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Connecticut Outdoors Article on Club
Connecticut Outdoors has a nice article “Reaching the Top of America” by Dirk Langefled that includes an interview with Club President Time Webb.
Michael Hylland’s New Highpoint Geology Webpage
Highpointer Michael Hylland has a very nice and slick page on Highpoint Geology!
Tim Townsend Interview on Completing 50
Tim Townsend was interviewed on the Davis, California, cable television station “In the Studio” about completing 50 highpoints.
Members in the News: John Niedermeier
Various publications are running a story about John Niedermeier completing all 50 highpoints.
Lake County News-Sun Article on 50 Completer Tim Townsend
The Lake County News-Sun has an article on 50-completer Tim Townsend. Always quotable Tim was at the Maine convention in Millenocket and his blogs of his adventures have been around…
Congratulations to Alan Ritter Silver Beaver Award
Congratulations to Alan Ritter on receiving the Silver Beaver Award on May 28, 2013, from the Boy Scouts of America Greater St. Louis Council. Alan who has been a Highpointers…
Interview with Marathoners Todd Brown and Bill Urbanski on Boston Bombings
NBC Connectictut interviewed Todd Brown who was running in the Boston Marathon on the dApril 15, 2013 day of the bombing. We are of course glad that Todd who is…
Mike Bayer’s Gannett Epic Climb Video
Club member Mike Bayer has this nifty 3 part Gannett Epic climb adventure on Youtube.
Virginia Television Interview of Adam Wood About the Club
WDBJ has a profile of Adam Wood and the club as he climbs Mount Rogers.
Oklahoman Interview of Larry Floyd on “Oklahoma Hiking Trails”
The Oklahoman has an interview with Oklahoma City attorney, and Highpointer Larry Floyd, a photographer and writer from Yukon about their book on hiking Oklahoma trails.
Doug Urban Talks About Dairy and Highpointing
[/caption]Highpointer Doug Urban talks about the club and his dairy herd “Legendairy Holsteins” in article entitled “Urban has a passion for highpointing and dairy” in Agri-View.
Stony Burk’s Car Mileage Hits 345,345 (largely repeatedly driving to highpoints)
Stony Burk, the highpoint liaison, takes his job seriously literally repeatedly driving to highpoints in his Jeep Cherokee “Cynthia Rose.” He puts up mileage that car companies can only dream…
President Tim Webb Interviewed in Alabama Search for Hiker
Our Club President Tim Webb was interviewed (about two minutes into the above video) in connection with a search for a missing hiker in Alabama. His comments are about 1:35…
Austin Statesman Profile of Gene Stouder
The June 25, 2011 Austin Statesman had a profile of Gene Stouder who started highpointing at age 50. The article by Pam LeBlanc is headlined “Stroke can’t keep Gene Stouder…
Vote for Highpointer Matt Moniz for National Geographic Adventurer of the Year
Vote for 12 Year Old Matt Moniz, who earlier this year did “All 50 Highpoints” in 42 days, as National Geographic’s People’s Choice Adventurer of the Year. The above mini…
Highpointers Club Mentioned in New York Times article on Climbing Northeast Peaks
The Highpointers Club is mentioned in a New York Times article on northeast peaks (headlined “6 Days, 6 States, 6 Peaks” by Mark Aiken). The article appeared on the Times…
Member Larry Floyd Writes Book on Oklahoma Trails
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…
Article on Tim Bayerl
The Echo Press has an article on member Tim Bayerl. It’s a great article.
12-Year-Old Matt Moniz Completes in 43 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 9 seconds
12-year-old Matt Moniz has completed on Mauna Kea hiking 50 summits in 43 days, 3 hours, 51 minutes and 9 seconds. He set out to do 50 summits in 50…
Books: Jack Bennett’s List of the 30 Most Memorable Hikes
National Parks Traveler has this about Jack Bennett’s latest book.Dream Hikes Coast to Coast: Your Guide to America’s Most Memorable Trails Jack is probably best known around these parts for…
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Article on Andy Martin and County Highpointing
An article on mlive.com in Michigan reports on Andy Martin and his book County High Points about the highest points in all 3,141 counties. It also mentions peakbagger.com.
Kevin Baker Presentation at Colorado Mountain Club
Club Treasurer Kevin Baker spoke to the Pikes Peak Section of the Colorado Mountain Club on May 8, 2010. His topic was his ascents of difficult state highpoints and winter…
Highpointing Prepares Illinois Student for Geographic Bee
The Sun-Times Media has an article on 14-year-old Andy Geldean at Channahon Junior High in Illinois whose highpointing family Michael and Nancy Geldean and their trips including Mount Whitney have…
Midwest Motorist article on Magazine Mountain
The March – April issue of Midwest Motors for AAA has a two page spread on Magazine Mountain AR. These things are great for Highpointing. Just send media items that appear in…
The Hays Daily News article on Mount Sunflower
“The Hays Daily News” published an article on the Mount Sunflower’s Owners and Managers. On top of Mount Sunflower Published on -2/12/2010, 10:53 AM (Originally published Aug, 28, 2008, in…
Count Updates Via Voicemail or Text Messaging…
HIGHPOINTERS HOTLINE!!! Leave your count changes, as well as address changes on the voice mail, or send via text messaging. So far, this is working great!!! Keep them coming. Just…
Interview with 50 Completer Ann Coffey
The Louisville Courier-Journal has a nice interview with Ann Coffey who completed 50 on Sunday, September 1 at Humphrey’s Peak. The article notes:
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