September 30, 2003
Highpoint News
RMI
Fighting Expanded Rainier Guide Plan
Aron
Ralston Climbs Eagle Mountain on Duluth Advenutre Race Visit
R.I.
Open Access Date is Sunday October 12th, 2003
Denali
Volunteers Receive Interior "Take Pride in America" Award
New
Orleans Times-Picayune on Phil Gioia Jr.
Greg
Griffith First to Climb Highpoints of All National Parks
Alaska
Daily News Article on Dave Johnston Highpointing
Steam/Subsidence
on Fuji Following 8.0 Japanese Quake
14-Yearold
Bridger Root Summits All Colorado 14'ers at 14
Father
of Extreme Skiing Bill Briggs (first Rainier Descent) Honored in Utah
Adventures
Awards
for First Completers for Pennsylvania's 18 State Forest Trails (780 miles)
Deadline
for 2004 Hood to Coast Race is Oct. 22
Everest
Plans
to Carry Olympic Torch Over Everest in 2008
Nepal
Discounts Claim Yeti is a Bear
Offbeat
GM
Happy With Queer Eye Exposure Of Its Yukon XL Denali
Protests
Indians
Race to Protest Oberservatory on Arizona's Mount Graham
Purchases
California
in $150 Million Deal to Block $1 Billion Ahmanson Ranch Golf Course Development
Backcountry After 9/11
Anti
Pakistanti Graffiti Removed from Ben Nevis
Accidents/Rescues
Helicopter
Rescue of Unroped Climber on Washinton Column in North Dome Gully in Yosemite
Injured
Horse Airlifted in Angeles National Forest
Climbing
Wall Owner Charged With Manslaughter Following Fatal Missouri Accident
Brit
Climbers Use Camera Flashes to Flag Rescue Helicopter in Italy
Hiker
O.K. But 2 Dogs Get Helicopter Rescue in Arizona
Fatality
on Snow Creek Wall in North Cascades
7
Fatalities in Helicopter Crash Near Grand Canyon's Quartermaster Viewpoint
9
Fatalities in Panch Chuli Peak Avalanche in India/Tibet
Searchers
Hunting for Fatality in Scottish Cuillin Mountains Find 2nd Unidentified
Body
September 19, 2003
Highpoint News
Adventures
Phenomenon
Backcountry After 911
Accidents
September 8, 2003
Highpoint News
Rainier's
Northern Loop Trail Closed in Fire
ABC
Nightline Wins Emmy for Hood Tragedy Coverage
NOMAD's
Bike/Hike 7 New England Summits for Charity
New
Marker at Hawkeye Point, Iowa
Preferred
Commercial Services Plan Would Allow 3 Rainier Guide Services By 2005
North
Korea Building Tourist Center at Mount Paekdu
Highpoint Adventures
Massachusetts
College Resumes Tradition of Freshmen Welcoming Greylock Climb
Juneau
Empire News on Richard Schmitz Eastern Highpoint Trip
Paraplegic
Climbs Fuji and Elbert With $35K Scarab Climbing Apparatus
Woman
With Heart Transplant Summits Whitney/Kilimanjaro/Fuji/Matterhorn
Towering
feat: 2 Utahns scale state's 3 highest peaks in 13 hours
Segway
climbs to mountain's peak (Mt Washington)
Matt
Darrington's Record 5 Day 7 Hour 38 Minute Climb of all of Idaho's 12'ers
Books
Article
on Charlie and Diane Wingers' Sand Dunes Guide
Books
Rangers
Rank Most Dangerous National Parks
Everest
Brit
Marine Receives Humane Society Award for Everest Rescue
McKinley
16,000
Enter Lottery To Be One of 1,600 Allowed to Drive in Denali NP In September
Phenomenon
Dog
Sunglasses for Snowfields
Britain's
Largest National Park (Cairngorms) Opens With Ceremony on Highpoint
Kilauea
Reopens Following Hurricane Jimena
West
Puzzling Over 5th Major Lightning Storm of Summer (starting 200+ fires)
World's
Biggest Battery Unveiled to Provide Backup Power to Fairbanks, Alaska
Backcountry After 911
US
flag may be removed from Peak 1 near Frisco, CO
Accidents/Rescues
Rescue
at Horsetail Falls in California
Rescues
on Arrowhead Peak/Longs Peak/Mt Meeker in RMNP
Melting
Alps Continues to Reveal Bodies
Electrocution
Fatality While "Buildering" in Bellingham, Washington
2nd
Fatality in Month on Eurasia's Highest Volcano -Klyuchevskaya
Poacher
and Dogs Shot on Mount Kenya
Fatality
at Red River Gorge in Kentucky
Helicopter
Rescue on Silver Run Peak in Montana's Beartooths
Woman
Crawls Down Scotland's Aonach Eagach With Broken Leg To Help Father in
Fatal Fall
August 25, 2003
Highpoint News
Joe
Glickman NYT Article on Climbing Denali's "West Butt" and "Pig Hill"
Article
on Charlie and Diane Wingers' Sand Dunes Guide
Encountering
Highpointers on Frissell (which gets no respect)
Photo
Album of Highpointers Charles Mound Convention
Massachusetts
Firefighter Killed in Montana Forest Fire Ashes to Be Spread on Greylock
16,925
Steps Up Mount Washington
Jack
Longacre's Big Apple Adventure Begins With Blackout
R.I.
Open Access Date on Labor Day Sunday, August 31st
The
Highpoint Music Store As Writer Ponders Stealth Jerimoth Visit
Bad
Weather and Exhaustion Thwart Ted Keizer's Long Trail Attempt
Initiatives
Climber
Seeks Mount Kitadake Map Friendly For All Skill Levels in Japan
Climbers
Attempting to Buy Kentucky's Red River Gorge
Medical
Baecampmd.com
Says Viagra Promising Help for Altitude Sickness
Obese
More Likely to Get Acute Mountain Sickness
Offbeat
UK
Lawyer's Toe Frostbit From Air Conditioning in Jaguar During Europe Heat
Wave
Flap
Over Placement of Brower Climbing Globe Statue
Jay
Leno Whitney Joke
Japanese
Seek Yeti on 8000 Meter Dhaulagiri
New
Jersey Woman Elbows Bear for Escape on Wingdam Trail
Fire
40
Miles of PCT and Mount Jefferson & Washington Wilderness Closed in
Fire
Trivia
How
the Louisiana Purchase Township Grid Survey Began By 2 Gum Trees in Arkansas
Swamp
Brit
Hood Cousins Source of Names for Battle Cruiser Hood and the Mountain
Accidents
Unroped
Climber Airlifted at Yosemite's Glacier Point
Fatality
on Colorado Snowmass
Fatality
on Hawaii's Crounching Lion Trail
Fatality
on Passu Glacier Peak in Pakistan
Heart
Attack Fatality on Little Haystack in New Hampshire
3
Teens Drown at Split Rock Falls in Unsuccessful Attempt to Rescue 4th in
Adirondacks
Fatality
on Mountains to Sea Trail at Chesnut Cove Overlook in NC
Man
Hikes/Bikes/Drives Off North Sister After Being Stuck By Ice Ax
3rd
Helicopter Rescue on Zion's Angels Landing Trail This Year
Climber
Knocked Unconscious on Pingora Peak in Wind Rivers, Wyoming
August 11, 2003
Highpoint News
Open
Space Intitute Buys Hudson Headwaters and Historic Roosevelt Tawhaus Marcy
Property
Massachusetts
Gun Club Buy Permits Roadless Greylock Hikes from Lanesboro Visitor Center
Washington
Post story on Post Mill Days at Millinocket
Speed
Hiker Develops Ozone Induced Asthma in Smokies Awareness Run
Galen
Johnston Finishes All 50 at Age 12
Knight
Ridder Article on Convention and John Mitchler, Barb Gurtler and the Johnstons
Dubuque
Times Article on Highpointers Convention
Congrats
Frank Ashley Winners Nikki Hemphill and Chuck Bickes
Congratulations
Vin Hoeman Winner Jean Trousdale
North
Dakota Article on White Butte, the Van Daeles and Don Holmes
Vail
Daily News Article on Guadalupe
Adventures
Ted
Keizer Begins Long Trail Record Attempt
Summiting
Britain's Last Unclimbed Peak -- On the Isle of Skye
50th
Anniversary of "Belay" Accident on K2
Russians
Parachute Plans for 7000 Meter Lenin Peak in Kyrgyzstan
Nepal
Says 10 Hour 56 Minute Everest Record Stands
Government
Wisconsin
and Minnesota Wrestle Over Merits of Reintroducing Elk
Rules
Changes Considered to Relieve Mount Shasta Crowding
Proposal
to Rename Glen Canyon/Lake Powell
Initiatives
Design
Contest for Hut at Palisades Glacier in California
Backcountry Crime
2
Brit Hiker Fatalities in Arson Fires in South of France
Pipe
Bomb Found at White Sands in New Mexico
Registration
Boxes Vandalized at Holy Cross and Maroon Bells in Colorado
3
BASE Jumping Arrests in Yosemite
Eagle
Scout "Trail Clean Up" Results in Charges in Uintas as It Evolves Into
ATV Highway
Offbeat
Kentucky
Renames Daniel Boone Parkway To Honor Republican Rep. Hal Rogers
900
Mile Naked Walk Across Britain (arrested "only" 10 times)
Man
Using Gas to Start Potbellied Stove Fire Ignites Tent Cabin in Tetons
Accidents/Rescues
Authorities
Close Key Mont Blanc Access Following Rockfall Fatality As Europe Swelters
Fatality
in El Paso's Franklin Mountains in Texas
Fatality
on Catherine Pass in Utah
Climber
Airlifted From PCT on White Chuck Mountain in Washington
6-Year-Old
Burned in Constant Geyser Fall at Yellowstone
Helicopter
Rescue on Grand Canyon's South Kaibab Trail
Fatality
on Klyuchevskaya -- Highest Active Volcano on Eurasia
2
Colorado Lightning Fatalities on Pikes Peak and Sangre de Cristos
Fall
kills researcher tracking bighorn in Colorado
AAC's
Fay Hut in Canada's Kootenay Park Destroyed
Fatality
at St. Govan's Head in Britain
July 29, 2003
Highpoint News
100th
Anniversary of Baxter's "Discovery" of Katahdin
Campbell
Hill, Ohio, Open 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 3
Highpointers
Club Schedule of Events at Convention
Backcountry Crime
2
Arrested Following Rash of Car Clouts
$5,000
Fine After Pit Bull Attacks Sow Bear In Front of Cades Cove Crowd
Destinations
Mendenhall
Glacier Visitor Center Celebrates 40th Anniversary
Outside
Mag article on North Dakota
Barefoot
Pilgrimage to Croagh Patrick (where St. Patrick banished the Irish Snakes)
Laura
Bush Begins Hiking Vacation in the Olympics
Rotarians
to Climb Newly Named Mount Davidson By Banff in Canada
Blond
Indians/Crack Cave/Lost Tribe of Israel and Other Strange Midwest History
Forest Fires
Half
of Glacier National Park and Going to The Sun Road Closed in Fire
2
Brit Hiker Fatalities in Arson Fires in South of France
2
Fatalities in Arizona Firefighting Helicopter Crash
Firefighting
Helicopter Fatality on Colville Indian Reservation in Northeast Washington
2
Forest Firefighter Fatalities in Salmon-Challis NF
Phenomenon
Winds
Topple Kinzua Viaduct -- Once World's Tallest Bridge in Pennsylvania
Study
Shows Kansas Really Is Flatter Than Pancake
What's
the Name of Earth's Moon?
Webring News
Welcome
delmarva pix to webring!
Accidents/Rescues
Fatality
on Kau'au Crater on Oahu
Fatality
on School Rock at Donner Lake in California
Helicopter
Rescue Injured Outward Bounder on Mount Wolf in New Hampshire
German
Fatality on K2
Rockslide
Injures 3 Including Baby at Panorama Cliff in Yosemite
Accidents
Prompt Private Property Access Closure of Cliffs in Quebec's Gatineau Park
Fatality
at Wahclella Falls in Oregon
Call
From Boiled Peanut Truck Saves Woman Injured at Wild Cat Falls in South
Carolina
8
Fatalities in Alpamayo Mountain Avalanche in Peru
Fatal
100 Meter Fall on Mount Yarigatake in Japan
3
Injured in Rockfall on John Muir Trail in Yosemite
Fatality
on West Pillar of Eichorn Pinnacle route on Cathedral Peak in Yosemite
Little
Warning as Lightning Kills 1/Injures 5 on Grand Teton's Exum Ridge
July 20, 2003
Highpoint News
Highpointers Convention at Charles Mound News
Adventures
Books
Controversies
Phenomenon
Backcountry After 9/11
Accidents
July 12, 2003
Highpoint News
Everest
Adventures
Fire
Medical
Backcounty After 9/11
Other Summits
Records
Accidents
