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Category Archives: ***Top Stories***
Fund Raisers for Taum Sauk Superintendent’s Children Still in Critical Condition
Below is a summary of articles on the Taum Sauk dam disaster in the past week.
Taum Sauk Upper Reservoir Disaster
The Upper Reservoir at the Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Plant has been breached flooding the Black River and creating havoc and washing out roads and buildings downstream.
China Says Americans Were Wrong and Lops 12 Feet Off of Everest Height
China Daily reports that the latest estimate of the Everest’s height by China’s State Bureau of Surveying and Mapping is 29,017 feet. That’s about 12 feet less than the previous figure of 29,029 feet.
New Jerimoth Hill Rhode Island Owners Permit Access Every Weekend!
Highpointers.org reports Jeff & Debbie Mosley, the new owners of Jerimoth Hill, have dramatically changed the access rules — they are permitting highpointers to visit any weekend 52 weeks a year!
New Design for Mount Mitchell Tower
North Carolina has unveiled the design for the Mount Mitchell Sumit Tower.
Record 1,333 Climbers Attempt McKinley in 2005
The Anchorage Daily News reports that a record 1,333 attempted McKinley in 2005.
Posted in ***Top Stories***, 7 Summits, Alaska, Highpoint (States) News, Highpoint News (world)
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Report: Everest Eurocopter Landing Was Hoax
Everestnews is reporting that the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal has said the pilot of the Eurocopter has told them that he did not actually land on the Everest summit on May 14 and 15 as widely publicized but rather … Continue reading →
Posted in ***Top Stories***, 7 Summits, Controversies, Everest, Helicopter Rescues, Highpoint News (world), Urban Legends
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Photos of Eurocopter Landing on Everest
Eurocopter has released a gallery showing the landing of its Ecureuil/AStar AS 350 B3 helicopter piloted by Didier Delsalle on Mount Everest on May 14 and May 15.
Posted in ***Top Stories***, 7 Summits, Asia, Everest, Helicopter Rescues, Highpoint News (world)
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Eurocopter Lands Twice on Everest Summit
Everestnews reports a serial Ecureuil/AStar AS 350 B3 helicopter piloted by Didier Delsalle landed on the top of Mount Everest on May 14 and May 15!
Posted in ***Top Stories***, 7 Summits, Asia, Everest, Highpoint News (world), Technology
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RMI Braces for Guide Layoffs With New Rainier Quotas and Competing Guide Services in 2006
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports RMI is bracing for guide layoffs as the National Park Service plans to divide guided services among three mountaineering companies in 2006 and climber quota go into effect.
Peak on Appennines Highest Massif in Italy to Be Named “John Paul’s Peak”
Various news sources report that a peak on the Gran Sasso is to be named “John Paul’s Peak” on May 18 — the Pope’s 85th birthday. The Gran Sasso is the highest massif in the Appennines range which runs along … Continue reading →
Is New Mexico Going to Sue to Take Guadalupe Peak From Texas?
New Mexico may be in the process of suing to take Guadalupe Peak back from Texas. The New Mexico Senate voted 33-0 to sue Texas for return of 603,485 acres of land three miles east of its current border to … Continue reading →
Poles Upset Over Plan to Give Native Name Targangil to Australia’s Mount Kosciuszko
News.com.au reports that Poles are concerned over a proposal by New South Wales, Australia, to give the country’s highest point a native name. Officials said Mount Kosciuszko would still be the dominant name for the peak even if they add … Continue reading →
$26.5MM Suit After Black Mountain Boulder Kills Toddler
The Washington Post reports Dennis and Cindy Davidson have filed a $26.5MM suit against the mining operators after a boulder fell from Black Mountain and killed their toddler Jeremy in their home in Appalachia, Virginia. The article there is increasing … Continue reading →
Merrill Sterler, Gracious Owner of Hawkeye Point (1930-2004)
Merrill Sterler, owner of the Iowa highpoint and one of the kindest men on the planet, has passed. Below is his obituary from basinelectic.com. You can read an interview Roger Rowlett conducted with the Sterlers in August 2003. You can … Continue reading →