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Fourth Quarter 2004 News
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November 22, 2004

Highpoint News

• Open Access Dates for 2005 -Rhode Island and Illinois
• Bismarck Tribune Editorial Praies Dennis Purchase of White Butte
• Government Camp Becoming Chic
• Highpoint Calendars Available at Merc

Highpoint Accidents

• Naval Mechanic Gets Award for July Katahdin Rescue
• Fatality Near Carter Falls at Mount Rainier NP

Everest

• Hartford Courant Expose on Wife Beating and Porn at Everest Base Camp

Accidents

• Fatal Ice Climbing Fall at Yoho National Park in Canada
• SC Hiker Fatality After Abandons Group in Jones Gap State Park
• Rescue of Climber in Maryland Heights at Harpers Ferry

November 11, 2004

Highpointers Club

• AP Interview with Don Holmes on Dennis Purchase of White Butte
• Smoky Mountain News on Sherman Stambaugh and 2006 Highpointers Convention
• Last Open Access Date for Rhode Island on Saturday Nov. 13
• 2005 Highpointers Calendars Now Available

Highpoint News

• Swarm Quakes on Rainier
• Mt. Washington Prepares Cog Railway Ski Trains
• First Recorded Ascents Discussion

Commerce

• International Paper Sells 5% of Maine to GMO Renewable Resouces

Crime

• Police Puzzled Over Knifing of Hiker Near Red Rocks in Colorado

Dogs

• Swiss Monks Sell Last of St. Bernard Dogs

Film

• 1967 Restored Film About Descent Following Accident Wins Banff Top Prize

Adventures

• Bosox on Greylock

Accidents/Rescues

• Special Train Used to Recover Body on Snowdon
• Group Flags Rescuers With Flash Cameras on Snowdon
• Hiker missing since Oct. 30 on Mount Baldy, highest point of Los Angeles County
• ThinkSafe Program Notes Fewer Rescues This Year in NH
• Fatality on Sandy Headwall Route on Mount Hood
• Man Strangled By Own Climbing Gear in Colorado
• Climber Falls 60 Feet on Crowders Mountain, NC
• 2 Avalanche Fatalities on Sphinx Mountain in Montana

October 31, 2004

Highpointers Club

• 2005 Highpoint Calendars Available at Merc
• Charlestown WV Profile of 50-Completer Frank Buffum
• Highpointers in Subaru Magazine "Drive"

Highpoints in News

• New Hampshire Prof Blames Global Warming for Fifth Bad Year of Fall Color
• Sacramento Bee Article on Missing Summit Registers
• Atlanta Constitution Article on Georgia's Second Highest Peak
• New York Times Full Page Spread on Frissell, Tri-State Marker and the Taconic Trail
• National Geographic Channel Recreation of 2002 Hood Disaster on T.V.

Highpoint Accidents

• Avalanche Fatality on Ingraham Glacier on Rainier
• Fatality on Palmer Snowfield on Hood

Highpoint Adventures

• Ginge Fullen Awaits Col. Gadaffi's Son Help in Climbing Last African Highpoint -- Libya

Lists

• Highest Paved Road Discussion in County Highpointers

Obituary

• Greg Ball - Founder of Maintenance Program for Washington Trails Association

Offbeat

• Mount Elbert Vodka: Colorado Spring Water Distilled in California
• Jet Drops 25-Pound Practice Bomb on Trail Near Fort Indiantown Gap, Pennsylvania
• Vote: AT Thru Hike or Get Breasts Enhanced

Accidents/Rescues

• Helicopter Rescue Ib Waipi'o Trail In Hawaii
• Climber Who Found Alps 5,300 Year Old Ice Man Dies in Same Range
• Tourist Killed by Lightning Above Machu Picchu in Peru
• Two climbers die in early-season blizzard on El Capitan
• 2 Japanese Fatalities in Annapurna Avalanche
• Climber Killed After Jumping Off Otter Cliffs into Ocean at Arcadia to Rescue Shoe
• Fatality in No Climb Area of Boulder Falls

September 21, 2004

Highpoint Personalities

• Congratulations Newlyweds John Mitchler and Kathy Dalsaso
• Talkeetna Considering Renaming Airport for Bush Pilot Don Sheldon
• 3-D Magazine Honors Katahdin Photog Paul Knaut for View-Master Work

Highpoints in the News

• New York Times Full Page Spread on Frissell, Tri-State Marker and the Taconic Trail
• Lynn Arave DeseretNews Report on September Elbert Climb

Highpoint Accidents

• Climber Injured at Crater Rock on Hood
• Man Rescued After Climbing Out of 15 Foot Crevasse on Hood
• Poorly Equipped Army Unit Rescued in Knapsack Pass at Rainier

Highpoint Movies

• Meatheads Film Epoch Features Jackass Style Winter Trips to Northeast Peaks

Backcountry After 9/11

• Jordanian Helicopter Evacuates 2 Israeli Climber on Wadi Ram

Adventures

• Nate Oliver and Sarah Jones Nearing First Completers of West Coast Trail

Animals

• Pekinese Dog Saves Romanian Shepherd From Bear
• Elk Gores Visitor By Terrace Grill in Yellowstone

Debates

• How Much Elevation Have You Gained in a Year?
• Ed Viesturs Criticizes ""Serial Summit Disorder"" Peakbagging
• Debate Over Flipping the Photo on Aron Ralston's Website
• Mauna Kea Time Lapse Doctoring on NOVA Origins Program

• GetBeta.com Photo Contest
• Wild Country Carabiner Recall

Obituaries

• Pete Schoening -- Famed for 1953 "The Belay" Rescue on K2 (and club member)
• Richard Dick Harding Davis - "Duke Kahanamoku of Hiking on Oahu"

Offbeat

• Harvest Moon's Odd Behavior

Webring

• Welcome Fireman Buzz to Webring

Accidents/Rescues

• Fatal Fall on Dawn Falls Waterfall Trail on Mount Tamalpais
• 25 Rescued During Filming of ""Survivor"" Style Show on Mount Washington in Canada
• Father and Son Fatalities While Climbing Alps Thirteeners (66 fatalities in Alps this season)
• 2 Airlifted Over Medicine Bow Peak in Wyoming After Saying Guidebook Was Wrong
• 2 Rescued on White Horse Ledge in New Hampshire
• Helicopter Rescue on Mount Adams
• Arrowhead Hotshot Crewmember Killed During Prescribed Burn at Kings Canyon
• Helicopter Rescue on Mount Jefferson