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First Quarter 2003 Headlines

• Sherpa Seeks 15 Hour Everest Record
• Fatal Plane Crash on Puncak Jaya/Carstenz Pyramid
• 73-Year-Old Dick Bass and 20-Year-Old Jess Roskelley Seek to Be Oldest/Youngest Americans on Everest

• Highpointers Club 1st Quarter Newsletter Mailed
• Kansas Highpoint Sprinkling of Jack Longacre Ashes Rescheduled to March 29

• Man Dies in Plane Crash Near Clingmans Dome

• Yosemite Glacier Point Rock Fall Warning
• Nobody Sees Latest Eruption of World's Tallest Geyser at Yellowstone
• Glacier NP Begins Plowing Biggest Avalanches Since 1981
• Washington Surfer Rides Wave Over Night for 18 Miles
• Stranded Iowa State Hikers in RMNP Snow Say Helicopter & Rescue Not Necessary
• 8.5 Feet at 9,475 Feet in RMNP/Snowpack Now >100%/Teton Floods/Rescues

• Review of Karen Berger's New Book on Hiking Wisdom

• South Point of Lower 48 is Ballast Key (and other extreme trivia)

• Man Rescued Inches from Niagra Falls
• Ronald Gregg, Founder of Outdoor Research & Washington Asst Atty Gen Avalanche Fatalities in Canada

• Houston Chronicle Article on John Carson, Norman Hillegeist and Steve Slater Highpointing Quest
• Profile of Lyle and Kathy Blomberg Timms Hill, Wisconsin, "Trudge"
• Police Arrest Perpetator of Ben Nevis Murder "Hoax"

• NH House Votes to Renanme Mount Clay to Mount Reagan
• Fire Tower in Trail of Tears, Illinois, Put on National Register

• Mushroom Cloud Over Florida's Highpoint as "Mother of All Bombs" Explodes at Eglin AFB
• Guide to Removing French Summit Names
• Iranian Resumes 46,000 Peace Journey to Ground Zero After Being Released in Arizona

• Colorado Snowmobiler in Fatal Fall into Matanuska Glacier Fissure
• Banff Snowshoer Avalanche Fatality
• Falling Ice Kills Hiker at Castle Mountain, Canada
• Teen hiker tumbles 50 ft. to her death in Phoenix
• Creator of "Cops" TV Show Missing After Fall from Oregon Cliff
• New Hampshire Ice Climbing Rescue
• Rescue of Overdue Hiker in No Trail Section of Grand Canyon
• Snowmobile Avalanche Fatality Near Buena Vista, Colorado
• Berkley Student Survives 200 Foot Big Sur Fall Near Where 2 Died Last Week
• Tourist Burned By Lava Off Trail at Chain of Craters, Hawaii

• 350 Megapixel Camera (world's largest) To Debut on Mauna Kea
• Issue #60 of Highpointers Apex to Zenith Newsletter Goes to Press
• Searchers Give Up Search for Hood Climber After 5 Days

• Adrian Burgess Tips On How To Trade Rope for Beer on Everest
• Interview with 80-Year-Old Fred Beckey Author of Definitive Cascades Climbing Books

• Norweigian Mountaineer Claus Helberg Who Helped on Telemark Heavy Water Sabotage

• Tourists Return "Bad Luck" Rocks to Uluru/Ayers Rock
• 400 Women Dance Unclothed in Australia Outback to Stop Drought

• Wyoming Rejects Proposal to "Replace Bronco with Ballerina"
• Logging Plan on PCT at Three Corner Rock, Washington
• Yosemite's Rock Climbing Camp 4 Gets National Register Designation
• Battle Over Luxury Car Track Near AT on PA Portion of Kittatinny Ridge Near High Point
• Congress Approves Small Increase for NPS and National Scenic Trails

• Military Flags Fly Above Mount Adams
• Unclothed Black Mountain (NC) Demonstration (+many others incuding Antarctica and fire towers)

• Lightly Dressed Hikers and Dogs Airlifted in Riverside County, California
• Brits Upset With Arrest of Skiier in Fatal Slope Collision at Breckenridge, Colorado
• Foul Play Possibly Suspected in 2 Fatalities of High School Group in Los Padres NF in CA
• Fatality Near Kodachrome Basin in Utah After Jeep Gets Stuck in Snow
• 3 Cross Country Team Members Rescued After Altitude Sickness in Sandias, NM
• 21 Snowmobile Fatalities This Season in NY
• Climber Doing One Arm "Rambo" Climb Falls Near Fayetteville, Arkansas

Backcountry After 9/11
1,776 Foot Proposed World's Tallest Building at WTC Still Not As High as 2,063 KTHI Tower in North Dakota
Alaska's Biggest Rescue Unit Called Up for Operation Enduring Freedom
Alaska's Biggest Rescue Unit Called Up for Operation Enduring Freedom
Fifty Flags Above America Poster (and other momentos) Removed From Ground Zero

World
1976 Wreckage of Airliner Believed Found on Ecuador's Chimborazo
Andy Martin's World Prominence List
Japanese Man Celebrates 99th Birthday Skiing Down Mont Blanc
Middle East's Longest Mountain Pass Tunnel Opens on Kalba's Highest Mountain
Protecting the Bears on Taiwan's Highest Point - Jade Mountain
Swiss Winner of Yachting Race Plans to Take America's Cup Up Matterhorn

Phenomenon
33-Foot Glooscap Statue Landmark Up for Sale in Maine
Alaska's WInter of Discontent: No Snow Wakens Bears and Opens Golf Courses
California Restoration of Lookout Mountain Mirror Where Light Was First Measured in 1926
Foot Traffic At Base Suspected As Two Sequoias Collapse For First Time in Years
Lightning Suspected in Mauna Loa Fire That Prompted Fears of Eruption
Nene Geese Evacuated as Kilauea Lava Flows on Move Again

Crime
1962 Ben Nevis Fall Case Reopened as Homicide
Car Clouting Epidemic at Santa Fe Trail Heads
Death Valley Homicide Suspected After Hikers Give GPS Coordinates of Victim

Adventures
Interview With Junko Tabei -- First Woman to Climb 7 Summits
Summits of Hope Project to Carry Flags

Accidents/Rescues
007 Film Safety Instructor Fatality on Snowdonia
11 Rescued in Cumberland County, PA, Snow at Pine Grove State Park
26 Airlifted Following Floods in Waipio/Waimanu Hawaii
700 Foot Fatal Fall in Torridon Range in Scotland
Climber Summits Czech Peak Snezka After 1,700 Foot Fall
Fatal 400 Foot Fall on Mt. Lorette in Kananaskis Mountains, Canada
Ill Equipped Climber in Fatal Fall on Snowdon in Scotland
Lightning Fatality on Emory Peak at Big Bend, Texas
Lost Bicyclists Off Florida Trail Airlifted at Big Cypress
One Hour Hike Turns Into 4-Day Ordeal After GPS Batteries Fail in Smokies
Rainer Climber Rescue Following Fall on Eagle Peak
Snowshoer Without Beacon Avalanche Fatality Near Eisenhower Tunnel in Colorado

February 15, 2003

Highpoint NewsHighpoint News

Backcountry After 9/11

Backcountry Crime

Urban

Accidents/Rescues

• 6 Feared Dead in Worst Tragedy on Poland's Highest Point (8,200 Foot Rysy)
• Arizona Snowbowl Closed for Lack of Snow
• Driskill Louisiana Connections to Shuttle
• Highspot Club Former Name of Highponters Club
• Jerimoth, Rhode Island Open Date - Sunday February 16, 2003
• Krakauer/Anker Remeasurement of Vinson (10 Feet Higher) Topic of Feb NOVA Show
• Record 78 Suicides on Japan's Mount Fuji
• Robert Anderson's December 2002 Vinson New Route Climbing Reports on MountainZone

Controversy

• Castleton Tower, Utah, Climbing/Development Controversy
• Mandatory Permits for Holy Cross and Maroon Bells Wilderness in Colorado
• NPS Proposal to Privatize 70% of Jobs
• Unusual Cold Prompts Niagra Ban on Ice Climbing Falls
• Wind Farm Controversy on Wachusett Mountain in Massachusetts

Accidents

• Mount Lemmon Arizona Fatality Near Windy Point
• Party For Those Featured in "Accidents in North American Mountaineering"
• Second Group Of 7 Skiiers Die in British Columbia Avalanche

• Heavy Snow Closes Irael's Highest Point Mount Hermon
• Deal Regarding Rochester, NY's Highest Point Pinnacle Hill
• Hiker Finds Plane Wreckage on Schultz Peak Near Humphreys in Arizona
• 306 Windmills the Size of State's Highest Point Proposed Off Delaware Coast
• 120 mph Winds and -40 Temps Thwart Russian Winter McKinley Climb
• Australia's Kosciuszko Fire Stetches 120 KM and Destroys Observatory
• Proposed Mount Hood Meadows Destination Resort at 4,500 Feet Controversy

• NPS Steamed Over Metamucil Ad Making Old Faithful "Regular"
• Plans to Tear Down Mount Everett (MA) Fire Tower Controversy

• Nepal Rebuffs Efforts to Declare Sherpa Tenzing National Hero
• Sherpa Appa Waiting for Wife's Permission for Record 13th Everest Climb
• Wi Fi Internet Cafe Planned for Everest Base Camp

• Craig Kelly, an icon in the snowboarding world, dies in B.C. avalanche

• Concern Over Low Military Flights Over Western Adirondacks

• Ice Climbing Accident on Palenville Mountain in NY Catskills
• Group Rescues Stranded Hiker Who Lost Snowshoes on Mount Haystack in Adirondacks
• Snowmobile Fatality in Yellowstone Avalanche
• Zion Falling Fatality at Scouts Lookout
• Avalanche Kills 7 Heli-Skiiers Including Snowboard Legend  in British Columbia

• 2002 Denali Profile: Unguided American 36 YO Male Who Climbed in 17.7 Days Summiting on June 13
• Thomas Laemmle Named Denali Pro 2002 for Rescue
• England's Highest Peak and Deepest Lake on Water Bottles
• 7 Including Mazamas Group Rescued in Big Hood Storm
• Smokies on 'Most Endangered Parks List''
• Gannett/Granite Guides (Jackson Hole Mountain Guides)
• Great Northern Files Bankruptcy Leaving Nature Conservancy With $36 Million Mortgage on Katahdin Property
• Dave Hahn article on Taos ski patrol
• When Mount Magazine Arkansas Had A Golf Course And Airstrip

• highpointing.com, traveling India, verticalrisk.com join webring

• Evidence Thrown Out in Black Mountain (TN) Chainsaw Dismemberment

• Half of Living 900 Everest Summiters Expected in Nepal 50th Anniversary Celebration
• Six Summits project in tribute to Göran Kropp

• HAPE Reports Below 8000 Feet

• Carson Brewer, Author of Day Hikes of the Smokies

• Big Foot (12") Sighting on Mesa Cortina Trail in Colorado
• NY in $10 Million Project to Restore Bear Mountain Inn on AT

• Europe Fatal Storms Continue With 130 mph Winds and 65 Foot Waves in Scotland
• Colorado Snowpack Better Than Last Year But Still Below Normal
• Sierra Snowpack 150%+ of Normal

• Rainier's Rescue Helicopters Called Up for Gulf Duty
• Israeli to Take Kosher Camping Food Into Space

• Hypothermia Fatality on Mont Blanc
• Helicopter Rescue and $100 Fine After Getting Lost in Nene Nesting Area on Maui
• Skiier Spends Subzero Night in Mount Mansfield, Vermont, Snow Cave
• Cub Scout Fatality in Skiing Accident on Granite Peak Near High Point, NJ
• 8 Michigan Snowmobile Fatalities
• Climbing Fatality on Snowy Yosemite El Capitan Zodiac Route
• 2 Avalanche Fatalities in Wyoming
• Shasta Avalanche Center Fundraiser

• Maine Considers Adding 6 Miles RT to Roaring Brook-Katahdin Approach
• 2002 Was First Fatality Free Year in Smokies Since 1971
• Highpoint Lists of Each German State and Swiss Canton
• On Again Off Again $25 Million Rebuilding of Mount Magazine Arkansas Lodge Targets 2005
• RMN Article on Denver's Highest and Lowest Points
• Should Borah Peak Be Renamed to Its Original Beauty Peak Name?
• Vatican City Highpoint

• Yellowstone Pack Kills Last of Original Reintroduced Wolves

• WWII Dump at Arctic Training Center on Mount Evans Cleaned Up

• Andrew J. Kauffman II - First American to Climb Above 8000 Meters
• Ray L. Wallace -- Originated Big Foot Hoax

• Wisconsin Man Arrested For Using GPS To Stalk Girlfriend

• Final Approval for Power Line Over AT in Virginia

• 2 Avalanche Fatalities in Wyoming
• 2 Skiers Emerge After Being "Missing" on PCT for 3 Days in Washington
• 3 Climbing Fatalities on Nagano Prefecture in Japan
• 4 Avalanche Fatalities in Italy/Slovakia Following Big Storm
• 4 Nights Injured in Griffith Park After Attempting to Visit Hollywood Sign
• 7 Die of Patagonia Hypothermia Deaths in Chile
• Avalanche Fatality at Europe's Most Dangerous Resort (Vallee Blanche in France)
• Avalanche Fatality at Trinity Mountain, Idaho
• Avalanche Fatality During Mountaineers Outting in Washington
• Brit Hikers Rescued After Sending "Resq Us @ 3000 FT ASAP" Text Message
• Climbing Fatality on Snowy Yosemite El Capitan Zodiac Route
• Climbing Fatality on Unseasonably Warm Mount Cook-Aoraki, New Zealand
• Falling Fatality Near Evergreen, Colorado
• Falling Fatality on Icy AT Near Brownville, Maine
• Fatality in Tillamook State Forest in Oregon
• Hiker Airlifted After Being Separated on Hawaii Trail and Mountain Club Hike
• Hiker Airlifted After Subzero Night on Grand Canyon's Hermit Trail
• Hunter Accidently Shoots AT Hiker on Trail Boss Section in Virginia
• Skiier Killed in Snowboarder Collision at Powerhorn Ski Resort in Colorado