographic Feature Name? The government makes it easy to apply for this. Check out its online form.
10/23/2001 Woman Falls to Death in Kilauea Crater An Oklahoma woman fell to her death in the Kilauea Crater.
10/23/2001 Woman Going to the Loo Makes News on Ben Nevis And you thought there were no slow news days left.
10/16/2001 Denque Fever Warning in Hawaii There is an outbreak of denque fever in Hawaii. The virus is spread by mosquitos.
10/16/2001 Elk Bugling Big Tourist Draw in Catalooche in the Smokies While the visitors to the Smokies is down this year, the Catalooche area has a big increase thanks to the bugling season of the newly reintroduced elk.
10/16/2001 Marines Train on Sonora Peak for Afghanistan Marines are training in the Sierras on Sonora Peak for Afghanistan.
10/16/2001 Scout Leader Acquitted of Manslaughter The Scout Leader accused of gross negligence in a fatal fall of a 10-year-old boy on Mount Snowdon has been acquitted.
10/13/2001 Fire Closes Whiteface Mountain in NY Last week the first snow of the season closed this Adirondack Road. Now it's a small fire that closed in this weekend.
10/13/2001 Highest Point in Ontario Ken Takabe reports on his climb of Ishpatina Ridge -- the highest point in Ontario.
10/12/2001 AT Hikers Stapling Dollar Bills to Gatlinburg Bar Wall Sailors used to do it. Now AT hikers have picked up on the habit of stabling dollar bills to bar walls so that they will have a dollar for a beer if they come back through.
10/12/2001 Bergschrund, Moats and Nunataks on Gannett Richard Stum has a spectacular, very elegant and beautifully photographed page on his climb of Gannett via the Gooseneck Route.
10/12/2001 Hiking Group Rounded Up at Gunpoint on AT You better not wander far off the AT in Maryland. A group hiking near Penn-Mar were rounded up when they got too close to a government communications tower.
10/12/2001 Hiking to Plane Crash Sites Mountains and plane crashes seem to go together. Crash sites have become a popular destination on many peaks.
10/12/2001 List of Distance Between All State Highpoints Here's a list of the distances between all state highpoints (hint: Maryland/West Virginia are the closest at 38 miles). Also included is an Excel spreadsheet function that will help you make calculations for other points.
10/12/2001 List of Highest Named Locales in Each County We've added a list of the highest named locales in each county of the U.S.
10/12/2001 Man Bikes From Texas to Talkeetna and Climbs McKinley Man Bikes From Texas to Talkeetna and Climbs McKinley
10/12/2001 Mount Adams Glacier Reveals Climbers Lost for 20 Years The bodies of two climbers on Mount Adams in Washington have been discovered 20 years later.
10/12/2001 Plans Moving Forward For Entirely New Saddle Road in Hawaii The highway between Mauna Kea and Mauna Loa is said to be the most dangerous in the state and driving it is prohibited in most rental contracts. Plans are moving ahead to replace it entirely.
10/12/2001 Survey: Attaining the Highpoint Is The Most Important Goal Pete Anderson has published a survey of Highpointer Club climbers which notes that reaching the summits is the most important part of a climbing trip.
10/12/2001 TVA Announces $1.5 Billion Plan to Clear Smokies Air The TVA has announced a $1.5 Billion plan for new scrubbers in Southeastern power plants. The plan will mean a 75% reduction in sulfur dioxide emissions on the Smokies since 1977.
10/12/2001 Visiting Every County Highpoint Between Maine and California Bill Schuler has an amazing story about his trip to visit the highpoint of every county he crossed in a swath from the northeast corner of Maine to southwest tip of California.
10/12/2001 West Nile Virus Moves West of the Mississippi Here's another thing to consider in the backcountry. The West Nile virus has been reported west of the Mississippi in the Ozarks of Missouri and Arkansas.
10/09/2001 100 Additional Glaciers Discovered in Rocky Mountain National Park 100 Additional Glaciers Discovered in Rocky Mountain National Park
10/09/2001 11-Year-Old Boy Climbs El Capitan to Raise WTC Funds Scott Carey who climbed Yosemite's El Capitan at age 8 climbed it in one day to raise funds for the WTC.
10/09/2001 Adriondack Mountain Troops Deployed to Uzbekistan The Army's main mountain troops -- stationed at Fort Drum in the Adirondacks -- has been deployed to Uzbekistan.
10/09/2001 Average U.S. Guide Salary $15,000 It's the ideal job. But unfortunately guiding in the U.S. backcountry is not well paid.
10/09/2001 Ban Proposed on Flyers on AT Is a flyer advertising camping beds or pizza trash or helpful? The Appalachian Trail Conference is considering a formal ban.
10/09/2001 Bodies of Two Climbers Found on Mount Cook After 38 Years A glacier has revealed the body of two missing Swiss climbers lost on New Zealand's highest point 38 years ago.
10/09/2001 Climbing All Major Trails in One Calendar Year Brian Robinson is nearing completion of the Appalchian Trail. He has already done the Pacific Crest Trail and Continental Divide Trail THIS YEAR!
10/09/2001 Duluth Double Amputee Abandons Everest Quest Ed Hommer came within 3,000 of the Everest summit. However with severe storms he will not be able to summit this year.
10/09/2001 Entrance Fees Waived at National Parks on Veterans' Day Entrance Fees Waived at National Parks on Veterans' Day
10/09/2001 Highpointers Club In Lands End Catalog An article on the Highpointers Club is in the current issue of the Lands End catalog.
10/09/2001 Hikers Lost in Mount Jefferson Blizzard Two hikers were lost in the season's first white out blizzard in New Hampshire.
10/09/2001 Hiking Prohibited in Camp David Perimeter Hiking Prohibited in Camp David Perimeter
10/09/2001 Most Minnesota State Parks Remain Open in Workers' Strike Most of Minnesota's parks are still opening during an state employee strike.
10/09/2001 North Carolina Backcountry Anthrax Scare Before the focus shifted to Florida there was a scare that the victim acquired anthrax in the North Carolina back country after drinking untreated water.
10/09/2001 Scot Hiker Uses Backpack for Splints for Broken Leg A Scot hiker used his backpack to form splints for his broken leg after falling three times.
10/09/2001 Scout Leader Charged with Manslaughter in Fatal Accident Scout Leader Charged with Manslaughter in Fatal Accident
10/09/2001 The Pale Children of Frissell The New York Times has a profile of Mount Everett in Massachusetts near Mount Frissell and its rare stand of old growth trees. According to a legend there were so many trees that the children were always pale.
10/09/2001 Walking from Indiana to the WTC Scott Julock walked from Clymer, Indiana, to the WTC.
10/03/2001 Flag Removed From Between Eyes of Old Man of the Mountain New Hampshire authorities have gazed in awe at an American flag placed this week between the eyes of the Old Man of the Mountain. But they say it's a traffic hazard and have taken it down.
10/03/2001 Give Us Bin Laden Or We'll Send Your Women To College Thank heavens, topical jokes are returning to the Internet! We have the 5-day weather outllook for Afghanistan and "Proof: The face behind the World Trade Center."
10/02/2001 Avalanche Danger May Thwart Double Amputee's Everest Climb Time is running out on Eric Hommer's attempt to climb Mount Everest. The deadline is probably this week and snows have increased the avalanche levels to dangerous proportions.
10/02/2001 Brasstown Bald Webcam Scan the horizon from Georgia's highest peak with its new web cam.
10/02/2001 Did You See the Auroras Last Week? It's kind of a scary in times like this to have the heavens putting on unexpected shows. But last week the biggest solar storm in years produced auroras that were visible as far south as Florida.
10/02/2001 Elk Bugling Season It's one of the great Fall events: elk bugling season. It will continue until mid-October.
10/02/2001 Hiking From Key West to Canada Three people are walking from 4,400 miles from Key West to Cape Gaspe, Canada, to raise money for the American Cancer Society.
10/02/2001 How Do You Pronounce Uinta? Making the 30 mile hike to climb Utah's highest point is only half the conquest. Try pronouncing the mountain range! Read our discussion!
10/02/2001 Illinois River to River Trail Said to Be Haunted Authorities in southern Illinois are investigating reports that hikers are being "dragged from the ground" by mysterious forces near Max Creek between Tunnel Hill and Vienna.
10/02/2001 NYC TV Stations Looking to Geographic Heights New York may have rewritten geographic rules for locating its t.v. transmitters. But following the World Trade Center attack, some stations are at least temporarily locating their transmitters on the geographic heights -- the Palisades bluffs above the Hudson at Alpine, New Jersey.
10/02/2001 Shared Summits Program Teaches Children Value of Team Work Everest Climber Ellen Miller and Virginia Tech have teamed to lead students on virtual mountain climbing expeditions, learning the values of teamwork, trust, perseverance and goal achievement while experiencing the cultures, geography and lore of some of the world’s most mystical peaks.
10/02/2001 Tennessee Summits Above 4,000 Feet Ivan Ash has a detailed look at Tennessee summits above 4,000 feet. This also might change the famous "South Above 6,000 Feet" list.
10/02/2001 Vampires, the English and the History of Destroying Cairns It started out as an English phenomena with the destruction of trail cairns on the basis of "leave no trace" in the wilderness. It has spread to several areas in the U.S. Here's our history including how cairns are used to protect you against vampires according to legend.
10/02/2001 Viagra Improves Oxygen Capacity for Climbers This may be hard to believe. But a study is shows that viagra may improve oxygen capacity for climbers.
This may be hard to believe. But a study is shows that viagra may improve oxygen capacity for climbers.
10/02/2001 Willing Seller Legislation for National Trails The law prohibits willing sellers from selling their land for some national trails. The American Hiking Society is asking your help to change this. They do all the work. You just click.