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Highpointers e-news
September 2nd, 2010Registration Deadline September 10 for 2010 Highpointers Convention Oct. 7-9 in Mississippi
August 31st, 2010
Registration has started for the 2010 Highpointers Club Annual Convention It will be Held October 7th – 9th Highlighting the Mississippi Highpoint on Woodall Mountain. Read the rest of this entry »
Member Larry Floyd Writes Book on Oklahoma Trails
August 29th, 2010
Highpointer Larry Floyd and his friend and Kent Frates have written a book on hiking trails in Oklahoma. The book lists 58 trailheads. Their favorite hike is Black Mesa with Charons Garden in the Wichita Mountains a close second.
127 Hours – Movie About Member Aron Ralston To Premiere Oct. 28
August 14th, 2010
127 Hours, a film by Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle, is scheduled to premiere Oct. 10 at the 54th BFI London Film Festival depicts Aron Ralston’s 2003 ordeal in Blue John Canyon near Moab, Utah, in which he freed himself by cutting his arm off.
The London premiere will be the last movie of the festival — the festival most prestigious position and where Slumdog premiered. James Franco is portraying Ralston.
Ralston was a club member at the time and went on to complete all 50 states.
United Airlines Article on Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum
August 12th, 2010
United Airlines Hempisheres Inflight in an article headlined “Three Perfect Days: Denver” pays tribute to the Bradford Washburn American Mountaineering Museum in Golden which it says “home of the world’s largest alpinist library. Guide Dave Turk has a story for every item in the museum, including the ice pick that saved five men from plummeting off of K2.” The museum features a Highpointers exhibit among its other cool features.
2010-2011 Highpointers Board of Directors
August 12th, 2010The 2010-2011 Highpointers Board of Directors have been selected and elected officers:
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Highpointers e-news of August 12, 2010
August 12th, 2010The August 12 issue of the Highpointers e-news is available here.
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Signed Copy of Reinhold Messner’s All Fourteen 8000ers in Silent Auction for Highpointers Foundation
August 5th, 2010
The Highpointers Foundation has a signed copy of “Reinhold Messner –
All Fourteen 8000ers” for sale in its silent auction to raise money for the Foundation’s highpointing good works. You can bid on the book through October 8th, 2010 4:00 PM MDT.
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July 31st, 2010
Highpointers e-news of July 28, 2010
July 29th, 2010Membership guy Craig Noland’s e-news is out. You can read it here.
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