Apex to Zenith
Highpointers Club Newsletter Issue #56 - First Quarter 2002 Online Items From Newsletter
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John and Dave had a lot of fun with Issue
#56 of the Highpointers Apex to Zenith Newsletter for the first quarter
of 2002. It will be one people will talk about for long time with
it's April Fools pranks. I suppose it's safe to say now:
1. There's no Jerimoth B&B
2. Boundary really is still the highpoint
of Nevada
3. Club Directors salaries have not doubled
(although 0 x 2 = ?)
4. Jakk has not taken a computer course
to take over the newsletter
5. We're not having a convention on Denali
in February
6. You don't have the guess the speed
of the film of the photos
7. No Nine-year-old has finished all 50
highpoints (or become the youngest to climb Denali)
8. I haven't exchanged my dogs for highpointin'
cats
The issue did have some nutty pictures that in fact were true -- such as the folks who go bare chested on highpoints and those who stand on their heads. Here are highlights:
Here's a list of what's in the issue:
1. 48 Completers: Robert Welenofsky at
age 62 and J. Norvill at age 72
2. Roger Rowlett Chairman's Column on
several initiatives (including museum and completer book)
3. Chris Covill's Teen Corner Conversation
with 11-year-old Steve Stone
4. Election of Officers to the Board (9
vying for 5 positions) -- make sure you submit your vote by May 10!
Incumbents Jakk Longacre, Craig Noland, George Vandersluis. New Candidates:
Ken Akerman, Bill Deitzer, Ed Fronheiser, Gary Iverson, Chuck Shom,
Penn Watson
5. Fifty Flags Over America (submit entries
to Jean Trousdale (jtrousdale@mmcable.com) Flags pictured included: Terry
Fox on West Virginia, Kyle Atkins on Mount Sunflower; Karen Coleman on
Taum Sauk and Carl Schwartz on Iowa
6. Klimbin Kollaborator requests for Denali,
Granite, Gannett, Colorado Fourteeners and Southwest and Midwest Highpoints
7. Roger Rowlett Interview with County
Highpointer Andy Martin
8. Mark Hall's report on favorite highpoint
restaurants (based on Forum postings)
9. List of Useful Books for County Highpointing
10. A description of the difference between
county and state highpointing
11. My highpointers.org column on backcountry
news events since 9/11
12. David Meltzer describing prominence
(including a list of the world's top 50 peaks based on prominence)
13. Jean Trousdale's information on the
Highpointers Convention - Sept. 19-22 on Black Mesa (along with the registration
form).
14. Byron Ward's announcement that the
50/50 project is postponed (although they might try to climb 48 in 50 days
this summer).
15. A lot of cool photos in the Milestones
section including Bob Welenofsky perching precariously on Half Dome in
Yosemite
16. The winning design by Roger Johnson
for the new 25-state pin.
17. Details of the April 27 Highpointers
Brunch in New York City
18. Ron Tagliapietra's new books "Waterfalls
of the States"
19. Jim Mick's new book "High on A Wing"
20. Jack Parsell has new editions of his
"America's Lowest Points" and "Tri State Corners in the United States"
21. Tonya Sykes on progress on the Highpointers
Foundation
22. Kimball Chamber of Commerce Nebraska
Highpoint T-Shirts
23. Bob Failing reports on his European
highpoint visits (Gerlachovsky in Slovakia, Coma Pedrosa in Andorra, Gibralter,
Torre in mainland Portugal, Ponta do Pico in the Azores for Portugal.
24. Matt Mueller on Jordan's highest point
Jabal Umm al Dami
25. Bob Packard on Jebel Toubkal, highpoint
of Morocco
26. Dead Sea Predicted to Disappear by
2050