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The 3rd Quarter 2004 Highpointers Club Newsletter includes a rare photo of C. Rowland Stebbins and A.H. Marshall who until 1955 were the only two to have visited all 48 state highpoints. It also has completion reports for Richard Carey and Mario Locatelli as well as 48 finishers Beckie Covill, Dave Covill and Eric Nylund

Contests of Newsletter

02 A Note From Your Editor
02 Errata
03 Errata

CLUB BUSINESS

03 Volunteers
04 Le Cache, Chairman
05 Liaison, NH 05
06 New Members

08 Jack Longacre
09 Griggs, Cell Phone
10 50 Completers
12 48 Finishers
13 Interview: Charlie & Diane Winger
15 End of Search, Richards
15 Klimbin’ Kollaborators
16 Backpacker, Appalachian Trail
17 Handstand Photos, Ralston
18 Washington 04 Convention
20 HP Updates
24 Milestone
28 Park Pointing
29 S.O.S
30 Geoff Godfrey
31 County Highpointer
35 The Merc

Deadline for next issue: November 15, 2004

General Questions:
What was your first highpoint?
Our own Mt. Elbert here in Colorado was the first highpoint for each of us.

Why did you start highpointing?
Charlie: I started highpointing by accident, really. The first mountain I ever climbed was Mt. Elbert, and I’ve been hooked ever since. I originally conceived the idea of hiking to all the state highpoints in 1983, the year I first attempted Denali.
Diane: I really wanted to see more of the country. Until we started highpointing, I had only visited a few of the Western states, and had seen almost nothing of the rest of the country, other than from a window seat on a jet. It was a wonderful way to get out to places we may never have seen otherwise. Plus, hiking was involved, which we both enjoy.
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