Highpointer Volunteers
Wednesday, April 27th, 2005There’s always things to do at the Highpointers Club. If you would like to volunteer please contact Diane Winger.
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Archive for April, 2005
Peter Thompson’s Geology of Highpoints
Wednesday, April 20th, 2005
Peter Thompson at the University of New Hampshire has an elegant and comprehensive description website about the geology of the highpoints of each state.
Spring 2005 Apex to Zenith Newsletter
Tuesday, April 19th, 2005
The Spring 2005 (Issue #68) of Highpointers Apex to Zenith is of course spectacular as usual. There is sad news with the passing of the dead of highpointing Paul Zumwalt and Iowa highpointer owner Merrill Sterler. But there’s also great news about the South Carolina purchase of the Sassafras summit.
And there’s some unusual news including the for sale signs on the Rhode Island summit; Kevin Foster’s new movie; and a report of driving 69,224 miles for 41 highpoints.
As usual there’s a lot more detail in the newsletter. For $15/year it’s the best deal around. In the interests of catching the search engines. Here’s a summary of newsletter items. It is by no means complete.
Gerry Roach Transcendent Summits Autobiography of Early Years
Thursday, April 7th, 2005
The Chicago Tribune and Knight Ridder gives a rave review to Gerry Roach’s latest book “Transcendent Summits: One Climber’s Route to Self-Discovery.”
Roach was one of the first mountaineers to climb the seven summits, the highest peaks on the seven continents. He has climbed all 55 of Colorado’s recognized 14,000-foot peaks and was the first climber to ascend the 10 tallest mountains in North America (actually 13).
