Outdoor News Sources;
Poll Results and Webring Additions
News
The amount of outdoor news
available on the Internet seems to grow in leaps and bounds. I have
set up several pages that now cull sources daily from more than 1,800 sources
on outdoor recreation, hiking, climbing, mountain, avalanche, biking, kayaking
and Mount Everest.
This is available at americasroof.com.
I look at the feeds each day and post daily highlights to the Highpointer
Forum at: And for good measure I also send out a weekly e-newsletter
with weekly highlights. You can subscribe to it by sending a message
to americasroof-subsubscribe@listbot.com
Polls
Last issue we highlighted some
highpointer poll results.
These polls of course are straw
polls and not scientific but they can be interesting:
Highpointers are split almost
50-50 on the question of whether the Eric Simonson should proceed with
the quest to find
the body of Andy Irvine who accompanied Mallory on the ill-fated 1924
expedition. There is a lot of interest on whether the camera can
be found that would prove that Everest 30 years before Hillary did it.
But this is offset by Irvine family concerns that his body would not be
treated with respect – following the debacle two years ago in which Mallory’s
nude body was displayed on magazine covers around the world.
Nearly 60% of highpointers drive
4-wheel-drive vehicles. This issue popped up in response to the
election in a debate over environmentalists driving gas-guzzling cars.
Mount Rainier is the favorite
highpoint in the West
(18%); followed by Colorado (15%); California (9%); and Alaska (8%).
Nevada and Idaho are the least popular (3% each).
Maine and New Hampshire split
on the most popular in the Northeast
(21% each) followed by New York (19%). Delaware bottoms out at 1%.
Texas is tops in the South
with 30% followed by North Carolina at 17%. Nobody has voted for
Kentucky or Mississippi.
South Dakota runs away with the
Midwest
with 44%. The closest competition is Minnesota with 12%. Illinois
and Indiana get 1%.
Web Ring Additions
Our web ring continues to grow.
You can join. We
have 7 new additions include:
Peakware
Encyclopedia: This site – originally founded by a highpointing enthusiast
in Kansas – has a comprehensive list of mountains around the world.
In addition it has a “summit register” where you can post your trip reports.
Robert
Broeking’s Whitespider: Bob has spectacular pictures and great trip
reports from all his expeditions in an easily navigated site.
Walks
in Yorkshire: This is our first international site. This site
offers walks in Yorkshire in the UK.
Wildernet:
This spectacular site may not have the reputation of GORP but it is probably
more comprehensive in giving a list of places for outdoor activities in
the U.S.
Higher
Ground: This site has some great pictures plus it lists the expenses
of each highpointing expedition (I know of no site that does this).
Waterfall
Walks on the Web: You can’t beat waterfalls for a beautiful hike.
This has spectacular pictures of the falls in the Southeast.
