Hiking Nevada’s County High Points
March 29th, 2010
Andy Martin at the cohp group notes the arrival of Hiking Nevada’s County High Points
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Talkeetna-base camp pilot Cliff Hudson has died.
March 20th, 2010Alaska Dispatch reports Talkeetna-base camp pilot Cliff Hudson has died.
John Mitchler Acceptance Speech Video
November 12th, 2009A video of John Mitchler accepting the Jakk Longacre Award at the New Jersey 2009 convention has been added.
Autographed Ed Hillary Book Up for Auction
November 12th, 2009
The Highpointers Foundation is auctioning off a signed autobiography by Edmund Hillary. Deadline is Friday, Dec. 18.
americasroof.com is back!
November 12th, 2009americasroof.com which has been down for more than a year because of a denial of service attack is back.
Ameren Documentary on Taum Sauk Collapse Stirs Controversy
September 30th, 2007The St. Louis Post-Dispatch and other newspapers are being surprised by Ameren’s P.R. push following the Taum Sauk disaster with the airing of “A New Beginning: Johnson’s Shut-ins State Park”
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Summiting Highpoints in the Nude
September 30th, 2007The Guardian in an article by nude hiker Hank Wangford reports that Nepal is moving to ban nude summiting Everest after a climber stripped on the summit in 2006.
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March of Dimes Monument Moved From Mount Mansfield Nose
September 30th, 2007The Burlington Free Press has an article on the moving of the March of Dimes monument from the Nose of Mount Mansfield to a more visible location at Mayo Farm in the village of Stowe.
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Road to Mount Greylock Closed Until 2009
September 30th, 2007The road to Mount Greylock is closed and scheduled to reopen in 2009. You can get updates on the official site which notes:
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Change in Kentucky Waiver Address
September 30th, 2007The State of Kentucky has taken over the Kentucky Coal Museum in Benham which is where waivers to climb Black Mountain had been housed and the state of Kentucky does not want to handle them. You now must mail the waiver directly to the Penn-Virginia Coal Company.
Waivers are required because the highpoint is on private property and there is coal mining operations in the area.
The release is available at:
http://americasroof.com/ky-release.html
Youtube Video of White Butte Rattlesnakes
September 30th, 2007Mark Kalinowski has a remark youtube video showing the rattlesnakes on White Butte.
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40th Anniversary of Fatal Crash on Mount Washington Cog Railway
September 15th, 2007The Associated Press via Newsday has a story on the 40th anniversary of a crash on the Mount Washington cog railway which killed 8 and injured at least 70.
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Rainier’s Highway 123 Scheduled to Reopen Sept. 28
September 15th, 2007The News Tribune reports that Highway 123 on the east side of Rainier between Paradise and Sunrise could be open by Sept. 28.
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New Highpointing Book: A Walk Across the Top of America
September 15th, 2007
The Winston-Salem JounralNow reports on Douglas Butler’s highpointing book A Walk Across the Top of America.
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Governors of Maine and New Brunswick Agree to Climb Each Others Highpoints
September 5th, 2007The governors of Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, have agreed to climb each other’s highpoints in 2008 according to Mainteoday.
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