March 20, 2004

Highpoint News

• Ground To Be Broken in April for New Mount Mansfield Complex in Vermont
• Navy to Pull Brunswick Helicopters Used in Baxter Rescues in Maine
• Grand Forks Herald Support of Public Ownership of White Butte, North Dakota
• March 2004 Outside Magazine on Midwest Highpoints Now Available Online
• Highpoint Adventures available as e-Book
• Ski Magazine on the Joys of Unregulated Skiing at "Suckerman's" aka Tucks in New Hampshire
• Inaugural Run Mount Washington Cog Railway Ski Train in New Hampshire

americasroof and highpointers site news

• 48 and 50 Completer Tables Updated
• Trip Reports Overhauled

Everest

• China Plans Highest Weather Station at 17,490 Feet on Everest

Access

• 39 Mile Detour of Flood Ravaged PCT in Washington
• Sabino Canyon in Arizona Closed Until Mountain Lions Eradicated

Destinations

• Northwest Rents Fire Towers for $30/Night

Obituary

• Grace Hudowalski, Former President of 46'er Club

Offbeat

• Singer Jessica Simpson Compliments Interior Secretary Gale Norton on Decorating White House
• Denali Tour Buses To Show Outside Animals on Inside Video Screens
• Harry Truman vs. Spirit for Name of New Mount Saint Helens Glacier

Technology

• Court Orders Interior Websites Shut Down Again

Accidents

• Fatal Fall on Casaval Ridge on Mount Shasta
• Fatal Fall at Montezuma Castle National Monument in Arizona
• Fatal Fall in Cederberg Mountains in South Africa
• 2 Rescued on Snowdonia
• Hong Kong Climber Survives After Eating Squirrel
• Fatality at Lewis and Clark State Park in Oregon
• Technical Rescue of 3 Juveniles Near Thurston Lava Tube in Hawaii
• Stranded for Two Nights on Makiki Trail in Oahu
• Helicopter Rescue After Night Stranded on Mount Olympus, Utah
• Two teens critically hurt after falling 100 feet while hiking on Phoenix's South Mountain

March 8, 2004 Backcountry Culture

• Schwarzenegger Reappoints Clint Eastwood to California Park and Recreation Commission
• Christopher Reeves Narrates Greylock Glen Movie
• Opera Singer Dorothy Cole Who Serenaded the Whittakers Rappelling from Paradise Roof
• Show of 1800's Bierstadt Paintings of Northwest Before He Ever Visited

Everest

• Oldest Everest Mountaineer Skiis With His Dad on His 100th Birthday Skiing at Snowbird, Utah
• Vern Tejas Seeks to Break Own Record of 7 Summits TWICE in 370 Days

Access Updates

• Olympics Hurricane Ridge Road Closed in April
• Devils Tower Closed to Climbers During Praire Falcon Nesting Season

History

• Sequoia To Be Named for Charles Young -- First Black NPS Superintendent (Sequoia)
• Hank Lewis, Organizer of Mount Hood Ski Patrol Reflects on History at Age 91

Offbeat

• Moose Stomps Snowshoer
• World's Biggest Climbing Wall Bankrupt Just After Opening

Personnel Moves

• Northeast Region Head Dale Ditmanson Named Head of Smokies

Doing It Fast

• Climbing all five Vermont 4,000 footers in One Winter day
• Tim Seaver's 41 Mile, 19 Hour Winter Hut Traverse in New Hampshire
• Will Harlan Wins Second 40 Mile Mt. Mitchell Challenge in 5:04:53

Backcountry After 9/11

• Trial Over Whether Pakistan Camp Was Hiking or Terrorist Training

Accidents/Rescues

• Fatality in Same Washington Climbing Area That Killed Goran Kropp
• Fatality on Great Gulf Trail on Mount Washington
• Camelback Hiker Dies After Being Swarmed By Bees in Arizona
• Russian Blast 9 Avalanches Following Record Snow in Elbrus Region
• 2 Lake District, England Fatalities on Raven Crag and Striding Edge
• ADN Tips on Frostbite (never thaw in the field if might refreeze)
• Fatality on Upper Linda Glacier on Mount Cook
• Avalanche Fatality After 4,000 Foot Fall on Glacier Peak in Alaska
• Arizona State University economics professor dies while skiiing in Colorado
• Avalanche Fatality Near Palandoken Mountain in Turkey
• Woman dies on hike in Superstition Mountains of Arizona
• Seattle Times Article on Spending Night in December 2003 Artist Point (Mt. Baker) Avalanche
• Four climbers hit by avalanche north of Silverton , Colorado

February 23, 2004

Highpoint News

• Joe Glickman Humphreys Article on Feb. 22
• March 2004 Outside Magazine on Highpointing In Midwest
• Litter Problems at Indiana Highpoint
• Brits Try to Deal With Three Peaks Challenge Which Attracted 29,000 in 2003
• Highpoint Pictures Sought for Landmark Stickers Project
• Forbes Magazine on Guides "Recognizing" Wrong Summits on Rainier/Kilimanjaro/Orizaba
• Rainier Rescue Ranger Mike Gauthier Named 4th Toughest Guy in U.S. By Mensjounral
• Forest Service considering yanking toilets off the Mount Whitney trail

Outlook

• 2004 Fire Outlook: Southwest Only Area Definitely "Above Normal"

Controversy

• South Africa Controversy Over Off Trail Guide on Table Mountain

Accidents/Rescues

• Bodies of 2 of 6 Missing Snowboarders Found Near Elbrus
• Helicopter Rescue on Flag Pole/Echo Peak Ridge in Sierras
• 3 Northwest ice climbers killed by avalanche
• 600 Foot Fall Down Five Finger Gully on Ben Nevis
• 2nd Snowboarder Fatality at Mount Hood Meadows
• 60 Foot Ice Climbing Fall Near Purgatory, Colorado

February 9, 2004

Highpoint News

• Groundbreaking Ceremonies for Realignment of Saddle Road in Hawaii
• New Low Impact Greylock Glen Includes No Tram
• $15+ Million Plan for Tacoma to Rainier Train Stalls
• Upgrades on "Glitter Gulch" Approach to Denali NP
• Golden Retriever Summits Aconcagua
• 1997 Tale of Driving Land Rover Up Elbrus
• Arkansas Highpoint Closed During Week of Feb. 8
• Anchorage Daily News on Surviving McKinley
• Madison Capital Times Quotes John Mitchler on Highest Hill/Lowest Mountain
• February Closures of Cades Cove Loop in Smokies
• Lance Armstrong To Participate in April Brasstown Bald Bike Race
• Rush Limbaugh Takes Edwards to Task for "Common Man" Kilimanjaro Claim
• Gannett Peak - Best Route
• Acquittal in Buried Babies at Baxter Case (conviction of misdemeanor assault and battery)
• International Mountain Museum Opens in Nepal
• Aron Ralston Shows Off Artificial "Climbing Arm" at Convention in Nevada
• Most Complete Highpoint Lists in Summer

Adventures

• SNL Stagehand Sees Atlantic Reflection from Mount Washington
• Berkshire Eagle Piece on the Joys of Visitng Mount Everett from Mount Washington (MA)
• Capt. Kangaroo's Grandson Seek To Be Youngest 7 Summiter (22)

You Were Warned

• Hikers Ignoring Blast Warnings at Hoover Dam Bypass Project
• 2 Arrested Attempting to Scale Waterfall in FDR Memorial in Washington, DC

Cold Weather

• Yakutsk, Siberia, (-90F) to Mt. Washington: WIMPS!

Controversy

• Charges Fly on Record Authenticity As 3 Claim to Visit South Pole in Under 44 Days
• Debate Over Airlifting Primitive Shelters Into Olympic National Park
• Flightseeing Helicopter Stops Planned in Wilderness in Denali State Park

Crime

• Prosecutors Seek To Dismiss Case in 1996 Shenenadoah Case

Technology

• First Named Rock on Mars Called Adirondack
• NASA Releases SRTM for Eurasia (including Everest/Elbrus, etc)
• Nokia Introduces Compass/Flash Light/GPS Phone

Offbeat

• Controversy as Brit Magazine Trail Posts Compass Heading Sending Folks Off Ben Nevis Cliff
• Swaziland Letter to Editor Says King Should Climb Highest Point to Look for Weeds
• Group Seeks to Lay Claim to Gay Mountaineer Altitutde Record
• Steve Gough Finishes His Naked Walk Across U.K. in Near Freezing Temps
• Patriots Nose Tackle Nicknamed "Mount Washington"

Urban

• Empire State Building Climbed in 10:37 in Annual Climb

Accidents/Rescues

• Hypothermia Fatality at Bowen Ranch in San Bernardino Mountains
• Fatality on Upper Linda Glacier on Mount Cook
• 3 Fatalities in Air Ambulance Crash on Mauna Kea
• McKinley Climber Killed in Freak Accident at USFS Office
• Helicopter Rescue on Mount Webster, New Hampshire
• Ice Climber Rescued on Frankenstein Cliff in New Hampshire
• Fatality on Vivian Creek Trail in San Bernadino Mountains
• Helicopter Rescue After 6 Stranded on Ben Nevis
• Helicopter Rescue Following Fall in Glen Canyon
• Naked Man Suffering From Hypothermia Rescued in Shenandoah National Park
• Fatality in Yale Gully Area on Mount Wahington
• Out of Bounds Snowboard Fatality at Crystal Mountain, Washington

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January 21, 2004

Highpointers Club News

• Your Opinion: pick another date for RI Open Access
• Glickman Article on $35,000 Spent Highpointing in 150 Days Starting in Texas
• AP Article on North Dakota Without Angeline VanDaele
• Happy Birthday Jack Longacre, John Mitchler, Dave Covill, Diane Winger
• highpontphotos.com coordinating photo drive for calendar in 2005
• 50 State Completer Jeffrey Rand Becomes 18th Person to Visit All 3,144 Counties

Highpoint News

• Article on Charms of Timberline Lodge
• Drama Involving Wilkeson Arch (destroyed by 2001 quake) on Route 165 to Rainier
• Hawaii's 5 Year Drought Breaks With 65 mph Mauna Kea Winds and Big Snows
• Most Famous to climb the State High Points
• NYC's WABC-TV Weatherman Stranded on Mt. Washington in 110 Mile Winds
• Record 300+ Brave Cold for Last Baxter New Years Reservation Ritual
• SUV's Named for Highpoints
• Thesis: Soviet Union Breakup Cleared Haze at Denali (but returning now)
• Update: USGS Names Colorado's Pacific Tarn Highest Lake in U.S.
• Weather stats for mountain-top locations. Mt Washington-Mt. Lovenia-Mt. Rainier
• Mt. Washington Hits -45F/-102 Windchill But Misses All Time Record Low of -47
• Australia State Highpoints List
• 2 Books on 10th Mountain Division's WWII Training on Rainier

americasroof site news

• NASA consulted americasroof for anaglyph information for Mars Mission

Business

• Denali Wilderness Lodge Closes
• Eddie Bauer Closing 29 Stores
• McKinley Village Gets DSL But Not Indoor Plumbing

Controversy

• 2004 National Park Conservation Association List of Most Endangered Parks
• Charges Fly on Record Authenticity As 3 Claim to Visit South Pole in Under 44 Days
• Creationist Grand Canyon Book Sells Out and Stirs Controversy

Movies

• Touching the Void Hopes to Avoid the Trap Only Good Climbing Movie Was "Eiger Sanction"

Obituaries

• Everest Legend (and former Diana Ross husband) Arne Naess
• Mount Monadnock Ranger Kenneth Holmes
• Pack Designer Asher I. "Dick" Kelty

Offbeat

• Will Paris Hilton Climb Mount Magazine? (less than 22 miles away)
• New Jersey Sinks to -28 Foot Low in Meadowlands By Giants Stadium
• Minnesota's Jap Lake Renamed (but not for reasons you might expect)
• Moose Licking Salty Cars at Trail Heads in Colorado
• Snow Boarding and Rock Climbing Action Dolls
• You know you're from Upstate NY
• International Falls/Embarrass/Tower, Minnesota, and other Cities Battle for Coldest in Lower 48

Dogs

• NYC Considers Renaming Pit Bulls "New Yorkies"
• Skijoring With Your Poodle

Personalities

• Teton Lightening Rescuer Named Helicopter Association's Pilot of the Year
• Summit Daily News Profile of Fourteener World Guru Steven Hoffmeyer

Records

• New Hampshire 4000 Footers Climbed in Record 10 days, 22 hours and 37 Minutes

Urban

• Boston Cool to Proposal For Mt. Washington Style Monument on Big Dig

Accidents/Rescues

• 4 Motor/1 Falling/1 Plane Fatality in Smokies in 2003
• Airlifted After Bushwhacking on New Hampshire's Loon Mountain
• Avalanche Fatality at Selkirk Lodge in British Columbia
• Avalanche kills Washington couple in cabin at Idaho ski resort
• Body of Apparent Mountain Lion Victim Found Following Attacks in Orange County, California
• Fatal 400 Foot Fall at Mill Creek Jumpoff in San Bernardino Mountains in California
• Fatal Fall at Conkles Holloww State Nature Preserve in Ohio
• Golden Retriever Stays By Drowning Victim at Okanogan/Columbia River
• Fatalitiy of Mount Baldy, California, Hiker
• Helicopter Rescue in Los Penasquitos Canyon in San Diego
• Hunter killed near Sullivan (NH) CoHP
• Nine snowboarders rescued from blinding snowstorm in Wasatch Mountains of Utah
• Skiier Miraculously Survives Four Nights Out of Bounds Near Snoqualmie Pass, Washington
• Sprained Ankle After Falling 600 Feet on Goat Path in Cairngorms, Scotland

January 4, 2004

U.S. Highpoint News

• 42 Inch Snow at Timberline Pushes Hood Snowpack to 110% of Normal
• NM Plans New Angel Fire State Park on East Side of Wheeler

World Highpont News

• Mother and 2 Children Fatalities in Tent on Thailand's Highest Point
• L130,000 Spent on 15 Airlifts Around Ben Nevis in Last 10 Days
• Australian Airlifted Off Mount Cook After Fall Off Mueller Ridge
• Group of 9 Unprepared Climbers Airlifted Off Mount Cook
• Rescued After 4 Days in Australia's Snowy Mountains
• Canadians Face Hazards Maintaining Radio on Bosnia Summit Gos Peak
• Court Rules Pulmonary Edema on Kilimanjaro Was "Accident" and Not Voluntary Risk
• Attempt to Rename K2 Mount Godwin-Austen Fails

Urban Highpoint News

• What Was The World's Tallest Building Before Eiffle Tower?

Aron Ralston News

• Comedy Channel's Man Show Parody
• Aron Named Top News Story in Grand Junction, Colorado
• ESPN Column on Year End Highlights Includes Aron

Good Guys

• Hawaii Volcanoes Supt. Jim Martin Retires

Parks

• Katahdin Paper to Reopen Millinocket Mill By Fall 2004
• Colorado's Nuclear Rocky Flats to Open to Hikers in 2006
• California Eyes Corporate Park Sponsorship as Gate Charges Double (or more)
• Smoky's Bear Population Grows to 1,350

Phenomenon/Offbeat

• Life on Idaho's Christmas Mountain
• Canada's Southern Point is Further South Than 27 U.S. States (including California)
• 2.1 Caret "Fried Chicken Stone" Found at Crater of Diamonds in Arkansas
• Brasstown (NC) Celebrates With The Dropping of the Possum
• Saturn Closest in 30 Years
• Blame Global Warming: No Leap Second for 5th Straight Year
• Oregon Seeking to Avoid "Missouri Fiasco" Submits Concepts for Quarter
• Have You Seen the Brocken Spectre on a Peak?

Accidents/Rescues

• 4 Day Search Called Off For Hiker in Lost Creek Falls in Montana
• Fatality on New Zealand's Mount Aspiring
• 4 Fatalities in Avalanche on New Zealand's Mt. Tasman
• Three men lost in Utah avalanche near Sundance
• 9 Snowmobilers Fall Through Ice at Clough State Park