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Second Quarter 2003 Headlines

June 30, 2003

Highpoint News

  • Sunrise Opens for Season on Rainier
  • Fatality on Chimney Pond Trail on Katahdin
  • Hikers Stranded in 60 mph Winds/-30 Temps on Emmens Glacier on Rainier
  • Teenagers Spend Night Lost Near Sylvan Lake in South Dakota

    • Destinations

  • Waterfalls of Arkansas, Missouri and Illinois
  • Climbing the Highest Points in Peninsular Florida Including Bok Sanctuary

    • Phenomenon

  • 25 Mountain Climbers Help Relight Eiffel Tower
  • Australian Miner Cuts Arm Off to Save Life
  • Late Season Snow Closes Beartooth Pass By Yellowstone

    • Technology

  • Locator Beacons Go On Sale in Vermont

    • Accidents/Rescues

  • Fatality in San Juan Wilderness in Colorado
  • Climbing Accident on Independence Monument in Colorado
  • Fatality in Sandias in New Mexico
  • 15 Rescued After 2 Nights Lost in Lizard Head Wilderness in Colorado
  • Hiker Survives Encounter With Yellowstone Grizzly
  • 3-Year-Old Spends Night Lost at Lassen
  • Geothermal Accident at Lassen in California
  • Hiker Airlifted Off Elephant Mountain on AT in Maine
  • 2 Drowning Fatalities on Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Trail
  • Hiker Airlifted From Vernal Falls in Yosemite
  • Hiker Airlifted After Falling on "Found Rope" in Tenaya Canyon in Yosemite
  • Fatal 100 Fall on South Rim Trail In Big Bend, Texas
  • Boy Bitten By Copperhead After Moving It With Bare Foot in Little River, Alabama
  • Fatal 800 Foot Fall on Middle Teton in Wyoming
  • Ted Keizer Climbs Southern Sixers in Record 4 Days, 23 hours, 28 minutes

    • June 20, 2003

    Highpoint News

  • Ted Keizer Seeking to Climb All South 6000 Foot Peaks This Week
  • $2 Parking Fee on Greylock
  • Yachting Race to Highpoints of Wales, England and Scotland
  • Seven-Year-Old Leads Suddenly Blinded Father Down Ben Nevis
  • Aron Ralston Sucked Into CBS's "Lynch for Pay" Scandal
  • Climber Airlifted After Successful McKinley Summit After Coming Down With AMS
  • Highpointers Club Newsletter Delivered to Post Office
  • Another Denali Headquarters Power Black Out

    • Crime

  • Accused Police Murderer Found Hiding on AT Near Delaware Water Gap in Pennsylvania

    • Everest

  • Dispute Over 10 Hour 56 Minute Everest Summit Claim

    • Phenomenon

  • Fire Temporarily Closes I-40 at Flagstaff as Arizona Burns Again
  • Cascades Snow Level at 3,500 Feet
  • Second Lightning Bolt Kills Climber on Steeple Peak, Wyoming
  • Restoration Begins on County Highpoint Destroyed By Lightning on Vicksburg Battlefield
  • Cloning World's Oldest Tree -- 4,708 Year Old Bristlecone Pine Near Bishop, California
  • Scouts Find Skull on Brandywine Trail in Cuyahoga Valley NP Ohio

    • Accidents/Rescues

  • 82-Year-Old Disoriented Hiker on Chimney Tops in Smokies Identified by Pacemaker
  • 2 Heat Fatalities in Gold Strike Canyon By Hoover Dam in Nevada
  • Drowning in Cave Near Carter Caves, Kentucky
  • 4 Fatalities As Helicopter Crashes Into Kilauea Lava Flow
  • Fataltiy at Lovers Leap Near Tahoe

    • June 13, 2003

    Highpoint News

  • Cheaha's Bald Rock Lodge To Be Reopened on June 20
  • Article on Hiking in Utah's Uintas
  • 4 Helicopter Rescues on Mount McKinley
  • Rocky Mountain News Says It Is Too Early to Climb Fourteeners
  • National Park Conservation Association Criticizes Rainier Administration
  • Highest Points in Russia Provinces
  • New Date (June 29) and Leader for Utah for Scattering of Jack's Ashes
  • Katahdin Lecture in NYC -- Tue. 26th June
  • NJ Monument to stay closed

    • Everest

  • Brit Walks Down Everest With Broken Leg
  • Brown University Prof Uses Handhelds to Study Speech Pattern Warnings at High Altitude
  • Ira Spring -- Author of Nearly 50 Northwest Hiking Books

    • Phenomenon

  • Colorado Resorts and Leadville Send Sewage to 11,000 Foot Composting Pile at Climax
  • New Mexico Renames U.S. 666 in Four Corners to US 491
  • Getting Acclimated on the Plane
  • Missouri Farmers Target Hikers With Canned Beef Product
  • NY Vet Succeeds Getting Name for "Mount POW/MIA" in Alaska's Chugach Range
  • Was It A Kat or Kitty Kat That Got the Columbia Point Name in Colorado?

    • Adventures

  • Ex-Marine carries fridge on 100-mile Mount Snowdon bid
  • Plans Proceed on American Discovery Trail Linking Atlantic and Pacific

    • Accidents/Rescues

  • Fatality at Roaring Brook Falls in Adirondacks
  • Boy Scout Leader Airlifted on Angel's Landing Trail in Zion After Heart Attack
  • Woman Rescued on Notch Trail In Badlands
  • Father/Day Rescued After 5 Days By Koyukuk River in Alaska
  • RMI Hiker Injured in Ice Fall on Ingraham Direct Route on Rainier
  • Mountain Lion Mauling Suspected in Missing Colorado Baby
  • Pilot Killed After Life Flight Helicopter Rescues Dehyrdated Woman on Utah's Mount Olympus
  • Hiker Carrying GPS Wanders 3 Days After Getting Lost Near Tahoe
  • Provo Outing Club Members Criticized After Rescue in Tetons
  • Climbing Fatality on Lower Cathedral Rock in Yosemite
  • Boy Scout Falls Into Fort Stanton Cave in New Mexico


    • June 1, 2003
    Highpoint News Destinations Everest Government Obituary Technology Accidents/Rescues

    May 23, 2003

    Highpoint News

  • New Summit Marker to Be Dedicated May 30 on Mount Magazine, Arkansas
  • Jack Longacre Memorials
  • Rhode Island Open Date - Sunday May 25, 2003
  • Spokane Union Gospel Mission Plans Rainier Expedition for Homeless

    • Adventures

  • Pen Hadow Concludes First Solo, Unaided Walk From North America to North Pole

    • Crime

  • Backpackers Busted with Half Ton of Pot in Organ Pipe Cactus Monument in Arizona

    • Destinations

  • Hikers Exchange Letters on Mailbox Peak Summit in Washington

    • Everest

  • Sherpa Pemba Dorjie Summits Everest in Record 12 Hours 45 Minutes
  • Jess Roskelley, age 20, Beats Ben Clark, age 23, for Youngest American on Everest
  • 70-Year-Old Yuichiro Miura Oldest to Summit Everest (and first father/son to jointly)
  • Chinese Broadcast First Live T.V. From Everest Summit
  • Climber Crawls 1.2 Miles With Broken Leg on Everest
  • Chinese Climber Says He Found Irvine's Body in 1960

    • Government

  • $8.7 Million Deal to Protect 1700 Acres of Upper Swan Valley, Montana
  • Knox County, TN, Plan for Its Highest Mountain -- House Mountain

    • Medical

  • Study: Both Ibuprofen and Acetaminophen Relieve Altitude Headaches

    • Phenomenon

  • Avalanche Hazard Keeps Tioga Pass and Glacier Point Closed Over Memorial Day at Yosemite
  • Yellowstone Shoots Grizzly Because He Was Fed By Visitors
  • Proposal to Replace "Wales Highest Slum" (according to Prince Charles) on Snowdon

    • Backcountry After 9/11

  • Pentagon Studies Identifying People By Their Gait
  • Ruidoso, NM, S&R Border Collie (present at Pentagon on 9/11) Needs Surgery

    • Accidents/Rescues

  • Utah Hiker Crushed After Pushing Friend to Safety
  • Helicopter Rescue Following Buffalo River, Arkansas, Cliff Fall
  • Hiker Dies of Rattlesnake Bite After Driving Self to Hospital in San Bernadino, California
  • Fatality on El Cracko Diablo Climbing Route on Devils Tower in Wyoming
  • Fourth Rescue in Month at Black Canyon, Colorado
  • South Carolina Woman Hikes at Night to Avoid Search Helicopters Following Accident
  • Detailed Plans Lead to Snoqualmie Rescue Following Freak Snowstorm
  • Rescue at Monte Sano in Alabama


    • May 15, 2003

    Highpoint News

  • Highpointers Club 2003-04 Board and Officers
  • Dothan, Alabama WTVY Story on Highpointers Club and Britton Hill


    • Access Issues

  • RMNP Hoping to Open Trail Ridge Road (highest in U.S.*) By Late May
  • Monadnock Plan Increases Parking By 100 -- Eliminates Overflow


    • Books

  • Cameron Burns (CO/CA 14'er Author) Publishes 16th Title at Age 37


    • Controversies

  • Washington Post Lambasts Nature Conservancy Corporate Dealings
  • Fired Climbing Magazine Editor Jonathan Thesenga Responds to False Joshua Tree Arson Charges

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    Crime

  • Woman Pushed From Look Rock Overlook on Foothills Parkway in Smokies

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    Destinations

  • TN Entrepreneur Proposes Sierra Club Style Camp Near Sequoia


    • Everest

  • Free Tibet Climbers Leap From Nelson's Column in London With Picture of Dalai Lama
  • Want to Climb Everest? $50,000 + 2 Weeks Training (no experience necessary)


    • Phenomenon

  • Backcountry Legend: Internet Rumors About Huge Alaska Grizzly


    • Backcountry After 9/11

  • Laura Bush Stumbles on Pronounciation of Piestewa in Arizona


    • Accidents/Rescues

  • British Fatality on Mount Baruntse is First for Himalayas for Season
  • Climber Breaks Pelvis on Zodiac El Capitan Route and Continues Rappell Through Waterfall
  • Climber Spends Night Stranded in Cruise Gully in Gunnison, Colorado



    • May 7, 2003
    Highpoint News Access Issues Backcountry After 9/11 Crime Everest Government Accidents/Rescues

    May 1, 2003
    Highpoint News
  • Tacoma News Tribune Article on 3:56 Rainier Roundtrip Question (Dan Howitt Wants it unofficial, unverified record)"
  • Rhode Island Attorney Files Charges in Assault of Jerimoth Visitors
  • Hidden Waterfall Prompts Tuckerman Ravine Avalanche Warning on Mount Washington
  • 939th Rescue Wing Reflects on 585 Rescues as It Is Reassigned From Hood


    • McKinley

  • McKinley Climbing Quota of 1,500/Year as Management Plan Comments End May 7

    • Rangers Installing Snow Anchors on Deanli Pass as McKinley Base Camp Opens

    Everest

  • Lorenzo Gariano Phones His Blog from Everest
  • NY Daily News Gives 4 Stars to National Geographic Everest Documentary


    • Crime

  • Climbing Mag Editor Jonathan Thesenga Fired Following Incident at Joshua Tree National Park
  • $22 Million Suit Claims Ranger Negligence in 2002 Haleakala Drowning
  • Great Sand Dunes Seeks $1 Million from Zapata Homeowners Association for 2000 Forest Fire


    • Strange Government

  • Georgia Senate Approves 3rd Flag in 2 Years
  • Kanisku, Coeur d'Alene and St. Joe National Forests Reappear on New Idaho Maps
  • Prescott NF Uses Goats to Clear Brush in Arizona
  • NH Bill Wants People to Quit Calling Mount Pierce By Earlier Mount Clinton Name


    • Other Park News

  • Concern Over 2003 Fire Season at Wasatch-Cache National Forest in Utah
  • Wilderness Proposals at Mountain Lake and Burkes Garden in Virginia
  • FS Disallows Smithsonian Telescope Cluster Near Sweat Lodge in Montosa Canyon on Mt Hopkin
  • Roxanne Quimby to Sell NC-Based Burt's Bees to Concentrate on Maine National Park


    • Medical

  • Outside Gear Guy Gives Raves to Superfeet Insoles
  • AMA Study on What Limits Long Distance Hikes (Injuries Big/Illness Not)


    • Obituaries

  • Felice Bryant -- Author of Tennessee State Song and Smokies Anthem "Rocky Top"


    • Phenomenon

  • Smokies Ban Collection of Spring Delicacy Ramps
  • 4th Eruption of World's Highest Steamboat Geyser in Year Raises Yellowstone Seismic Questions
  • Alabama 4.9 Quake Biggest "Recorded" In History
  • Police Escort 400/year Across Delaware Memorial Bridge because of Arcophobia
  • U.S. 5th Largest Meteor in Missouri (Part of Storm on 38th Parallel from IL to KS)
  • English to Gather at Black Country Highpoint For Welcome May Dance
  • Cambridge Prof Says Mount Sinai Was Mount Bedr Volcano in Saudi Arabia


    • Technology

  • AAC Library Now Searchable Online


    • Weather

  • 20 Inch Snow Pushes Sierra April Snow to Record Levels


    • Backcountry After 9/11

  • Shuttle Debris Believed Found Near Cedro Peak Campground in Sandias in New Mexico
  • Forest Service Cited on Patrolling, Guns, and Firefighting Tanker Security Issues


    • Accidents/Rescues

  • Lost Kodiak, Alaska, Hiker Spells "H-E-L-P" in Logs
  • Teen Dangles for Hour at Calvert Cliffs Park, Maryland
  • Fatal Fall Near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
  • Fatal Fall in Barron Canyon in Algonquin Park, Canada
  • Girl Injured in 80 Foot Plunge at High Shoal Falls, North Carolina
  • 6 Airlifted in Wai'anae Valley, Hawaii
  • Joshua Tree Hiker on 1.1 Mile Trail Rescued After 4 Days in Crevice
  • Elephant and Leopard Kill Poacher in Kruger National Park, South Africa
  • Glen Canyon Rescue of Hallucinating Hypothermic Hiker


    • April 24, 2003
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