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Monthly Archives: June 2005
Granite Thoughts from Harrison Fagg Who Climbed All Montana Peaks Above 12,000 Feet
The Billings Gazette interviewed 73-year-old Harrison Fagg who has summited Granite Peak 7 times and had 12 other unsuccessful attempts (and has climbed all Montana peaks above 12,000 feet.
Posted in Highpoint (States) News, Montana
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RCMP Hug A Tree And Survive Campaign
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police have put up a coloring book urging children to hug a tree to survive — in other words stay in one place until rescuers come.
Rescuers Wondering Why 11-Year-Old Brennan Hawkins Headed Uphill in Unitas
The four day search for 11-year-old Brennan Hawkins in the Unita Mountains has a lot of people scratching their heads.
Buzz Caverly To Retire After 46 Years at Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park Director Buzz Caverly plans to retire July 1 according to the Bangor News.
Posted in Highpoint (States) News, Maine
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Yosemite Camps Above 7,000 Will Not Open Because of Snow
The San Francisco Gate reports Yosemite will not open its popular camps above 7,000 this summer because of snow — 12 feet in places.
Posted in California
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Fall on Eighth Pitch of East Buttress on El Capitan
A climber survived a fall on the eight pitch of the East Buttress Route on El Capitan in Yosemite.
Posted in Accidents, California, Helicopter Rescues
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11 Injured in Lightning Strike at Old Faithful
11 visitors were injured in a lightning strike at Old Faithful in Yellowstone.
Tip Top, Mount Washington’s First Locomotive to Go on Display in Mount Vernon Beaverbrook Museum
The Union Leader reports “Tip Top” — the first Mount Washington locomotive — is to go on display at the Beaverbrook Museum in Mount Vernon.
Posted in Highpoint (States) News, New Hampshire
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Trio Plans Nude Hike Across Britain
The Daily Dispatch reports Stephen Gough, 46, the naked rambler who walked end to end in Britain in 2003/04 is planning a repeat performance but this time will be accompanied by 33-year-old girlfriend Melanie Roberts and a librarian who does … Continue reading
Posted in British Isles, Europe, Offbeat
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Peter Gruber and Thomas Brunauer Claim 9 Hour 50 Minute Roundtrip Kilimanjaro Record
Xinhuanet reports Austrians Peter Gruber and Thomas Brunauer claim to have a round Kilimanjaro record of 9 hours and 50 minutes.
Posted in 7 Summits, Africa, Highpoint News (world)
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Fatal Fall on Jasper’s Endless Chain Ridge
CBC reports Geronimo Dagang fell 1,000 feet from a rock face in Alberta’s Jasper National Park Endless Chain Ridge.
Posted in Accidents, Canada, Fatal, General, North America
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WV Fishermen Cut Short Trip After Bear Drinks Their Beer
The Charleston Daily Mail reports two West Virginia fishermen cut short their trip after a bear drank their Coors Light beer and ate their food.
Heavy Rains Close Blue Ridge Parkway by Mount Mitchell Again
The Asheville Citizen-Times reports heavy rains over the weekend closed the Mount Mitchell to NC 80 section of the Blue Ridge Parkway which had just reopened after hurricane damage from last year.
Posted in Highpoint (States) News, North Carolina
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Sean Burch Claims to Climb Kilimanjaro in Record 5 Hours 28 Minutes and 58 Seconds
The Guardian reports Sean Burch from Washington State climbed Kilimanjaro from Gate to summit in a record 5 hours 28 minutes and 58 seconds.
Posted in 7 Summits, Africa, Highpoint News (world)
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Firefighter Falls 1000 Feet Down Gibralter Chute on Rainier
The Seattle Times reports Mike Berry fell 1,000 feet at Gibralter Chute on Rainier.
Posted in Accidents, Fatal, Helicopter Rescues, Highpoint (States) News, Washington
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